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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board consider the Draft Board of Supervisors Response to the 2021-22 Grand Jury Final Report and take one of the following actions:
1) Direct staff to make changes and return to the board with final report by September 20, 2022; or
2) Approve as the Final Report and submit to the Presiding Judge.
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The 2021-22 Grand Jury published one Final Report on June 30, 2022 on the following subjects:
Case 21- 02 - Analysis of County Employee Timekeeping
Case 21-05 - County Staffing Challenges
Case 21-06 - Hotel Emergency Housing for Homeless
Case 21-09 - Ordinance 5101 Vegetation Management Defensible Space
Under the California Penal Code section 933 (c), the Board of Supervisors must provide a response to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court within 90 days of the date that a Final Report is made available to the public. The response to the report is due by September 28, 2022, and the proposed response is therefore being submitted to your Board for approval.
The attached draft response has been prepared in the form prescribed by Penal Code section 933.05 and addresses the findings and recommendations of the Grand Jury for which the Grand Jury requested a response from the Board of Supervisors.
ALTERNATIVES
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PRIOR BOARD ACTION
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT
The response has been prepared in conjunction with affected departments/agencies, as noted.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no direct financial impact related to the consideration of the responses. There may be a financial impact related to implementation of certain Grand Jury Recommendations; however, such impacts will be identified as staff assesses needs for future action and will be discussed in future staff reports prior to approval and/or implementation.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
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STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT
Good Governance
CONTACT
Tiffany Schmid, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer