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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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DATE: February 11 , 1985 County
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SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 141
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a position in support of SB 141 by Senator Presley establishing and funding a
three-year probation classification and case management system demonstration project
for at least five counties statewide.
BACKGROUND:
A county probation department has various duties relating to the supervision of criminal
offenders and of juveniles and authority to provide services related to the prevention
of delinquency.
This bill would establish a three-year California probation classification and case
management system demonstration project to be administered by the Youth and Adult
Correctional Agency, or by a department of the agency. The bill would provide for the
selection of at least five demonstration counties. Each county applying for funding
would be required to have certain objectives relating to classification and management
and to establish an evaluation research design.
Item #26 in the Board of Supervisors' 1985 legislative package refers to legislation
which would establish this demonstration of probation effectiveness in utilizing a
Model Classification System. At the request of the Chief Probation Officers of
California, Senator Presley has agreed to author legislation similar to last year's
SB 1291.
A significant difference in the 1985 bill , SB 141 , is that it does not provide for State
subvention to Probation Departments with excessively large caseloads. It was that
element and its cost which prompted the veto in 1984. SB 141 would provide $5 million
for a three-year demonstration. If enacted, the County Probation Department would apply
for funds needed to adequately staff Probation supervision as they have already implemented
the Model Classification System.
The Chief Probation Officers of California will be soliciting the support of CSAC, who
supported the previous bill , SB 1291 , last year.
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
CC: Probation Department ATTESTED /9, /9B
Legislative Delegation PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senator Robert Presley SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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