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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
s Costa
4°a County
DATE:
July r 24 1989
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2433 (Maxine Waters)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECODMENDAT ION:
Adopt a position in SUPPORT of AB 2433 by Assemblywoman Maxine Waters which
would increase the state subsidy to counties for holding juvenile offenders
rather than sending them to the Youth Authority.
BACKGROUND:
AB 2433 adopts legislative findings indicating that if county juvenile
detention facilities are not maintained there will be an increased cost to
the Youth Authority to care for these wards, whereas it is more cost
effective to maintain these wards in county facilities and doing so
provides a substantial savings for the state. The bill goes on to note
that there has historically been a partnership between the state and
counties regarding the care, custody, discipline and rehabilitation of
juvenile offenders and in maintaining local commitment programs for
juvenile offenders .
AB 2433 provides that the Youth Authority shall pay each county the amount
of $6000 for each minor who is committed to a local juvenile correctional
facility, including a juvenile hall, juvenile camp or juvenile ranch for a
period of at least 120 days . No reimbursement would be made under these
provisions if the county' s total juvenile correctional facilities bed
capacity falls below the January 1, 1989 level .
The rate of reimbursement would be required to be adjusted every two years
by the rate of increase or decrease in the cost of supervising a ward in a
Youth Authority correctional facility. The bill also expresses the intent
of the Legislature to appropriate $40 million over the next three years for
the purpose of making the required reimbursements .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON A U G 198 7 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
YY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
..X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: .NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: .ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
AUG 1 1989
CC: Ci - 7'"� ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382 (10/88) BY ✓ ,DEPUTY
The County Probation Officer urges that the Board of Supervisors support AB
2433 and this office concurs in that recommendation.
AB 2433 passed the Assembly on June 30, 1989 by a vote of 54 : 21 and is now
on referral to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
cc: County Administrator
County Probation Officer
Director, Justice Systems Programs
Assemblywoman Maxine Waters
Senator Bill Lockyer, Chairman
Senate Judiciary Committee
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates