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HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
TO: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DATE: August 22, 1989
FROM: cc:
Perfecto Villarreal , Executive Director
SUBJECT:
SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM BY CONTRA COSTA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
AUTHORIZE provision for carry-over of $7,812.60 and ALLOCATE $7,187.40 of
Housing Authority funds, for a total of $15,000, to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's
Department for continuation of the special drug enforcement program, as recommended
by the Advisory Housing Commission.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
In the preparation of the 1989-90 Housing Authority operating budget, funds
were budgeted and approved for the continuation of the Contra Costa County Sheriff's
Department special drug enforcement program.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
On August 22, 1988 the Board of Commissioners approved a $14,752.00 carry-over
of Housing Authority funds to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department to
continue a special drug enforcement program for the 1988-89 county fiscal year. On
July 10, 1989 the Housing Authority received a report from the Sheriff's Department
on the results of the special drug enforcement program.
A total of 86 felony narcotics cases were generated during fiscal 1988-89.
Seventeen of the cases were initiated by the Sheriff' s Narcotics Bureau and included
the service of 12 search warrants and 5 purchases of drugs using informants. A total
of 94 arrests were made as a result of these investigations. The majority of the
arrests were generated by uniformed patrol officers, with 87 arrests occuring in
North Richmond.
In the past six years, this special drug enforcement program has been very
successful as it has reduced the amount of drug-related criminal activity in housing
developments located in the unincorporated areas of the county serviced by the
Sheriff's Department.
For the 1989-90 county fiscal year, the Sheriff's Department is requesting
that funds be provided by the Housing Authority to continue this special drug
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CC: ATTESTED UG 2 2 1989
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners
M382/7-83 BY , DEPUTY
Board of Commissioners
August 22, 1989
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enforcement program. As Sheriff's Department utilized only $6,939.40 of the $14,752
supplied by the Housing Authority in 1988, they have requested that the Sheriff's
Department be allowed to simply carry over the $7,812.60 in unexpended Housing
Authority funds into the 1988-89 county fiscal year.
In the preparation of the Housing Authority's 1989-90 operating budget, funds
in the amount of $15,000 were budgeted and approved for the continuation of the
Sheriff' s Department special enfocement program. However, as only $6,939.40 of the
$14,752 supplied by the Housing Authority for the county's 1988-89 fiscal year was
utilized, at its Regular Meeting on Monday, July 17, 1989, the Advisory Housing
Commission voted to recommend that the Sheriff's Department be allowed to carry over
$7,812.60 in unexpended Housing Authority funds into the 1989-90 county fiscal
year and that an additional $7,187.40 of Housing Authority funds, for a total of
$15,000, be allocated to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department to continue the
special drug enforcement program for the 1989-90 fiscal year.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the Board of Commissioners fail to respond positively to this request,
the amount of drug-related criminal activity in housing developments located in the
unincorporated areas of the county serviced by the Sheriff's Department would
increase sharply. Additionally, the Board of Commissioners would be acting in a
manner contrary to its position to provide safe housing for low-income families in
Contra Costa County.