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FROM: Gary T. Yancey
District Attorney C O n t ra
Costa
DATE: September 10, 1996
s>a cotiit`�,
County
SUBJECT: Approval of Submission and Execution of Contract With the
State Office of Criminal Justice Planning For Funding of the
Contra Costa County Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project
For the Period of September 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
L RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the District Attorney to submit an application and execute a grant award contract and any
extensions or amendments thereof with the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for funding of
the Contra Costa County Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project for the period of September 1, 1996
through June 30, 1997, in the amount of$150,000 (State funds budgeted).
IL FINANCIAL IMPACT
This grant application, in the amount of$150,000, is designed to fund the salaries and benefits of an
attorney and an investigator for this project. The Budget Act of 1996 appropriated $8,361,000, to the Office
of Criminal Justice Planning, for assistance to local district attorney's offices for the vertical prosecution of
individuals accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with minors. Matching funds are not required. This is
a renewal of the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Program Grant which began December 1, 1995.
Supplantation is prohibited. Expenditures and revenues for the project have been built into the District
Attorney's 1996/97 approved budget.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
As many as two-thirds of children born to unwed teen mothers are fathered by adult men. A substantial
number of these mothers are receiving AFDC funds, and the fathers are neither paying child support, nor
taking responsibility for their children. Moreover, there are bstantial number of instances of adults
having sexual intercourse with minors where there exists gnificant age disparity between the adult and
the minor. These instances often involve troubled teens een the ages of fourteen and seventeen, and
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:1—YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION D COM E
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): q
ACTION OF BOARD ON !9 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
/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.
Contact: Gary E. Koeppel, Deputy District Attorney ATTESTED �Dr
CC: District Attorney PHIL BA CHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Administrator,ATTENTION: George Roemer SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
BY �� , DEPUTY
`roard,U Supervisors C��
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September 10, 1996
predatory adults who use their positions of power to exact sexual advantages and contribute to the minors'
delinquency. This vertical prosecution project will work to combat the problems associated with unlawful
sexual intercourse with minors. This will be accomplished by coordinating agencies within the county to
join in a cooperative effort to address theses problems and through the vertical prosecution of violators of
Penal Code section 261.5. To date,this program has established a working relationship with local police
agencies and the District Attorney's Family Support Unit. Moreover, since April 1, 1996, we have reviewed
seventeen cases and successfully prosecuted seven. In these cases we have obtained as conditions of
probation, orders to comply with child support, orders to participate in counseling and parenting classes,
restitution orders and time in county jail. It is our goal to include Child Protective Services, social service
agencies (particularly AFDC), and pregnancy/health care organizations, in the network of organizations and
agencies working to combat unlawful sexual intercourse with minors and teen pregnancies.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to approve this recommendation would result in the inability of the District Attorney to receive
$150,000 in State funds available to assist in combating the problems and costs associated with teen
pregnancies and statutory rape, in Contra Costa County.
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on September 10, 1996 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Bishop, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Smith
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project
RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD 96/ 392
WHEREASthe Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, desires to undertake a certain project
designated Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project, to be funded in part from funds made
available through the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Program administered by the State
Office of Criminal Justice Planning (hereinafter referred to as OCJP),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the District Attorney of the County of Contra Costa
is authorized, on its behalf, to submit the proposal to OCJP and are authorized to execute on
behalf of the Board of Supervisors the Grant Award Agreement, including any extensions or
amendments thereof.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant agrees to provide all matching funds required for
said project (including any amendment thereof) under the Program and the funding terms and
conditions of OCJP and that the cash match will be appropriated as required.
IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of the Grant Award Agreement,
including civil court actions or damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the
authorized agency. The State of California and OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such liability.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant
expenditures controlled by this body.
Itoeby eef fy Md thle is a true and conal Copy of
an actlon taken and entered on Me mhA" of-"
Board of Supervisae on the date BMW&
ATTESTED 2a Pmhar,J 0,o 96
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clark of the board
of SupervlaM and County Adavindittragar
cc: Orig. Department: District Attorney (5 certified copies)
County Administrator, ATTN: George Roemer
Auditor-Controller
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