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PUBLIC PROTECTION
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August 7, 2023
10:30 A.M.
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Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Chair
Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair
Agenda Items:Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the Committee
1.Introductions
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
3. RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action for the July 3, 2023 Public Protection Committee (PPC) Meeting. (Enid Mendoza, PPC Staff)
4. CONSIDER applicants for two (2) At-Large Representatives seats and two (2) Youth Representative (ages 14-25) seats on the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council. (Esa Ehmen-Krause, County
Chief Probation Officer)
5. CONSIDER accepting report from the Animal Services Department with strategies to enhance animal shelter, clinic, and outreach services, accepting the Department's draft Measure X proposal, and
providing further direction to staff as needed. (Beth Ward, Animal Services Director)
6. CONSIDER accepting reports from the W. Haywood Burns Institute and the Office of Reentry and Justice on the progress and activities of the County's Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB) in
2022 and recent 2023 activities, receiving RJOB's Public Statement on Racial Disparities in Local Policing, and provide director to staff as needed, as recommended by the Office of Reentry and
Justice. (Patrice Guillory, ORJ Director; and Christopher James, W. Haywood Burns Institute)
7.The regularly scheduled meeting for September 4, 2023 is canceled due to the County holiday, the next meeting is to be determined.
8.Adjourn
The Public Protection Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend Public Protection Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours
before the meeting.
Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the Public Protection Committee less than 96 hours prior to that
meeting are available for public inspection at 1025 Escobar St.,4th Floor, Martinez, during normal business hours.
Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time.
For Additional Information Contact:
Enid Mendoza, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2051, Fax (925) 655-2066
Enid.Mendoza@cao.cccounty.us
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 3.
Meeting Date:08/07/2023
Subject:Record of Action - July 3, 2023 Public Protection Meeting
Submitted For: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department:County Administrator
Referral No.: N/A
Referral Name: Record of Action
Presenter: Enid Mendoza, Committee Staff Contact: Enid Mendoza, (925) 655-2051
Referral History:
County Ordinance requires that each County body keep a record of its meetings. Though the record need not be verbatim, it
must accurately reflect the agenda and the decisions made in the meeting.
Referral Update:
Attached for the Committee's consideration is the Record of Action for the Committee's July 3, 2023 meeting.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action from the July 3, 2023 meeting.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
There is no fiscal impact.
Attachments
DRAFT PPC Record of Action for 7-3-23
D R A F T
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
RECORD OF ACTION FOR
July 3, 2023
Supervisor Federal D. Glover, Chair
Supervisor John Gioia, Vice Chair
Present: Federal D. Glover, Chair
John Gioia, Vice Chair
1.Introductions
Vice Chair Gioia called the meeting to order at 10:31 a.m.
2.Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers
may be limited to three minutes).
No member of the public requested to speak during the general public comment period.
3.RECEIVE and APPROVE the Record of Action from the May 1, 2023 meeting.
The Committee approved the Record of Action for the May 1, 2023 Public Protection
Committee as submitted.
AYE: Chair Federal D. Glover
Vice Chair John Gioia
4.ACCEPT the report from the Animal Services Department on Animal Shelter Operations.
Beth Ward, Animal Services Director, presented the staff report. In addition, Director
Ward shared the Department's plans to present a strategic plan to the Board of
Supervisors in December. The stategic plan would be led by a consultant that can
engage stakeholders, partners, and volunteers to develop a data and community
informed plan.
The Committee shared concerns with the Department waiting for an outside consultant
to develop a strategic plan for known service needs such as greater accessibility to
low-cost spay and neuter clinics, vaccines, and foster and adoption programs,
increasing city and community parterships, and seeking additional funding
opportunities to build more robust foster and adoption programs. To continue the work
in the known areas of need, the Committee requested additional information on how
in the known areas of need, the Committee requested additional information on how
much the cities currently pay, the names of the rescue and community partners, which
community partners and outside agencies provide spay and neuter services, data on
the live intakes and outcomes for dogs, and strategies to identify additional grants or
funding through Measure X and city and community partnerships.
In response to Director Ward's statement that area codes 94801 and 94565 are in need
of greater spay and neuter services, both Committee members committed to help the
Department with outreach efforts within their districts, and asked that they also include
Supervisor Burgis due to the proximity of her district to the 94565 zip code.
The Committee approved the report and requested that the Department return to the
August 7, 2023 Public Protection Committee meeting with a more developed strategy
that addresses the concerns raised by the Committee and a draft Measure X proposal
for continued Committee support and guidance.
5.The next meeting is currently scheduled for August 7, 2023.
The Committee confirmed August 7, 2023 as the next Public Protection Committee.
6.Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m.
For Additional Information Contact:
Enid Mendoza, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 655-2051, Fax (925) 646-1353
Enid.Mendoza@cao.cccounty.us
AYE: Chair Federal D. Glover
Vice Chair John Gioia
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 4.
Meeting Date:08/07/2023
Subject:Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Applicants for two (2) At-Large Representative Seats and two (2)
At-Large Youth seats
Submitted For: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Department:Probation
Referral No.: n/a
Referral Name: Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
Presenter: Esa Ehmen-Krause Contact: Deborah Caldwell 925-313-4188
Referral History:
The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC) is a multiagency advisory body that informs the development and
implementation of a countywide juvenile justice plan composed of several critical parts, including, but not limited to an
assessment of existing law enforcement, probation, education, mental health, health, social services, drug and alcohol and youth
services resources which specifically target both at-promise as well as system-involved youth, and their families. The JJCC
also coordinates on a countywide basis the work of those governmental and non-governmental organizations engaged in
activities designed to reduce the incidence of juvenile crime and delinquency in the greater community, develop information
and intelligence-sharing systems to ensure that county actions are fully coordinated, and provide data and appropriate outcome
measures.
The JJCC is composed of 20 members:
Twelve (12) Ex-Officio Members include the Chief Probation Officer (Chair), District Attorney’s Office
representative, Public Defender’s Office representative, Sheriff’s Office representative, Board of
Supervisors’ representative, Employment and Human Services Department representative, Behavioral Health
Services representative, Alcohol and Other Drugs Division representative, Public Health representative,
Juvenile Justice Commission Chair, City Police Department representative, County Office of Education or a
School District representative.
Eight (8) additional JJCC members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors as follows:
- four (4) At-Large community members, residing or working within Contra Costa County,
- two (2) Community-Based Organization representatives, and
- two (2) At-Large youth, fourteen to twenty-five years old and residing or working within Contra Costa
County.
The JJCC currently has two (2) vacant At-Large Representative seats and two (2) vacant At-Large Youth seats. The
recruitment process to fill these four (4) vacancies began on May 31, 2023.
A list of current JJCC members can be found in Attachment D.
Referral Update:
The Probation Department issued a Press Release on May 31, 2023 (Attachment A) to recruit for two (2) At-Large
Representative seats and two (2) At-Large Youth seats on the JJCC. Probation received a total of nine (9) applications prior to
the deadline. Nine (9) applications are included as Attachment B with personal contact information and signatures redacted. All
applicants were invited to participate in public interviews scheduled for this Public Protection Committee meeting. A summary
of the information provided by the nine (9) applicants is included as Attachment C, organized by the applicant's last name. A
list of the JJCC members has been included as Attachment D for your information.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER applicants for existing JJCC vacancies, reserved for two (2) At-Large Representative seats and two (2)
At-Large Youth Representative seats.
1.
RECOMMEND candidates for the vacant seats identified above to the Board of Supervisors for appointment
consideration.
2.
PROVIDE any additional direction to staff regarding the JJCC.3.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
No Fiscal Impact.
Attachments
Attachment A-Recruitment Press Release
Attachment B-Applications
Attachment C-Applicants Summary
Attachment D-JJCC Membership
Probation Department Offices
Martinez Office
50 Douglas Drive, Suite 200
Martinez, CA 94553
925-313-4000
CHIEF PROBATION OFFICER
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Esa Ehmen-Krause, Chief Probation Officer
May 31, 2023 925-313-4188
esa.ehmen@prob.cccounty.us
Contra Costa County Seeks Applicants for
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
(Martinez, CA) - The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors is seeking applicants who are interested in
serving on its 20-member Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (JJCC). The following positions will be held
for a two-year term residing or working within the County of Contra Costa.
•Two At-Large representatives residing or working within Contra Costa County
•Two At-Large youth, 14 to 25 years old and residing or working within Contra Costa County
The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council is a multiagency advisory body that informs the development
and implementation of a countywide juvenile justice plan composed of several critical parts, including,
but not limited to an assessment of existing law enforcement, probation, education, mental health,
health, social services, drug and alcohol and youth services resources, which specifically target both at-
promise as well as system-involved youth, and their families.
The JJCC will also coordinate on a countywide basis the work of those governmental and non-
governmental organizations engaged in activities designed to reduce the incidence of juvenile crime and
delinquency in the greater community, develop information and intelligence-sharing systems to ensure
that county actions are fully coordinated, and provide data and appropriate outcome measures.
The Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council is composed of the following 20 members:
Ten (12) Ex‐Officio Members:
•Chief Probation Officer, as Chair
•District Attorney’s Office representative
•Public Defender’s Office representative
•Sheriff’s Office representative
Attachment A
Esa Ehmen-Krause, MPA
• Board of Supervisors’ representative
• Employment and Human Services Department representative
• Behavioral Health Services representative
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Division representative
• Public Health representative
• Juvenile Justice Commission Chair
• City Police Department representative
• County Office of Education or School District representative
Ten (8) Additional Members, appointed by the Board of Supervisors, as follows:
• Four At-Large members, residing or working within Contra Costa County
• Two Community-Based Organization representatives
• Two At-Large youth, 14 to 25 years old and residing or working within Contra Costa County
The JJCC meets monthly March and April, and bi-monthly the remainder of the year. Members have the
option to serve on two subcommittees.
Applications are due by 5 p.m., Monday, July 17, and all timely applicants will be invited to the public
interview process conducted by the Board of Supervisors’ Public Protection Committee: Supervisors
John Gioia, District I, and Federal Glover, District V. This committee will then recommend a selection of
applicants for the Board of Supervisors to appoint.
Below is a complete timeline of this recruitment process to fill the four JJCC seats:
• July 17: Final Day of the Application Period, due by 5 p.m.
• August 7: Public Protection Committee Meeting: Interviews
• August 15: Board of Supervisors Appointments
Application forms can be obtained from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by calling (925) 655-2000
or by visiting the County webpage at http://www.contracosta.ca.gov/3418/. Completed applications
should be emailed to ClerkoftheBoard@cob.cccounty.us. Applications can also be mailed to the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors Office at 1025 Escobar Street, 1st Floor, Martinez, CA 94553.
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Attachment C
JUVENILE JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL APPLICANTS’ SUMMARY
Last First District Seat City Current
Employment/Volunteer
Interest
Ayyappan Anya 2 At-Large
Youth
San Ramon Student Board Member.
Volunteer for the Tri-
Valley Youth Court.
Worked with San Ramon
City Government.
Appointed to serve on the
CA State Board of
Education on August 1,
2023.
Serves on various committees. Provides input in
school district’s decision-making processes. Works
closely with district officials to reduce reliance on
punitive measures by involving students in restorative
peer circles. Serves on the Wildcat Tribune
newspaper. Speech & Debate. California Youth Crisis
Line Counselor. Model United Nations
Balan George 2 At-Large
Youth
Orinda Volunteer at the Ivy Park
Oakland Hills Senior
Living Center Helps at
Libraries Debate
Assistant
Marketing/Social Media
Intern
Works with seniors & planning events. Book shop helper for
Libraries. Has experience in public speaking and advocacy.
Pursuing council membership to exercise advocacy for
juvenile justice.
Chandran Neil 2 At-Large
Youth
Alamo Danville Youth
Councilmember.
Teen Advisory Board.
Social Ambassador for
CC Libraries.
Strong interest in public policy law and youth
advocacy. Help make a difference in the lives of
at-risk youth. Organize town events, including
care kit drive for foster children and homeless
individuals.
Chimezie Raymond 1 Richmond Assistant Professor
School of Allied Health.
Volunteer at the United
States Air Force
Auxiliary. Volunteer
Contra Costa Medical
Reserve Corps.
Interested in promoting healthy living of young
people and address health risk factors and the
environments. Empower young people to look
toward the future.
Cohen Ian 3 At-Large
Youth
Brentwood Served on City Youth
Commission.
Lead Political Organizer
Sunflower Alliance.
To serve on this commission/board to learn about
our justice system for young offenders and find
other methods outside of jail. To provide a safe
place for teens interested in business.
Drew Tumani 1 Community
Rep
Oakland Program Coordinator
Young Women’s
Freedom Center
Would like to serve on the JJCC it aligns with
personal and professional goals. To invest in
prevention of youth employment, diversion
programs and youth mentorship. Has Worked for
2.5 years with the Young Women’s Freedom
Center.
Faulkner Brynn 3 At-Large
Youth
Brentwood TUPE Peer Educator -
Leadership class.
Volunteer at Ruth
Bancroft Gardens.
Walnut Creek Surf
Soccer Club
Would like to help kids who have challenges to
overcome. Worked with TUPE. Important to
support youth and help them overcome
difficulties.
Rogers Mattieu 2 Lafayette Volunteer with food
banks. Government
coordination training
with the American Red
Cross. Inclusion Leader
Has experience in both law and policy. Would
like to work with community and put experience
with law and policy analysis to use.
Tyagi Rohan 3 At-Large
Youth
Brentwood Served as a student
intern for the Hazardous
Materials Commission.
Youth Commissioner.
Sustainable Leader in
Action. Environmental
work. TUPE
Wants to be a part of the upstream solution to the
problems by taking youth voices to the JJCC and
understanding systems to fix them. Passionate
about government and services.
Attachment D
Contra Costa County
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Membership July 23, 2023
Seat
Incumbent
Representing
Expiration
Chief Probation Officer, as Chair Esa Ehmen-Krause Probation Department
ex-officio
Board of Supervisors Candace Andersen Board of Supervisors - District II
ex-officio
Chair of the Juvenile Justice Commission Ri Scott Juvenile Justice Commission
ex-officio
City Police Department Steven Ford Antioch Police Department
ex-officio
Community-based Drug and Alcohol Program Fatima Matal Sol County Alcohol and Other Drugs
ex-officio
County Office of Education or a School District Lynn Mackey Contra Costa Office of Education
ex-officio
Department of Social Services Roslyn Gentry Employment and Human Services Department
ex-officio
Department of Mental Health Steven Blum Behavior Health - Health Services Department
ex-officio
District Attorney's Office Nichelle Holmes District Attorney's Office
ex-officio
Public Defender's Office Jonathan Laba Public Defender's Office
ex-officio
Public Health Sefanit Mekuria Public Health - Health Services Department
ex-officio
Sheriff's Department Jose Beltran Sheriff's Office
ex-officio
At-large Community Representative #1 Vacant District 3 6/30/23
At-large Community Representative #2 Vacant District 1 6/30/23
At-large Community Representative #3 Denise Mills District 1 1/11/24
At-large Community Representative #4 Neil Stratton District 3 3/08/24
Nonprofit Community-based Organization #1 Julius VanHook CBO 3/08/24
Nonprofit Community-based Organization #2 Trevor Arceneaux CBO 1/11/24
At-large Youth Representative #1 Vacant District 1 6/30/23
At-large Youth Representative #2 Vacant District 3 6/30/23
PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 5.
Meeting Date:08/07/2023
Subject:Animal Services Department Follow-Up Report to July 3, 2023 PPC Discussion
Submitted For: Beth Ward, Animal Services Director
Department:Animal Services
Referral No.: N/A
Referral Name: Animal Services Department's Center Operations and Measure X Proposal Update
Presenter: Beth Ward, Animal Services Director Contact: Enid Mendoza, (925) 655-2051
Referral History:
At its May 23, 2023, meeting the Board of Supervisors referred the Contra Costa Animal Services Department (CCAS) to the
Public Protection Committee (PPC) to provide an update on its center operations. The update would inform the Board and the
public of CCAS’s operational performance measures, including animal shelter intake and outcomes.
On July 3, 2023, the Department presented the animal shelter’s challenges, which other animal welfare organizations share
both statewide and nationally. The pressing issue CCAS presented was the limited capacity to serve a growing animal shelter
population. During public comment, members of the public shared their needs and concerns around CCAS’ lack of overall
animal services within the County, and especially the lack of spay and neuter services in the community.
The PPC requested that CCAS return to its next meeting on August 7, 2023, with a draft CCAS proposal for Measure X
funding and strategies to address the following areas:
Increasing public access to low cost spay and neuter clinics,
Building more robust foster and adoption programs, and
Increasing CCAS community adoption and vaccine events
The Committee also requested additional information on how much the cities currently pay, the names of the rescue and
community partners, which community partners and outside agencies provide spay and neuter services, data on the live intakes
and outcomes for dogs, and strategies to identify additional grants or funding through Measure X and city and community
partnerships.
The Animals Adopted to Groups reports included in Attachment A of this staff report provide detailed data for calendar years
2021 and 2022, as well as data collected for the period January 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023.
CCAS maintains monthly animal shelter performance reports on its public website, which include intake and outcome data,
live release rates, length of stay, medical services performed by type, and field services by type. These monthly reports can be
found at: https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/6820/Performance-Reports
Referral Update:
Ensuring that the Contra Costa County community is aware of, and has access to, the County’s full range of animal services is
of the utmost importance. As such, CCAS has considered the feedback provided by PPC at its July 3, 2023, meeting, identified
additional strategies to enhance services of greatest need and demand, and incorporated partnerships with community and
business organizations. The following strategies address accessibility to low-cost spay and neuter clinics, increasing city and
community partnerships, and additional funding sources to support program expansions. Funding details are included in
Attachment B of this staff report, and cover expanding on and creating new CCAS programs and partnerships that address the
following three areas of focus.
SPAY AND NEUTER ACCESSIBILITY:
CCAS identified 10 “low cost” spay and neuter organizations in Contra Costa County and Alameda County to compare
“owned animal” spay/neuter (S/N) prices to 19 private veterinarian offices that represented different areas in the County. It was
found that “low cost” generally represented 63-77% less cost than a private veterinarian practice.
To address the public’s concerns shared about the Animal Fix Clinic (AFC) organization’s S/N prices being higher than
expected, CCAS spoke with AFC Management. It was found that community cats represent 45% of the current patients seen.
The price for a community cat surgery is $45 which is less than it costs the AFC to provide that surgery (e.g., $150). The
majority of owned animals that are altered by AFC fall under their Tier One (1) price list. Many of those costs are subsidized
by voucher programs and other funding subsidies. Overall, the AFC Tier One prices are a third (1/3) of the average cost
compared to a private clinic price for S/N services in Contra Costa County and less than some other “low cost” clinics such as:
Valley Humane, EBSPCA, and ARF.
CCAS has budgeted two (2) new S/N projects for Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Spay Neuter and Wellness Program - $150,000 allocation from Animal Benefit Fund donations.1.
This program will make S/N, vaccinations, and microchips more affordable and accessible to County
residents. CCAS will accomplish this by establishing partnerships and developing programs to reach the
areas of greatest need, targeting the species/breeds of animals most likely to be housed in the shelter, and
supporting healthy community cats through TNR/RTF (trap-neuter-return / return-to-field) and Working Cat
Adoptions. This initiative includes, but is not limited to, Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), Spay/Neuter Voucher
programs, Mobile Spay/Neuter programs.
Increasing Low-Cost Spay and Neuter Access Program - $100,000 UC Davis, California For All Animals Grant2.
The purpose of this program is to expand S/N for owned dogs and cats and unowned community cats. CCAS
will work with community partners to increase access to low-cost S/N services for County residents. The
goal would be to facilitate up to 50 clinics in a 12-month period (by one agency or multiple agencies) with 20
to 25 low-cost S/N surgeries per clinic. These clinics will be mobile or conducted at existing vet hospitals or
the CCAS medical center on days where those business are closed.
In addition to the new funded projects, CCAS recommends additional support to further increase the public’s access to
low-cost S/N and vaccine services, as follows:
Explore the remodel of the current shelter and clinic to allow the clinic to be operated “solely” to provide affordable
spay/neuter and vaccine services for Contra Costa County residents with a focus on animals representing the highest
at-risk populations entering the shelter in the last five (5) years through General Fund, City Fees, other revenues and
remodel funded through a proposal for ARP Funds (i.e., German Shepards, Huskies, Pit Bulls, Chihuahuas, and
Community Cats).
1.
Continue to support Contra Costa Humane and the International Veterinary Outreach (IVO) to utilize the
CCAS S/N Clinic on days the Department is closed to provide S/N services for County animals with a focus
on large breed dogs from our targeted zip codes (94801 and 94565), which will have no budget impact to the
Department.
2.
Continue to utilize Animal Benefit Fund (ABF) funding to provide public S/N and vaccines services by
funding local animal welfare nonprofits to provide County residents affordable S/N services from private
veterinarians in their communities through a S/N voucher or other service program.
3.
CCAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT
CCAS was successfully awarded a $200,000 UC Davis grant for Community Engagement. This funding will allow the
Department to update its strategic plan by assessing current program service levels, identifying socially vulnerable areas, and
supporting collaborative partnerships to increase access to certain services and develop pet ownership support programs.
The UC Davis grant will help inform CCAS on community engagement needs, however, the Department recognizes the need
for additional strategies to expand and implement community outreach and engagement programs. CCAS is committed to
participate in more offsite programs such as adoption and humane education events as detailed in 2023 Community
Engagement Events & Mobile Adoptions Tracking report (Attachment C). The report is a list of events CCAS has participated
in and is scheduled to attend regularly.
CCAS has also developed an Outreach and Engagement Plan (Attachment D), which details strategies inclusive of targeting
areas with higher demands and where geographic or accessibility challenges exist. The plan also details the means of
accomplishing service expansions with the support of local veterinarians, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and city partners.
The targeted outcomes of expanding community outreach and engagement services include:
Increasing awareness about the benefits of adopting shelter animals to reduce the length of stay and over population at
shelters,
1.
Providing responsible pet and humane education to prevent pet owners from surrendering their animals to a shelter and
to also reduce the potential of people abandoning their pets, and
2.
Reducing dog bites and animal abuse by offering more humane education classes, while also teaching the public to be
compassionate when providing care for animals.
3.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS
CCAS’ Fiscal Year 2023/24 budget includes revenue increases of $968,000 from contract cities and $477,000 in County
general purpose revenue. The increased appropriations will fund 5 additional positions and allow CCAS to better serve the
community with improved shelter and field services. Although this fiscal year is the second year of a new service agreement
structure with 18 partner cities, the County continues to bear a disproportionate cost of animal control services. CCAS
operations continue to receive support from the Animal Benefit Fund for additional medical services, humane education, shelter
intervention, and S/N and wellness programs expansions.
The additional revenues and recently awarded grants will support CCAS’ efforts to expand service delivery beyond animal
control services, but additional funding is needed to improve and expand appropriate veterinary medical care and other
programs. As such, CCAS’s goal is to apply for and receive Measure X funding to create a 3-year Pet Health Initiative Pilot
Program to benefit County residents, their pets, and the local veterinary business community. CCAS has prepared a draft
Measure X proposal (Attachment E), which the Department believes will have the following positive impact on animals and
County residents:
Remove barriers in vulnerable communities by targeting veterinary services outreach, (e.g., mobile S/N, vaccinations,
micro-chip clinics).
a.
Provide health benefits by reducing disease in pets, reducing surrender or abandonment of pets due to medical costs, and
increasing pet longevity, which result in a positive impact on human health and public safety.
b.
Provide economic benefits via cost savings for families and individuals with pets.c.
Provide social benefits since pets have a positive impact on human life expectancy, increased social interaction, and
improved public safety.
d.
CCAS’s Measure X proposal requests three annual allocations of $1,273,000 for a total funding ask of $3,819,000. Specific
Measure X funding amounts to support additional S/N, animal enrichment, shelter intervention, community outreach, humane
education, vaccine/microchip, and pet retention programs are shown in Attachment B.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT report from the Animal Services Department, which provides additional strategies to address the animal shelter,
clinic, and outreach concerns raised by the Public Protection Committee at its July 3, 2023 meeting, ACCEPT draft Measure X
proposal prepared by the Department, and provide further direction to staff as needed.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
There is no immediate fiscal impact of accepting these reports. Committee approval of the Department's funding
recommendations will support the Department's refinement of its draft Measure X proposal, which aims to request a three-year
allocation totaling $1,273,000.
Attachments
Attachment A - Animals Adopted to Groups 2021 - 23
Attachment B - Funding Details Report
Attachment C - Community Outreach and Engagement Events
Attachment D - Community Outreach and Engagement Plan
Attachment E - Draft Measure X Proposal Narrative
Attachment E.a - Draft Measure X Proposal Cover Sheet
Report Presentation Slides
CONTRA
COSTA
ANIMAL
SERVICES
ANIMALS ADOPTED TO GROUPS
1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021
Selected animal types: DOG, CAT, RABBIT, BIRD, OTHER, LIVESTOCK
Total animals adopted to groups: 969
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER LIVESTOCK Total
Total 611 284 34 22 12 6 969
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY 54 146 0 0 0 0 200
MIRANDA'S RESCUE 51 0 0 0 0 0 51
FAIRY TAILS DOG RESCUE 50 0 0 0 0 0 50
MARTINA ANIMAL RESCUE 48 0 0 0 0 0 48
SONOMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 22 24 0 0 0 0 46
MUTTVILLE RESCUE 32 0 0 0 0 0 32
RESCUE RANCH 26 0 0 0 0 0 26
WHITE KITTY FOUNDATION 20 4 0 0 0 0 24
GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE OF N CALIF 20 0 0 0 0 0 20
SACRAMENTO SPCA 12 8 0 0 0 0 20
HOMELESS ANIMALS' LIFELINE ORGANIZATION 0 19 0 0 0 0 19
SONOMA COUNTY REPTILE RESCUE 0 0 0 16 3 0 19
UMBRELLA OF HOPE RESCUE 12 4 0 0 2 1 19
MILO FOUNDATION 18 0 0 0 0 0 18
WYLIE ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
GENEVIEVE'S GENTLE HEARTS RESCUE 1 0 3 6 0 5 15
GRATEFUL DOGS RESCUE 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
JELLYS PLACE RESCUE 10 3 0 0 0 0 13
MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE INC 13 0 0 0 0 0 13
ANIMAL RESCUE RECON 12 0 0 0 0 0 12
HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
IT'S A NEW DAY ANIMAL RESCUE 1 10 0 0 0 0 11
RHODIES RESCUE 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
WELCOME HOME SANCTUARY 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
CONTRA COSTA RABBIT RESCUE 0 0 8 0 2 0 10
EAST BAY SPCA 7 3 0 0 0 0 10
WHISKERS TAILS AND FERALS 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
SAFE CAT FOUNDATION 0 9 0 0 0 0 9
SANTA CRUZ SPCA 6 3 0 0 0 0 9
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 4 4 0 0 0 0 8
MILA'S MUTTS 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
NORSLED RESCUE 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
SUPER FURIENDS 0 8 0 0 0 0 8
TAILS OF GRAY RESCUE 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY 2 6 0 0 0 0 8
EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REFUGE 0 7 0 0 0 0 7
DOBERMAN PINSCHER RESCUE 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
FRIENDS FOR ANIMALS S. COAS HUMANE SOCIETY 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
ATTACHMENT A
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER LIVESTOCK Total
MARIN CAT CONNECTION 0 6 0 0 0 0 6
RABBIT HAVEN 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
NEVADA HUMANE SOCIETY 1 4 0 0 0 0 5
RABBIT E.A.R.S 0 0 3 0 2 0 5
11TH HOUR K9 RESCUE REHAB AND REHOME 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
ANIMAL RESCUE RELAY 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
BAY AREA GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
CAL PAWS K9 RESCUE 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
CHIHUAHUA RESCUE TRUCKEE MEADOWS 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
EVERY PETS DREAM 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
NORCAL POODLE RESCUE INC 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
OZZIES POUND PUPPIES 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
WONDER DOG RESCUE 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
BAARC BAY AREA ANIMAL RESCUE CREW 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
CANINE RESCUE COALITION 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
CCC SPCA 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
FRIENDS OF THE FORMERLY FRIENDLESS 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
GOLDEN GATE LAB RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
MALINOIS & DUTCH SHEPHERD RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
NOR CAL BULLY BREED RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
PENINSULA HUMANE SOCIETY 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
TINY PAWS PUG RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
YOLO COUNTY SPCA 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
BOISE BULLY BREED RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
FRIENDS OF CONTRA COSTA ANIMAL SHELTERS 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
FUREVER ANIMAL RESCUE 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
FURRY FRIENDS FOOD RELIEF 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
LILYS LEGACY SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
NORCAL BOXER RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLDOG RESCUE INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
PITBULL CREW RESCUE INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
PITS R' US ALL BREED RESCUE & ADOPTIONS 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
SADDLE MOUNTAIN DOG RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SAN FRANCISCO SAMOYED RESCUE INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SECOND CHANCE COCKER RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SOUTHERN CALIF DACHSHUND RELIEF 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
THULANI SENIOR GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
WORKING CAT PROGRAM 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
WREN YORKIE RESCUE ALLIANCE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
A PASSION FOR PAWS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ANIMAL FIX CLINIC 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
ANIMAL REFUGEE RESPONSE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
BROKETAIL RESCUE & SANCTUARY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
BULL TERRIER RESCUE INC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER LIVESTOCK Total
CALIFORNIA MINIATURE RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CALIFORNIA PITBULL RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CARES CENTER FOR ANIMAL RESCUE AND EDUCATION IN SOLANO 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CASA DE LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CC4C RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CENTER FOR ANIMAL PROTECTION & EDUCATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CHOWS PLUS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
FURRY FRIENDS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
GOOD NEWZ PITTIE PUPS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
HAPPY TAILS PET SANCTUARY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
HERD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETR RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
HOPALONG & SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
HUMANE SOCIETY SILICON VALLEY 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
JAMESON ANIMAL RESCUE RANCH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
MONTEREY BAY LAB RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ONE LIVING SANCTUARY 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
ORPHAN KITTEN PROJECT AT UC DAVIS 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PAWSITIVE TAILS TO REMEMBER 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PAWSITIVELY S.A.F.E 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PET ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
PLAY FOR A STRAY, INC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ROAD DOGS AND RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
SECOND CHANCE DOGS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PITBULL RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATION 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TIBETAN MASTIFF RESCUE INC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
WEST COAST FERRET ASSOCIATION 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
WESTIE RESCUE & PLACEMENT OF NOR CAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CONTRA
COSTA
ANIMAL
SERVICES
ANIMALS ADOPTED TO GROUPS
1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
Selected animal types: DOG, CAT, RABBIT, BIRD, OTHER, LIVESTOCK
Total animals adopted to groups: 1,089
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER LIVESTOCK Total
Total 670 355 50 7 5 2 1,089
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY 15 154 0 0 0 0 169
MARTINA ANIMAL RESCUE 117 2 0 0 0 0 119
EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REFUGE 11 71 0 0 1 0 83
MUTTVILLE RESCUE 38 0 0 0 0 0 38
EL DORADO ANIMAL SERVICES 37 0 0 0 0 0 37
SACRAMENTO SPCA 28 0 6 0 0 0 34
EAST BAY SPCA 3 27 0 0 0 0 30
MIRANDA'S RESCUE 28 0 0 0 0 0 28
K911 RESCUE 1 22 0 0 0 0 23
SONOMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
FAIRY TAILS DOG RESCUE 20 0 0 0 0 0 20
CONTRA COSTA RABBIT RESCUE 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
FRIENDS FOR ANIMALS S. COAS HUMANE SOCIETY 19 0 0 0 0 0 19
HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
SAFE CAT FOUNDATION 0 19 0 0 0 0 19
CARES CENTER FOR ANIMAL RESCUE AND EDUCATION IN SOLANO 18 0 0 0 0 0 18
CAL PAWS K9 RESCUE 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
HELLA DAM BITCHES AND QUEENS RESCUE 16 0 0 0 0 0 16
ANIMAL RESCUE RECON 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
CHIHUAHUA RESCUE TRUCKEE MEADOWS 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
SANTA CRUZ SPCA 15 0 0 0 0 0 15
TRINA AND FRIENDS K9 RESCUE 13 0 0 0 0 0 13
GENEVIEVE'S GENTLE HEARTS RESCUE 0 0 7 2 0 2 11
MILA'S MUTTS 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
RHODIES RESCUE 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
GERMAN SHEPHERD RESCUE OF N CALIF 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
NO PAWS LEFT BEHIND KITTY RESCUE 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
TAILS OF GRAY RESCUE 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
CENTRAL CALIF LAB RESCUE INC 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
GOLDEN GATE LAB RESCUE 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
PLAY FOR A STRAY, INC 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
THE WOOF PROJECT RESCUE 8 0 0 0 0 0 8
YOGA PURR INC 0 8 0 0 0 0 8
GRATEFUL DOGS RESCUE 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
HOMELESS ANIMALS' LIFELINE ORGANIZATION 1 6 0 0 0 0 7
RESCUE RANCH 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
UMBRELLA OF HOPE RESCUE 5 1 0 1 0 0 7
WORKING CAT PROGRAM 0 7 0 0 0 0 7
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER LIVESTOCK Total
BROKETAIL RESCUE & SANCTUARY 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
DOBERMAN PINSCHER RESCUE 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
PEACE OF MIND DOG RESCUE 6 0 0 0 0 0 6
11TH HOUR K9 RESCUE REHAB AND REHOME 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
CCC SPCA 0 5 0 0 0 0 5
INTERNET MINIATURE PINSCHER 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
MARIN HUMANE SOCIETY 0 3 0 1 1 0 5
WHISKERS TAILS AND FERALS 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
FRIENDS OF CONTRA COSTA ANIMAL SHELTERS 2 2 0 0 0 0 4
MENDOCINO COAST HUMANE SOCIETY 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
NORCAL POODLE RESCUE INC 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
NORSLED RESCUE 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
SNAP CATS 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
WAGS N WISHES 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
CASA DE LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
COMPANION ANIMAL COMMUNITY CENTER 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
JELLYS PLACE RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
MILO FOUNDATION 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
ORPHAN KITTEN PROJECT AT UC DAVIS 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
OZZIES POUND PUPPIES 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE, INC 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
WONDER DOG RESCUE 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
YOLO COUNTY SPCA 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
BARK RESCUE CA 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
BICHON FURKIDS RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
BULL TERRIER RESCUE INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
BUMBLEBEAST DOG RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
CC4C RESCUE 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
CHOW RESCUE SIERRA FOOTHILLS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
GIVE ME SHELTER 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
HERD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
HOMEWARD BOUND GOLDEN RETR RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
HOPALONG & SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
JAILBREAK HUSKY RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
K9 PAW PRINT RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
NORCAL ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
PAW SQUAD 599 INC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
RABBIT E.A.R.S 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
RESILIENT DOG RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SANCTUARY 101 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
SUPER FURIENDS 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
A PASSION FOR PAWS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
ANIMAL RESCUE AND K9 CHARITIES, INC 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
BAARC BAY AREA ANIMAL RESCUE CREW 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
CONTRA
COSTA
ANIMAL
SERVICES
ANIMALS ADOPTED TO GROUPS
1/1/2023 - 6/30/2023
Selected animal types: DOG, CAT, RABBIT, BIRD, OTHER, LIVESTOCK
Total animals adopted to groups: 559
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER Total
Total 335 193 21 8 2 559
CONTRA COSTA HUMANE SOCIETY 3 102 0 0 0 105
MARTINA ANIMAL RESCUE 89 0 0 0 0 89
HOMELESS ANIMALS' LIFELINE ORGANIZATION 0 25 0 0 0 25
MUTTVILLE RESCUE 24 0 0 0 0 24
CHIHUAHUA RESCUE TRUCKEE MEADOWS 19 0 0 0 0 19
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 1 16 0 0 0 17
SONOMA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY 10 7 0 0 0 17
SACRAMENTO SPCA 13 0 2 0 0 15
THRIVE ANIMAL RESCUE, INC 15 0 0 0 0 15
EAST BAY SPCA 13 1 0 0 0 14
GENEVIEVE'S GENTLE HEARTS RESCUE 5 0 2 7 0 14
TRINA AND FRIENDS K9 RESCUE 13 0 0 0 0 13
GRATEFUL DOGS RESCUE 11 0 0 0 0 11
HOUSE RABBIT SOCIETY 0 0 9 0 0 9
CONTRA COSTA RABBIT RESCUE 0 0 7 0 1 8
UNDERDOG ANIMAL RESCUE 8 0 0 0 0 8
FRIENDS FOR ANIMALS S. COAS HUMANE SOCIETY 7 0 0 0 0 7
MINI CAT TOWN 0 7 0 0 0 7
TAILS OF GRAY RESCUE 7 0 0 0 0 7
CARES CENTER FOR ANIMAL RESCUE AND EDUCATION IN SOLANO 6 0 0 0 0 6
FAIRY TAILS DOG RESCUE 6 0 0 0 0 6
MIRANDA'S RESCUE 6 0 0 0 0 6
SUPER FURIENDS 0 6 0 0 0 6
THE CAT GARDEN RESCUE 0 6 0 0 0 6
UMBRELLA OF HOPE RESCUE 5 0 0 1 0 6
ANIMAL RESCUE RECON 5 0 0 0 0 5
BARK RESCUE CA 5 0 0 0 0 5
CAL PAWS K9 RESCUE 5 0 0 0 0 5
MENDOCINO COAST HUMANE SOCIETY 5 0 0 0 0 5
RHODIES RESCUE 5 0 0 0 0 5
SAFE CAT FOUNDATION 0 5 0 0 0 5
CAT TOWN 0 4 0 0 0 4
PAWSITIVELY S.A.F.E.0 4 0 0 0 4
PLAY FOR A STRAY, INC 4 0 0 0 0 4
HELLA DAM BITCHES AND QUEENS RESCUE 0 3 0 0 0 3
NORCAL POODLE RESCUE INC 3 0 0 0 0 3
SADDLE MOUNTAIN DOG RESCUE 3 0 0 0 0 3
DOBERMAN PINSCHER RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 2
DOG CAT RABBIT BIRD OTHER Total
GROUP EDUCATION TO PROTECT AND DEFEND ANIMALS 2 0 0 0 0 2
HOUNDS & HEROES RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 2
HOWARD'S HOUND HAVEN 2 0 0 0 0 2
HUSKY HALFWAY HOUSE FOUNDATION 2 0 0 0 0 2
THE WOOF PROJECT RESCUE 2 0 0 0 0 2
WHISKERS TAILS AND FERALS 2 0 0 0 0 2
WORKING CAT PROGRAM 0 2 0 0 0 2
BICHON FURKIDS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
BULL TERRIER RESCUE INC 1 0 0 0 0 1
CALIFORNIA PITBULL RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
CHOWS PLUS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
COMMUNITY CAT ADVOCATES AND RESCUE 0 1 0 0 0 1
EAST BAY ANIMAL RESCUE & REFUGE 0 1 0 0 0 1
FAMILY DOG RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
FINDING A BEST FRIEND RESCUE 0 1 0 0 0 1
FLYING PAWS RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
HERPADERP RESCUE 0 0 0 0 1 1
HUGS HEARTS FOUNDATION 1 0 0 0 0 1
K9 PAW PRINT RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
K911 RESCUE 0 1 0 0 0 1
KIM'S NURTURING NEST ANIMAL SANCTUARY 1 0 0 0 0 1
LILYS LEGACY SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY 1 0 0 0 0 1
LOST BALL CANINE RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
NORSLED RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BULLDOG RESCUE INC 1 0 0 0 0 1
OZZIES POUND PUPPIES 1 0 0 0 0 1
PAWS PET ADOPTION AND WELLNESS 1 0 0 0 0 1
PUG RESCUE OF SACRAMENTO 1 0 0 0 0 1
RABBIT HAVEN 0 0 1 0 0 1
RIDGEBACKS IN NEED CALIFORNIA 1 0 0 0 0 1
ROCKET DOG RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
SAN FRANCISCO SAMOYED RESCUE INC 1 0 0 0 0 1
SANCTUARY 101 1 0 0 0 0 1
SHAMROCK RESCUE FOUNDATION 1 0 0 0 0 1
SNAP CATS 0 1 0 0 0 1
SOUTHERN CALIF DACHSHUND RELIEF 1 0 0 0 0 1
SPANDOW HOUSE DOG RESCUE 1 0 0 0 0 1
WELCOME HOME SANCTUARY 1 0 0 0 0 1
WREN YORKIE RESCUE ALLIANCE 1 0 0 0 0 1
WYLIE ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION 1 0 0 0 0 1
YOLO COUNTY SPCA 1 0 0 0 0 1
CCAS Funding Details Report ATTACHMENT B
2023 Community Engagement Events & Mobile Adoptions Tracking ATTACHMENT C
DATE EVENT CITY TIME Type STATUS
2/25/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
2/22/2023 Pinole Valley HS Presentation Pinole 12-1Pm Info/Edu Complete
3/21/2023 Concord Library Cat Adoption Concord 4PM-7PM Adoption Complete
4/15/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
5/17/2023 CTK School Classroom Presentation Pleasant Hill 10am-1PM Info/Edu Complete
5/20/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
6/2/2023 County Block Party Concord 4PM-7PM Adoption Complete
6/17/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
7/2/2023 Hops & Creek Adoption Event Walnut Creek 12PM-4PM Adoption Complete
7/15/2023 Pinole PFE Pinole 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
7/23/2023 Sunday Mobile Adoption Martinez (at CCAS) 11AM-3PM Adoption Complete
7/27/2023 Pups & Pints Adoption Event Orinda 4PM-7PM Adoption Complete
8/1/2023 Pittsburg National Night Out Pittsburg 6PM-9PM Info/Edu
8/1/2023 Martinez National Night Out Martinez 6-9PM Info/Edu
8/5/2023 Key Realty Adoption Event Concord 10AM-2PM Adoption
8/19/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption
8/24/2023 Pups & Pints Adoption Event Orinda 4PM-7PM Adoption
8/27/2023 Sunday Mobile Adoption Martinez (at CCAS) 11AM-3PM Adoption
TBD September Rossmore Presentation Rossmore TBD Info/Edu
9/6/2023 Knightsen 4H Presentation Knightsen 6PM-7PM Info/Edu
9/15/2023 Crockett Police Advisory Council Crockett 7PM Info/Edu
9/16/2023 Pinole PFE Pinole 11AM-3PM Adoption
9/24/2023 Sunday Mobile Adoption Martinez (at CCAS) 11AM-3PM Adoption
9/28/2023 Pups & Pints Adoption Event Orinda 4PM-7PM Adoption
TBD September East County Adoption Event Brentwood TBD Adoption
TBD September West County Microchip Clinic San Pablo 11AM-2PM Wellness Clinic
TBD September
McGuire Harley Davidson
Adoptions Concord TBD Adoption
10/21/2023 Martinez PFE Martinez 11AM-3PM Adoption
10/22/2023 Sunday Mobile Adoption Martinez (at CCAS) 11AM-3PM Adoption
10/26/2023 Pups & Pints Adoption Event Orinda 4PM-7PM Adoption
TBD October SR Valley Rotary
San
Ramon/Danville 12-1PM Info/Edu
TBD October East County Microchip Clinic Brentwood 11AM-2PM Wellness Clinic
TBD October Central County Microchip Clinic Martinez 11AM-2PM Wellness Clinic
11/18/2023 Pinole PFE Pinole 11AM-3PM Adoption
CCAS Outreach and Engagement Plan ATTACHMENT D
The Department currently conducts regular offsite adoption and humane education events. Logistical
barriers exist that can often prevent the Department from providing other high-demand services for County
residents and their pets, such as low-cost vaccination, spaynneuter, and microchip clinics. eecogniiing this
need, the Department has developed the following outreach plan to increase awareness and engagement in
CCAS’s work, and to provide a broader range of services in the community, by taking a strategic approach to
expanding the number of offsite programs hosted by the Department.
While this outreach plan will apply to the Department’s entire service area, there will be a particular focus
on providing services in areas that have been identified as “hot spots” for needing CCAS services, where
geographic and socioeconomic barriers to accessing the County shelter in Martinei may exist. It is our hope
that implementation of this plan will result in a reduction of lost pets, a greater level of wellness services
being provided in the community, more pets being adopted or reclaimed by their families, and a better
understanding among County residents of CCAS’s and local partners’ animal welfare services.
The outreach plan reflects the specific actions the Department will take to increase access to CCAS services
throughout Contra Costa County. This outreach plan is based upon CCAS’s current staff and volunteer
capacity to provide offsite services, with certain elements contingent upon participation from strategic
partners. Should additional staffing resources materialiie, this plan can be expanded to accommodate a
greater level engagement.
The following outreach plan consists of three phases and is based on a nine-month timeline. Additionally, the
plan focuses on engaging the support of local veterinarians, businesses, nonprofits, and cities to partner with
CCAS to provide offsite services that the Department is currently limited in its ability or unable to provide.
Phase 1 – Planning (months 1-3)
Analyie current Departmental service data and trends to identify which services are most needed in
which areas of the County.
Solicit local veterinarians for their participation in offsite lownno cost vaccination, spaynneuter, and
wellness clinics, with a focus on targeting “hot spot” populations.
Conduct outreach to local business and city partners for their partnership in hosting events and
identify potential locations to hold the events.
Engage CCAS staff and volunteers to identify the internal processes and policies needed to enable a
range of offsite events (adoption event, vaccination clinic, etc.).
Plan to expand the current offsite monthly mobile adoption event at Pet Food Express in Martinei
into an event that rotates between locations throughout the County each month.
Assess response from local veterinarians, city partners, businesses, and others to determine which
programs are possible.
Phase 2 – Set-up & Pilot (months 4-6)
Work with CCAS staff and volunteers to develop the internal processes and policies needed to enable
the types of offsite events that are possible, as determined in Phase 1.
Based on the results of planning phase assessments, identify six offsite events of various forms
(adoption event, humane education, vaccinationnmicrochip clinic, etc.) in eastern, western, and
southern areas of the County over a period of three months.
Work with local veterinarians, businesses, and city partners identified during phase one to
coordinate six offsite events in different parts of the County.
Identify locations for rotating monthly offsite adoption events and begin implementation.
Begin coordinating for full implantation.
Phase 3 – Implementation (months 7-9)
Based on the level of success of the first two phases, begin implementing the full scope of services
with the following goals:
o One monthly offsite adoption event that rotates between four locations within the County
(east county, west county, north-central county, and south-central county).
o One monthly offsite humane education presentation to local civic groups, city
councilsncommissions, and stakeholder groups, in targeted communities in Contra Costa
County.
o One quarterly vaccinationnmicrochipnwellness clinic in targeted communities in Contra Costa
County.
Debrief and assess the effectiveness of the outreach plan and present results to Department
leadership.
Begin coordinating for year two, building upon the lessons learned in year one.
Draft CCAS Measure X Proposal ATTACHMENT E
Background
Contra Costa County (CCC) has a population of about 1.157 million people. It is estimated that in our County
our residents love and care for approximately 172,000 dogs, 69,000 rabbits and over 450,000 cats. The cat
population estimates include indoor only, indoor/outdoor cats and outdoor “community” cats. In Contra
Costa County we are experiencing a problem of pet overpopulation. This is due to primarily two reasons: a
lack of affordable, accessible veterinary care which includes spay/neuter and vaccine services across and
people having to make the difficult decision to give up their pets due to behavior concerns, or landlord
issues.
Currently, Contra Costa Animal Services (CCAS) provides low cost spay neuter and vaccine services to all
Contra Costa County residents through its animal medical center. However, CCAS’s public service levels are
affected due to having one team of medical staff working in one surgery area also supporting our internal
shelter medical needs for animals who come to the shelter lost, sick, injured or in danger from the
unincorporated areas of the county and the 18 cities we contract with for services. This conflict reduces
CCAS’s public impact by approximately 66-70%. A service our county residents urgently need to provide
appropriate care for their pets and keep pets in their homes.
In 2022, CCAS provided housing and care to over 8,000 animals, which reflects an approximate 60% increase
in animals since 2021. Cats represent about 42% of our incoming population, while dogs make up about 31%
and the remainder is a conglomerate of bunnies, livestock, and small animals. CCAS receives animals from
throughout County, but the largest influx of large breed dogs, neonatal kittens and sick/injured dogs/cats
come from two key zip codes 94801 and 94565 (i.e., North Richmond, San Pablo and Pittsburg, and Bay
Point). Many of these animals end up in the shelter due to a lack of access to veterinary care or humane
education around animal care or behavior. This animal shelter population also has the greatest risk of
euthanasia at the CCAS shelter, which consists of neonatal kittens (e.g., needing maternal care), sick/injured
cats and dogs, plus large breed dogs that do not do well in overcrowded small living spaces. This population
greatly needs additional support at the shelter. CCAS relies heavily on local rescue/transfer partner
nonprofit organizations to help decompress, recover, and find a home for these animals and help save lives.
The Pet Over Population problem is exacerbated due to the nation experiencing a Veterinarian and
Registered Veterinary Technician (RVT) shortage that is being felt here in Contra Costa County, along with the
impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Local Veterinarians are charging fees to cover their costs for elective
procedures like spay/neuter surgeries and vaccines. This places those procedures out of reach for our county
residents who need these discretionary funds to be used for things that are needed to support their families.
It also places our local residents/families in difficult situations that may cause them to need to
relinquish/surrender their pets. Some of those issues are around behaviors that could be addressed with
spaying/neutering the pet, or even medical conditions that could have been prevented through regular
vaccines and/or medical visits to also prevent deadly zoonotic diseases that may impact a family or put the
community at risk.
The Department’s goal is to empower Contra Costa County community residents to be a caring community
for our human population and the animals they love. The proposed initiative would help provide wellness
services for our animals in our County and those animals in turn will continue to provide the love and
companionship our residents need to support their physical and emotional health.
Funding Request
CCAS Service Area Funding Sources
Public S/N Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Capital Project 139,000 - -
S/N Grants - 350,000 -
Total: 139,000 350,000 -
Animal Welfare Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Shelter Adoptions - - 126,000
Animal Enrichment - 252,000 -
Foster Program(s) - - 126,000
Transfer Program - - 126,000
Shelter Intervention - 126,000 -
Reclaimed Animals - - 126,000
Total: - 378,000 504,000
Community Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Community Outreach - 30,000 211,000
Adoption Events - - 0
Human Education - 155,000 -
Vaccine/Microchip Events - 220,000 -
Pet Retention Program - 140,000 -
Total: - 545,000 211,000
Grand Total: 139,000 1,273,000 715,000
* ARPA funding under review based on Architect Capital Project proposal
Total Annual Cost: $1,273,000
Total Initiative Cost for 3 years: $3,819,000
The Department’s goal is to build a 3-year plan with Measure X and other Department funding to allow the
Department to improve and expand appropriate veterinary medical care to our county residents and their
pets.
Benefits of Funding CCAS Programs
If CCAS receives Measure X Funding to support a 3-Year Contra Costa County Pet Health Initiative Pilot
Program, the Department believes the following benefits for County residents to care for pets align with the
Measure X Community Advisory Body’s core goals.
o Goal #1: Mental Well Being. Supports the mental and behavioral health and well-being of all residents
with pets.
o There are research studies that present that animals can enhance the health of their human
caregivers. Supporting this initiative will contribute to Contra Costa County residents short- and
long-term.
o Goal #2: Equity in Action. Prioritizes equity and removing barriers to receiving veterinary care (e.g.,
spay/neuter and vaccine services) and behavior/training support impacted by socioeconomic and
demographic barriers.
o Goal #3: Healthy Communities. All residents should have access to affordable care to support their pet’s
health and wellbeing.
o Goal #4: Welcoming & Safe Community. All residents should act as responsible pet owners. Potentially
Aggressive pets with behavioral needs should be able to access behavior training and humane education
for public safety.
Targeted Population
Households earning less than 50% of area median income (AMI), at risk of homelessness and
marginally housed populations.
Measures of Success
1. Alter 1000 cats, 500 dogs and 250 rabbits each year through owned pet voucher program.
2. Provide a minimum of 4 mobile S/N and vaccine events per month, target 1200 surgeries/yr., 9600
vaccines and 2400 microchips.
3. Number of altered dogs licensed in CCC increase by 10% first year and 5% each year afterwards.
4. Maintain or exceed an 91% live release rate of all healthy and treatable animals at CCAS at the end
of the first year of the initiative, 93% by year 3 and 95% by year 5.
5. Decrease the Average Length of Stay (ALOS) for at risk large dogs at CCAS by 20%.
6. Assist a minimum of 100 families per year to keep their pets in their home through a pet assistance
program.
7. Intake of lost large breed dogs into CCAS decreases by 10% each year.
Contra Costa County
Measure X Alloca�ons – Request for Proposals
1.Agency:
2.Contact Name:
3.Contact Email:
4.Proposal �tle:
5.Proposal funding type:
6.Proposed budget:
7.Popula�ons served:
8.Regions served:
Countywide
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
9.Proposed �meline:
10.Proposal summary
11.Expected outcomes and impacts
CONTRA COSTA ANIMAL SERVICES
Animal Services
Department Update
Contra Costa County
Public Protection Committee
August 7, 2023
Beth Ward
Animal Services Director
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Overview
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At the July 3, 2023, Public Protections Committee
meeting the Committee Chairs referred the
Department to return to the next meeting on August 7,
2023, and present a plan to address the following
areas:
Increasing public access to low cost spay and neuter,
Increasing CCAS community adoption and vaccine
events
Draft for the Departments Measure X Proposal.
DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Increasing public access to low cost spay & neuter:
Remodel
Contra Costa Humane and International Veterinary Outreach
Animal Benefit Fund
Increasing CCAS community adoption and vaccine events
Adoptions Program
Humane Education
Measure X Proposal (attached)
EXPENSE DETAILS:
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CCAS Service Area Funding Financial Details
Public S/N Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Capital Project 139,000 --S/N Grants
S/N Grants -350,000 -
Total:139,000 350,000 -
Animal Welfare Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Shelter Adoptions --126,000 1.0 FTE Adoptions Coordinator
Animal Enrichment -252,000 -2.0 FTE Animal Care Coordinators
Foster Program(s)--126,000 1.0 FTE Foster Coordinator
Transfer Program --126,000 Dog Transfer Coordinator
Shelter Intervention -126,000 -1.0 FTE Shelter Intervention Coordinator
Reclaimed Animals --126,000 1.0 FTE RTO Coordinator
Total:-378,000 504,000
Community Services ARPA Measure X City/GF/User Fees
Community Outreach -30,000 211,000 Community Ed. & Marketing material 1.0 FTE Community Specialist &
Adoption Events ---1.0 FTE Clerk Senior Level
Human Education -155,000 -Dog Training Program
Vaccine/Microchip Events -220,000 -Mobile Clinics
Pet Retention Program -140,000 -Pet Retention Program Grants
Total:-545,000 211,000
Grand Total:$ 139,000 $ 1,273,000 $ 715,000
Thank You!
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PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE 6.
Meeting Date:08/07/2023
Subject:REPORT on progress of the Racial Justice Oversight Body
Submitted For: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Department:Probation
Referral No.: N/A
Referral Name: Referral on Racial Justice Oversight Body
Presenter: Christopher James, W. Haywood Burns Institute Contact: Patrice Guillory, (925) 313-4087
Referral History:
In April 2016, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) accepted recommendations from the Public Protection Committee to form a
17-member Racial Justice Task Force and then appointed members to this Task Force in September 2016. After Resource
Developments Associates was awarded a contract by the County in February 2017 to provide facilitation and data analysis
services, the Racial Justice Task Force was convened from April 2017 through June 2018. During this time the Task Force
reviewed data on local criminal and juvenile justice systems and processes, discussed best practices and emerging practices to
address racial disparities in those systems and processes, and ultimately developed a set of recommendations that would help
the County reduce the identified disparities.
In July 2018, the Board of Supervisors adopted the "Racial Justice Task Force - Final Report and Recommendations"
(Attachment B) with the exclusion of recommendations #18 and #19. The first recommendation called for the establishment of
a Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB) that would “meet on a quarterly basis” to “oversee the implementation of the
recommendations” and provide the County with a report of its activities “on an annual basis.” Based on this recommendation,
in November 2018 the Public Protection Committee nominated individuals for appointment to the RJOB, and on December 4,
2018, the Board made the appointments.
After the Office of Reentry and Justice staff concluded a contractor solicitation process, on April 16, 2019, the Board of
Supervisors approved the execution of a contract with the W. Haywood Burns institute (BI) to provide committee consulting
and development services for the Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB).
In this role, BI was contracted to perform the following services:
Support meaningful participation by all members and efficient and effective decision making;1.
Create a structure that will allow the RJOB to achieve its objectives;2.
Assess progress toward two-year work plan for the RJOB, and facilitate RJOB meetings and activities in a way that
ensures engagement and participation among RJOB membership in order to meet the Body’s objectives;
3.
Engage and support stakeholders in their efforts to implement recommendations of the Racial Justice Task Force;4.
Provide the RJOB with research support and subject-matter expertise in areas related to racial justice, criminal and
juvenile justice reform, data and evaluation, and community engagement; and
5.
Produce and present a final public report detailing the RJOB’s progress in addressing racial and ethnic disparities of the
local criminal and juvenile justice systems.
6.
In July 2019, BI convened the first quarterly RJOB meeting. Since then BI has helped the body develop Bylaws, structure
itself into three subcommittees that have met monthly, and assisted each subcommittee in working toward their objectives as
identified in their work plans.
Referral Update:
Please see the attached status report (Attachment A) detailing the progress the RJOB has made to date, as provided by W.
Haywood Burns institute and approved by the Office of Reentry and Justice.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
ACCEPT reports from the W. Haywood Burns Institute on the progress and activities of the County’s Racial Justice
Oversight Body in 2022, as approved by the Office of Reentry and Justice;
1.
RECEIVE the Racial Justice Oversight Body Public Statment on Racial Disparities in Local Policing; and2.
Provide direction to staff as needed.3.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
There is no fiscal impact - this report is for informational purposes only.
Attachments
Attachment A - BI Status Report
Attachment B - Racial Justice Task Force - Final Report and Recommendations
RJOB 2022 Final Project Report
RJOB Public Statement on Local Policing
Racial Justice
Oversight Body
Progress Report
Presented to the Public Protection Committee
August 7, 2023
Overview
•What is the Racial Justice
Oversight Body (RJOB)
•RJOB’s Mission & Work To Date
•Future Directions
•RJOB’s Data-Specific Work &
Data Needs
•RJOB’s Request to City
Leadership
What is the Racial Justice Oversight Body?
The Racial Justice Oversight Body
(RJOB) was established in 2018
following the Board of Supervisors
adoption of the Racial Justice Task
Force’s (RJTF) recommendations
for improving racial equity within
the County’s justice system.
From April 2017-June 2018, RJTF
met monthly to review local
justice system data and assessed
best and emerging practices for
addressing racial disparities.
What is the Racial Justice Oversight Body?
(cont.) RJTF Findings Presented to BOS, July
2018
The Task Force found disparities across the local justice system after review of
data from law enforcement agencies, criminal and juvenile justice system. The
highlighted findings included:
1.Higher arrest rates for Black youth and adults drive disparities in County
juvenile and criminal justice processes in 2014
2.Black and Latino youth were more likely than White youth to be placed in
custody, both pre- and post-adjudication
3.Differences in the rate of disparity across cities indicated that different
local contexts drive these disparities.
4.A higher proportion of Black and Latino defendants have sentence
enhancements, due to characteristics of charges and/or defendants
5.Black adults in Contra Costa County were more likely than Latino or White
adults to be detained pre-trial
6.In 2014, Black youth were sent to secure confinement at a higher rate than
all other races; relative to being a ward of the Court, Hispanic youth were
securely confined at a higher rate.
7.Changes to County jury selection processes have increased disparities in
who services on juries in Contra Costa County.
Data Snapshot: Summary
of Race Data in CCC
Criminal Justice Systems
What is the Racial Justice Oversight Body?
(cont.) RJTF Final Recommendations
Based on RJTF’s findings and analysis, a set of 18 recommendations were developed and adopted by the County’s Board of Supervisors. They cover the following domains:
•Oversight and Accountability (formation of the Racial Justice Oversight Body)
•Diversion
•Data
•County Support for Local Agencies
•Community Engagement and Services
•Practices Related to Trial & Adjudication Process
•Confinement
- RJTF Final Report to Board of Supervisors, June 2018
RJOB’s Mission
In adherence to the RJTF’s oversight and accountability recommendations,
RJOB was assembled in 2019 with the objective to:
1.Prioritize the RJTF recommendations
2.Establish subcommittees of RJOB members who bring expertise in and
commitment to the topic area
3.Develop subcommittee workplans
The full body currently meets quarterly and reports to the BOS on an annual
basis. Subcommittees meet monthly.
RJOB
Subcommittee
Goals/Objectives
The RJOB has worked diligently to understand the various issues surrounding racial equity in the Contra
Costa County justice system. Much of this work has been divided among three subcommittees:
1.Community Engagement and Funding Subcommittee
•Establish formal partnerships with community-based organization to provide greater
capacity for programming and services
•Establish a community capacity fund to build the capacity of community-based
organization
•Collaborate with the CCP-EC to consider increasing realignment funding for community
services
2.Data Subcommittee
•Work with County criminal justice agencies and local law enforcement to improve the
collection of individual level data on all encounters within the justice system
•Review and publish race-specific data for the purposes of improving transparency and
accountability
•Support analyses of interventions to measure efficacy and assess impact on racial
disparities
3.Diversion Subcommittee
•Recommend countywide criteria and protocols for formal and informal diversion. The
recommendations shall be evidence-based and follow established best practices
•Separate recommendations to be developed for adult and juvenile populations
RJOB Actions To Date
•8/6/20: Approved joint statement on racial equity in light of COVID-19 and its impact on people who are incarcerated
•2/4/21: Approved diversion definition and guidelines developed by the Diversion subcommittee
•5/6/21: On behalf of the CEF Subcommittee, to strongly recommend to the BOS that they endorse the creation of the Miles Hall Non-Police Response Unit and AB 988 (The Miles Hall Lifeline Act).
•5/6/21: On behalf of the CEF Subcommittee, to request initial funding from the BOS for technical assistance with development of a proposal for a two-phase, hybrid cohort community capacity fund.
•5/6/21: On behalf of the Data Subcommittee, request a commendation to Probation at the BOS for their engagement in the subcommittee and their willingness to share data and promote transparency.
•8/5/21: RJOB urges the BOS to create a Sheriff Oversight Board pursuant to government code section 25303.7 and refer back to RJOB for recommendations regarding its charge and composition.
•11/4/21: Approved membership changes – seat vacancies and subcommittee roster updates
•11/4/21: Approved bylaws changes to allow for meeting discussions to continue despite lack of quorum with action items repeating at the following meeting
•6/6/23: Approved statement in response to tacist text message scandal involving Antioch Police Department
RJOB’s Activities & Accomplishments To Date
•Community Engagement and Funding SubcommitteeoEstablishment of a community capacity fund for reentry Community Based Organizations o Brainstorming about a Youth Advisory CounciloMore accessibility to public membersoCo-hosting community forum with Data Subcommittee (2022)o Preliminary planning for Youth Advisory Council proposal (2022)
•Data SubcommitteeoDevelopment of decision points matrixoCollection of current data from Probation, Sheriff’s Office, County of EducationoDevelopment of commendation for participating agenciesoConducted analyses drawing from CA DOJ dataoReceiving and sharing Probation, COE, and Sheriff’s dataoSupporting/promoting county race/ethnicity data websiteoSupporting/making data requests, written as well as via Zoom, to local county agencies/organizations
•Diversion SubcommitteeoCompleted a list of all current diversion programsoDeveloped a definition of diversion and a list of guidelines for countywide useoDiversion program staff presentationsoDevelopment of preliminary recommendationsoDeveloping list of offenses excluded from diversion meant to expand eligibility (2022)o Developing pilot program to receive direct feedback about student needs in West Contra Costa Unified School District (2022)
RJOB Activities
2023
Public Statement in response to
racism scandal in Antioch
Support and development of
community healing spaces
Request for more clarity on role
in implementation of the RJTF’s
Recommendations
Continuing to develop dialogue
between RJOB and Board of
Supervisors/subcommittees
Questions?
Contra Costa County
Racial Justice Task Force – Final Report and Recommendations
June 2018 | 1
RJTF Recommendations
Oversight and Accountability
1) The Racial Justice Task Force recommends that the Board of Supervisors appoint a Racial Justice
Oversight Body (RJOB) to oversee the implementation of the recommendations made by the Task
Force, as specified by the Board of Supervisors. The RJOB would meet on a quarterly basis and
report to the Board on an annual basis. The RJOB shall be made up of the following members:
1. A representative from the Superior Court, as a non-voting member
2. The Sheriff or his designee
3. The Chief Probation Officer or his designee
4. The Public Defender or her designee
5. The District Attorney or her designee
6. A representative from a local law enforcement agency, nominated by the Contra Costa
County Police Chiefs’ Association
7. A representative from the Contra Costa County Board of Education
8. A representative from Contra Costa County Health Services
9. Eight community-based representatives, that include at a minimum:
a. Two members of the Racial Justice Coalition,
b. Two individuals with prior personal criminal or juvenile justice system
involvement,
c. Three representatives from community-based organizations that work with
individuals in the justice system, including at least one person who works
directly with youth
d. One representative from a faith-based organization
Any individual may meet more than one of these qualifications.
The RJTF further recommends that the work of this body be staffed by the County Office of
Reentry and Justice, and that funds for facilitation be allocated through an RFP process.
1) a. The RJOB should or a subcommittee thereof should review local criminal and juvenile justice data
in order to identify and report on racial disparities. This will include a review of use-of-force data,
as available from the California Department of Justice’s Open Justice data.
Diversion
2) With the goal of reducing racial disparities in the Contra Costa County criminal justice system,
form a committee to recommend countywide criteria and protocols for formal and informal
diversion. The recommendations shall be evidence-based and follow established best practices.
In considering what criteria and protocols to recommend, the committee shall
1. Develop separate recommendations for adult and juvenile populations.
2. Strive to ensure the broadest possible pool of eligible participants.
Attachment B
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Racial Justice Task Force – Final Report and Recommendations
June 2018 | 2
3. Strive to ensure that prior criminal justice involvement does not bar a person’s eligibility
for diversion.
4. Ensure that the inability to pay for the costs of diversion will not prohibit participation.
5. Recommend, as appropriate, partnerships between law enforcement agencies and
community-based organizations to provide diversion services and oversight.
This committee may be a subgroup of the Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB) and will report to
the RJOB.
3) Expand the use of crisis intervention teams, mobile crisis teams, and behavioral health assessment
teams so they are available across the County.
4) Local law enforcement agencies shall issue citations and establish non-enforcement diversion
programs as an alternative to arrests.
Data
5) All Contra Costa County criminal justice agencies and local law enforcement agencies shall
collect individual-level data on all individual encounters with criminal and juvenile justice
systems and processes. In so doing, they should consult best practices to balance data needs
with confidentiality regulations.
a. Office of Reentry and Justice shall publish race-specific data online on all of the above to
create greater transparency and accountability of the County criminal justice agencies
and local enforcement agencies.
b. All Contra Costa County criminal justice agencies and local law enforcement agencies shall
improve capacity for data collection and analysis including expanding staff with data
analysis capabilities.
c. Office of Reentry and Justice shall support analysis of interventions implemented
through the RJTF to measure efficacy and assess impact on racial disparities.
County Support for Local Agencies
6) The County shall work with local enforcement agencies to seek funds that support the integration
of de-escalation and behavioral health intervention trainings into local enforcement agency
regional academy and/or department orientations.
a. The County shall work with local enforcement agencies to seek funds to implement
improved procedural justice practices and implicit bias training.
i. Identify funding for procedural justice training utilizing the train the trainer
model.
ii. Work with the Chief’s Association to create a forum to share information and
strengthen promising practices around procedural justice and implicit bias
trainings.
7) In addition, local enforcement agencies in Contra Costa County should:
i. Ensure inclusion of de-escalation and behavioral health intervention trainings
into local enforcement agency regional academy and/or department orientations
Attachment B
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Racial Justice Task Force – Final Report and Recommendations
June 2018 | 3
ii. Provide procedural justice and implicit bias training to all staff
8) The County Office of Education shall provide resources to incentivize school districts to explore,
evaluate, implement or expand existing non-punitive discipline practices, such as Positive
Behavioral Interventions Support (PBIS) and Restorative Justice (RJ) practices.
i. Identify funding for continuous training and technical assistance to all schools in
the County to support implementation of PBIS and Restorative Justice, as well as
data collection to assess implementation and impact.
9) The County Office of Education shall work with school districts to provide behavioral health
services such as counseling, peer support, and early intervention services for youth presenting
signs of emotional, mental, and/or behavioral distress.
Community Engagement and Services
10) County criminal justice agencies shall establish formal partnerships with community-based
organizations to provide greater capacity for
i. diversion,
ii. reentry programs,
iii. alternatives to detention
iv. pretrial services
v. in custody programming
All community-based organizations receiving funding from the County shall be evaluated for
efficacy and effectiveness of program goals and objectives to ensure populations are
appropriately served. Community input shall be an integral part of this process.
11) Establish a community capacity fund to build the capacity of community-based organizations –
especially those staffed by formerly incarcerated individuals – to contract with the County and
provide services to reentry clients.
12) The County and/or RJOB shall collaborate with the Community Corrections Partnership- Executive
Committee (CCP-EC) to consider increasing realignment funding for community services.
Practices Related to Trial and Adjudication Processes
13) Encourage the Superior Court to return to the process of jury selection whereby jurors are called
to service to their local branch court for misdemeanor trials.
14) The Public Defender’s Office shall hire social workers who can assess clients’ psychosocial needs
and link them to services.
15) The Public Defender’s Office, either directly or through partnerships with community-based
organizations, should offer civil legal representation to clients. For youth, this should focus on
educational advocacy.
Confinement
16) Expand eligibility for Pre-Trial Services and increase Pre-Trial Services staffing, with a focus on
reducing racial disparities and replacing the money bail system.
Attachment B
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Racial Justice Task Force – Final Report and Recommendations
June 2018 | 4
17) Expand the current pre-release pilot to serve all individuals in custody.
18) Establish an independent grievance process for individuals in custody in County adult detention
facilities to report concerns related to conditions of confinement based on gender, race, religion,
and national origin. This process shall not operate via the Sheriff’s Office or require any review by
Sheriff’s Office staff.
19) Establish an independent monitoring body to oversee conditions of confinement in County adult
detention facilities based on gender, race, religion, and national origin and report back to the
Board of Supervisors.
Other
20) All County staff shall participate in and complete implicit bias training.
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Contra Costa County
Racial Justice Oversight Body
Final Project Report
Introduction
The W. Haywood Burns Institute (BI) was established to provide local jurisdictions with
practical, proven approaches for reducing racial and ethnic disparities (R.E.D.). For over 15
years, the BI has successfully worked with jurisdictions in more than 40 states to reduce R.E.D.
by leading traditional and non-traditional stakeholders through a data-driven, community-
informed, and consensus-based process. It is the BI’s experience that local jurisdictions can
implement successful and sustainable strategies that reduce R.E.D. by examining key decision-
making points within the justice system.
The purpose of this report is to provide feedback on the progress and potential of the Racial
Justice Oversight Body to promote equity and reduce R.E.D. in Contra Costa County. This report
is not intended to be a comprehensive assessment of Contra Costa County’s racial equity work
nor a full assessment of whether and to what extent R.E.D. exists within the county. Rather, this
report is intended to share observations and recommendations with Contra Costa County to guide
the RJOB’s work with an equity lens.
Structure
The Racial Justice Oversight Body (hereinafter ‘RJOB’ or ‘Body’) is comprised of 18 overall
members, including nine community representatives that include representatives of local
community-based organizations (CBOs) and nine representatives from specified local County
agencies. It is quite rare for the Burns Institute to see such an even representation of system and
community stakeholders, an approach we consistently advocate for, but which is usually not
fully executed (the court is one of the nine County agency members and hold the seat as a non-
voting member). In keeping with this composition, we encouraged the Body to elect two co-
chairs, one a community stakeholder and one a systems stakeholder. In 2021, the Body duly
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elected Ellen McDonnell of the Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office and Tamisha
Walker of the Safe Return Project as co-chairs.
Additionally, the RJOB has three subcommittees which meet monthly to allow for more
intensive and subject-matter specific action in their respective areas. Those subcommittees are as
follows:
• Community Engagement & Funding (CEF) Subcommittee, chaired by Jeff Landau of the
Contra Costa County Racial Justice Coalition
• Data Subcommittee, chaired by Chala Bonner of the Safe Return Project
• Diversion Subcommittee, chaired by Stephanie Medley of the RYSE Center
Over the course of 2022, the Community Engagement & Funding Subcommittee has met a total
of twelve times, while the Data Subcommittee and the Diversion Subcommittee both met for a
total of six times.
Background
Over the course of this year, the RJOB has had to confront its own capacity and limitations.
While the Body has continued to work hard to accomplish its objectives, it is clear that there is a
need for more communication, collaboration, and alignment between RJOB, the Board of
Supervisors, Public Protection Committee, and various other county agencies and institutions in
order to truly fulfill the many community-issued directives which make up its charge. Consider
the fact that the Body went without making new recommendations to the Board of Supervisors
this year and spent the majority of the year following up on the recommendations it made in
2021, many of which seemed to pass without the Body’s knowledge or direct feedback until the
beginning of this year and thus were destined to repeat as the major tenets of the Body’s agenda.
Additionally, the RJOB has had some new members appointed to its membership over the course
of this year, with more new appointees beginning the work early next year. Bringing new
members up to speed on the RJOB, its charge and progress while continuing to move the various
projects forward has presented its own challenges, some of which will continue into next year as
we seek to orient and integrate new members as quickly and sustainably as possible.
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Observations and Findings
I. Activities and Accomplishments
As mentioned above, RJOB did not make new recommendations this year, and instead sought to
follow up on recommendations from last year, with emphasis on the following:
• 5/6/21: On behalf of the CEF Subcommittee, to request initial funding from the BOS for
technical assistance with development of a proposal for a two-phase, hybrid cohort
community capacity fund.
• 8/5/21: RJOB urges the BOS to create a Sheriff Oversight Board pursuant to government
code section 25303.7 and refer back to RJOB for recommendations regarding its charge
and composition.
With both of these recommendations being presented to the BOS at the beginning of the year
during a presentation of last year’s final report, RJOB essentially got feedback asking for more
fleshing out of the Community Capacity Fund proposal before funding for a technical assistance
provider could be properly considered. Additionally, RJOB managed to bring the prospect of a
Sheriff Oversight Board to the BOS’s attention and agenda, leading to much community
discussion. Ultimately, the BOS decision fell short of providing community members with the
authorization to potentially review law enforcement conduct which was central to the
recommendation, and community members have expressed the desire to continue advocating for
a Sheriff Oversight Board. In addition to these undertakings, efforts continue at the
subcommittee level to develop projects and stated goals until they are ready to be submitted to
the Board for approval.
A. The Community Engagement and Funding subcommittee held a special meeting on
February 16th, in collaboration with the Data subcommittee, to share basic race/ethnicity
data centered around justice system outcomes with community members. This meeting
was decently attended, although it was somewhat hastily put together in order to keep a
pre-determined deadline. There has been much discussion, particularly in the weeks that
followed, on how to refine the approach so as to make sure as many as possible can
attend. The CEF subcommittee also spearheaded the call to reinstate the original RJTF
Recommendation to create a Sheriff Oversight Board and received much public comment
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after the BOS took action on the item. Finally, the CEF is currently in the process of
developing a more robust proposal for the Community Capacity Fund, and will continue
to work with RYSE and the BI to equitably launch the Youth Advisory Council once
youth input for how best to structure and coach up the council has been received and
participating youths have been recruited.
B. The Data subcommittee held its last meeting of the year on July 28th. While RJOB
continues to receive quarterly data reports from Probation Department, the county’s
Office of Education, and the Sheriff’s office, the latter data was presented in raw form
due to a lack of data analysis capacity at that time within the agency. The RJOB and
Office of Reentry and Justice have presented to the Public Protection Committee (May
23, 2022) and Internal Operations Committee (July 11, 2022) these concerns and to
address specifically the need for more adequate fiscal and administrative support to
satisfy RJOB’s ongoing data requests and analytic needs as outreach would continue to
expand beyond county departments to municipal law enforcement agencies. Moreover,
continuing to follow up on the many data requests which were made over the last year
remains at a stalemate due to that lack of capacity to analyze the data in such a way that
would yield meaningful insights which could inform implementation of
recommendations or be useful to share with community members. There is hope that the
launching of the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ) will address some of
these gaps, particularly if there are data analysts embedded within the office, and because
the office itself is situated within the County and should be considered a safe space for
system agency data to be shared. Before temporarily suspending its meetings, the Data
subcommittee, with much assistance from the Office of Reentry and Justice, had also
been making great progress on securing federal funding by way of Congressman
DeSaulnier’s to procure a training series for local law enforcement geared specifically
toward interacting appropriately and successfully with teenaged youth, and we hope to
see this effort result in course offerings within the County sometime next year.
C. The Diversion subcommittee saw smaller workgroups collaborating to attempt to create a
list of offenses which would be ineligible for Diversion referrals. The rationale for this
project is that it would be easier to develop a shorter list of offenses which may not
currently be considered for Diversion, after which all other offenses would be considered.
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This undertaking is in direct compliance with the following excerpt from the RJTF
Recommendations.
“2) With the goal of reducing racial disparities in the Contra Costa County criminal
justice system, form a committee to recommend countywide criteria and protocols for
formal and informal diversion. The recommendations shall be evidence-based and
follow established best practices. In considering what criteria and protocols to
recommend, the committee shall:
1. Develop separate recommendations for adult and juvenile populations.
2. Strive to ensure the broadest possible pool of eligible participants.
3. Strive to ensure that prior criminal justice involvement does not bar a person’s
eligibility for diversion.”
This list is also facing setbacks due to a lack of data capacity. The question has been
rightfully raised as to what the racial impact of such a list will be, and it seems that the
list itself will not be moved ahead for BOS sponsorship or adaptation by the DA’s office -
which has been a partner on this project and has expressed a willingness to implement
such a list if/when sufficiently agreed upon and finalized - until there is data to show
which populations, by race and ethnicity, will be most impacted by the proposed changes
to Diversion eligibility. It is also noteworthy that the current draft is meant for adults and
that this process will need to be repeated specifically for youth once the necessary data
can be secured and the current project can be completed.
Additionally, the Diversion subcommittee has been part of a planning process to launch a
pilot program in West Contra Costa Unified School District, receiving direct feedback
from youth about school climate and needs in order to help make schools more
responsive directly to the needs of youth and to attempt to circumvent the school to
prison pipeline. This is in direct service of the following excerpt from the RJTF
Recommendations.
“8) The County Office of Education shall provide resources to incentivize school
districts to explore, evaluate, implement or expand existing non-punitive discipline
practices, such as Positive Behavioral Interventions Support (PBIS) and Restorative
Justice (RJ) practices. i. Identify funding for continuous training and technical
assistance to all schools in the County to support implementation of PBIS and
Restorative Justice, as well as data collection to assess implementation and impact.
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9) The County Office of Education shall work with school districts to provide
behavioral health services such as counseling, peer support, and early intervention
services for youth presenting signs of emotional, mental, and/or behavioral distress.”
The intent is to repeat this process, refining it based on lessons learned, for other school
districts in other regions of the County to ensure equitable feedback and valuable
insights. Such insights would help to inform which resources and incentives should be
leveraged to the ends quoted above that will produce the greatest, most equitable, and
most sustainable results.
II. Attendance
With the help of the Office of Reentry and Justice, RJOB has made major strides in avoiding
quorum issues this year. That said, RJOB has welcomed multiple new members over the course
of this calendar year and will welcome more when appointments have been confirmed. Thus,
new steps will be taken to ensure proper subcommittee attendance once each new member has
had the chance to select the subcommittee on which that member would like to serve, including
orientation meetings and consultant one-on-one calls with members. As mentioned above, both
the Data and Diversion subcommittees met six times each this past year. However, this was
rarely if ever due to lack of quorum. The meeting cancellations were most likely due to
scheduling irregularities for subcommittee chairs, crucial missing information/meeting
attachments/presenters, or due to the lack of County capacity for data analysis which has left the
Data subcommittee without meaningful updates of recent.
Recommendations
In addition to any relevant recommendations included in earlier reports, we also recommend the
following:
First, we recommend reducing the number of subcommittee meetings and allowing for smaller
workgroups to carry more of the workload. In a setting such as RJOB, or any other collaborative
space bringing community together with justice system agencies to address racial and ethnic
equity, it is typically the case that the bulk of the action does not take place during meetings.
Meetings are a place for discussion, sharing information, asking questions, or perhaps refining or
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finalizing projects or proposals before submission. However, the development of proposals,
strategies, or policy and practice changes, all of which call for meaningful and lengthy
collaboration, usually takes place outside of the larger meeting spaces among smaller groups
who may have the experience or expertise to contribute. For this purpose, there have been
several discussions to date about the appropriateness of the current meeting cadence and whether
or not it should be changed for more productivity. There is much hesitancy on the part of
members to make such a change to the meeting schedule, and ultimately it is their decision.
Barring a change in the discussions on this matter so far, we will need to develop alternatives to
keep the work moving ahead and keeping all members engaged and contributing helpful
thoughts and ideas as much as possible in every meeting they attend.
Next, as mentioned above, for any of these recommendations to be fully implemented will
always require significant communication and collaboration between RJOB, BOS, and
implicated County agencies. We recommend developing a more intentional way forward to
create that level of transparency, power sharing, and collaboration going forward. Steps have
already been taken toward such an end with the PPC expressing willingness to attend meetings
when invited. RJOB will finalize a form letter at the next Quarterly Meeting to ensure that such
invitations are communicated in writing and memorialized on record, with the hopes of making a
more formal and easily retrievable communication process which will result in direct dialogue
between RJOB and the PPC whenever a recommendation is moved forward. It is extremely
important that decisions do not get made based on recommendations made by RJOB without
hearing directly from RJOB and the community members who continue to advocate within its
meetings. It is important for all of the parties mentioned to have the opportunity to directly
address those with the ultimate decision making authority and to have their comments, ideas, and
feedback truly considered and reflected as much as possible in the decisions that follow.
Conclusion
RJOB has the opportunity now to rethink its structure, to be reenergized by new members, and to
strengthen relationships and familiarity with all of the many other players within Contra Costa
County imperative to successfully attaining any of the lofty goals and recommendations set forth
for implementation. Additionally, veteran members have the opportunity to step up and share
more of the specific tasks necessary to achieve each of these goals in real time, allowing the
Body as a whole to gain momentum. Beyond the above, the onboarding of the ORESJ will result
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in several opportunities for County agencies to share information relevant to the RJOB’s many
projects and endeavors.
However, it is only by the willingness to employ new or emergent strategies that ensuring
sustainable and racially equitable outcomes throughout the justice continuum will be possible.
Relationship building will be crucial and may require additional time or forums in which to
interact for those relationships to be forged in such a way that can yield promising results. All
involved must remain flexible and willing to challenge the status quo in terms of even how and
when to meet, who attends and who does not, as well as how to interact with one another.
Concerted efforts toward this end must materialize soon.
Additionally, crucial or contentious conversations may emerge as community members, system
leaders, and other members of the Greater Contra Costa community begin unpacking patterns of
thought, values, and beliefs that must be acknowledged and authentically addressed before
system change can take place. This will take great courage and the capacity to embrace rather
than avoid the uncomfortable. We will look forward to making time to build these crucial
conversations and the development of shared values into the work while continuing to work
toward the stated goals within RJOB.
The BI continues to believe in the potential within the County to make pragmatic policy/practice
changes as well as the larger cultural shifts necessary to achieve that vision, and we remain
committed to the work such a vision will warrant.
Contra Costa County Racial Justice Oversight Body
1025 Escobar Street, 1st Floor Conference Room
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone Number: (925) 313-4087
The Contra Costa County Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB) oversees and monitor the implementation of the County board approved Racial
Justice Task Force recommendations that seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the local criminal and juvenile justice systems.
Voting Board Members
Ex‐Officio Seats
Ellen McDonnell, Public Defender (Co-Chair)
Diana Becton, District Attorney
Lt. Adalberto Garibay, Office of the Sheriff
Esa Ehmen-Krause, Chief Probation Officer
Other Appointed Seats
Lynn Mackey, Superintendent, Office of
Education
LaShante Smith, WCCUSD
Gilbert Salinas, CCHS
VACANT, Local Law Enforcement
Community-Based Seats
Melvin Willis, CB-Rep. 1
Chala Bonner, CB-Rep. 2 (Co-Chair)
Michael Pierson, CB-Rep. 3
Ronell Ellis, CB-Rep. 4
VACANT, CB-Rep. 5
Alisha Jackson, CB-Rep. 6
Cheryl Sudduth, CB-Rep. 7
Gigi Crowder, CB-Rep. 8
Stephanie Medley, CB-Rep. 9
To the Board Members of the Equity & Public Protection Committees:
The Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB), in its capacity as an advisory body to
the Board of Supervisors which seeks to be the embodiment of the hard work and
organizing power of community and to implement strategies that will achieve racial
equity in Contra Costa County criminal legal systems, is profoundly disheartened
by the recent news of the racist, sexist, homophobic, and xenophobic actions
involving a significant number of officers within the Antioch Police Department.
Specifically, we condemn those Antioch police officers who have been exposed in
the ongoing investigation for their use of racist slurs, jokes, and memes in text
messages over a period of more than two years targeting members of the Black and
Latino communities. We also vehemently decry the recent actions of Antioch and
Pittsburg police officers involved in ongoing corruption investigations of alleged
fraud, bribery, drug distribution, and civil rights violations related to the use of
force.
We strongly condemn these actions in any form, but most especially among law
enforcement agencies. We recognize that this has caused immense harm specifically
targeted toward communities of color and has demonstrated an erosion of public
trust. We know that these were not just meaningless words between officers but are
indicative of racial bias and animus which has far-reaching implications as to how
these officers, sworn to protect and serve the entire community, have directly
impacted disparate outcomes for communities of color which the RJOB was
assembled to address.
We also believe it is important to state that this incident only confirms the often-
ignored complaints, allegations, and suffering of Black and Brown community
members throughout the County who are fully aware of the existence of such
blatant racism based on their experiences, but whom so often do not have the
evidence to prove it. This is outright, explicit, and overt racism. There is no amount
of implicit bias or other such related training that can reverse deeply held beliefs
that are openly shared and met with complacency and silence among the leadership
and the rank-and-file.
Over the last few years, the RJOB has worked tirelessly to uplift strategies and
pursue opportunities to institutionalize change that will lead to a reduction in racial
disparities across our local criminal justice system, and it is occurrences such as this
that deter the County’s movement to realize racial equity and social justice. It is of
utmost importance that we begin the hard work that is before us of addressing the
larger systemic issues that allow systemic racism to be pervasive in our legal
system.
Contra Costa County Racial Justice Oversight Body
1025 Escobar Street, 1st Floor Conference Room
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone Number: (925) 313-4087
The Contra Costa County Racial Justice Oversight Body (RJOB) oversees and monitor the implementation of the County board approved Racial
Justice Task Force recommendations that seek to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the local criminal and juvenile justice systems.
We commend the Board of Supervisors for providing adequate resources to the
county’s Public Defender and District Attorney Offices to support the swift and
timely reviews of cases that may have been compromised by the involved officers.
We also commend Congressmen DeSaulnier and Garamendi for their calls for
federal investigation into this matter, as well as Attorney General Bonta’s pursuit of
civil rights violations. While we understand the grave importance of the varying
levels of governments’ ability to respond to the incidents currently at hand, we must
also work diligently toward structural change locally, which will ensure that such
racism does not continue.
Finally, we call on County leaders to partner with experts in public safety redesign,
such as the Center for Policing Equity, to identify, endorse, and implement
strategies that will support making our ability to redesign public safety and justice a
reality for all Contra Costa County residents. The Racial Justice Oversight Body
looks forward to the day when we will no longer need to respond to the unveiling of
entrenched racism within our local system, however, until that day comes, the work
continues and we urge you to join us in leading that change.
We strongly condemn racism, hatred, and violence towards Black people, Brown
people, Indigenous people, impoverished people, and all people of color and
demand equal protection for ALL and an end to state-sanctioned police violence.
Respectfully,
The Contra Costa County Racial Justice Oversight Body, Voting Members