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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
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January 23, 1991
DATE: rTq-coax
AMEND 1991 LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IN REGARD TO ITEM # 16
SUBJECT: REGARDING FUNDING FOR TEMPORARY COURT COMMISSIONERS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Amend the Board' s 1991 Legislative Program to postpone until 1992
further consideration of the item which calls for legislation to
provide a partial Trial Court Block Grant for the County' s
Temporary Court Commissioners.
BACKGROUND:
One of the items in the Board's 1991 Legislative Program was the,
passage of legislation 'which would provide for a partial Trial
Court Block Grant for the County' s Temporary Court Commissioner
Program, which is relatively unique in California in that the
program is provided for in state statutes. However, when the
Trial Court Block Grant Program was being formulated, these
temporary commissioner positions were not included in determining
the number of judicial positions the County has for the purpose
of determining the County' s Trial Court Block Grant.
Legislation was actually carried in 1990 and passed the
Legislature, only to be vetoed by Governor Deukmejian, even
though the legislation provided that it would not go into effect
until the Trial Court Block Grant Program again received its
annual Cosh-of-Living-Adjustment (COLA) .
Senator Boatwright, the .author of the legislation in 1990, has
advised the . County' s lobbyist that he will not carry the
legislation again in 1991 because of the State' s severe fiscal
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22L RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE S: A . G
ACTION OF BOARD ON - February 5, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
L�UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED FEB 5 1991
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PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Please see Page 2. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382 (10/88) BY f s'`�.�L� �/� DEPUTY
crisis and that he strongly advised the County not to seek such
legislation in 1991, until the State' s fiscal situation improves.
This position is. certainly understandable, given the fiscal
situation in which both the County and the State find themselves.
We are, therefore, recommending that the. Board amend its 1991
Legislative Program and agree not to pursue this item during the
current calendar year. It will always be possible to introduce
such legislation in 1992 if the fiscal situation improves between
now and then
CC: County Administrator
Kiri Torre, Municipal Court Administrator
George Roemer, Director, Justice Systems Programs
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates