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Chief Administrative Office (CAO) recommending the Board consider the Draft Board of Supervisors Response to the 2024-25 Grand Jury Final Report for Case 25-01 Elections: A Deeper Dive Into Voter Rolls and Drop Box Security and take one of the following actions:
1) Direct staff to make changes and return to the Board with a final report by April 1, 2025; or
2) Approve the report as the Final Report and authorize the CAO to submit it to the Presiding Judge
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The 2024-25 Grand Jury published a Final Report, Case 25-01 - Elections: A Deeper Dive Into Voter Rolls and Drop Box Security, published on January 7, 2025.
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 April 7, 2025, 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.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no direct financial impact related to the consideration of the responses. There may be a financial impact related to the 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
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CONTACT
Sue Hennike, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer