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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administra-tor Cwtra
DATE: March 3, 1986 Costa
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SUBJECT:
Report from District Attorney on 1985 Accomplishments
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AM JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Acknowledge receipt of report from District Attorney Gary Yancey
on the accomplishments of his office for calendar year 1985 and
express the Board' s appreciation for the District Attorney' s
accomplishments.
BACKGROUND:
The District Attorney has filed the attached report with the
Board of Supervisors pointing out the accomplishments of his
office during calendar year 1985 .
We believe these accomplishments deserve to be brought to the
attention of the Board publicly so the Board will be aware of the
substantial progress made by the District Attorney during 1985.
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PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M38217-83 DEPUTY
Gary T. Yancey
District Attorney OFFICE OF
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
To: Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa unty
Attention: Tom Powers, Chairman
From. Gary T. Yancey, District Attorney
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Date. February 10, 1986
Subject: 1985 Accomplishments
Summarized below are several of the more significant achievements of my
office in 1985. I think you will be as pleased as I am. When your friends
and constituents ask you what "your" District Attorney achieved in his
first year, you can respond that he:
° Maintained a "no plea bargaining" policy for driving under the
influence crimes, serious felonies, and superior court cases.
Increased the superior court jury trial conviction rate by 7.7% to
86.5%.
° Increased the overall 'superior court conviction rate by 10.5% to
93.8%.
°Increased the sexual assault-child molestation felony jury trial
conviction rate by 9.8% to 95%.
° Increased the sexual assault-child molestation overall felony
conviction rate by 9.9% to 92%.
° Increased the career criminal conviction rate by 3% to 93%.
Increased the career criminal state prison sentencing rate by 9.8%
to 87%.
° Increased the number of convicted felons sentenced to state prison
by 16%.
Increased the amount of civil penalties by 92% ($112,400 vs $215,523:
projecting $250,000 for fiscal year 1985-1986) through enhanced toxic
waste and consumer fraud prosecution.
° Increased the family support collections by $1 ,288,733 to $11 ,702,906
(12.3%) with a resultant increase of $292,902 in county revenues
(9.4%) .
° Implemented working partnership with County Health Department to
monitor, clean up, and prosecute hazardous wastes and Superfund sites,
over and above state activity.
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Board of Supervisors
February 10, 1986
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° Implemented vertical prosecution for felony level domestic violence
and child abuse crimes.
° Implemented vertical prosecution for abuse of elderly crimes.
° Implemented an in-depth training program for new lawyers with regular
in-court review of progress.
Implemented county-wide program to suppress sales of alcohol to
teenagers.
° Implemented forfeiture procedures for seizure of narcotics trafficking
money, cars, and other property.
° Implemented video tape training program to update police officers on
current law.
° Participated in planning and implementation of West County Drug Task
Force (C.L.E.A.N. ST. ) .
° Participated in planning for Central County Drug Task Force.
° Formulated aggressive program to combat child stealing - cost to be
reimbursed by the state.
° Established a departmental newsletter.
° Mandated attendance for upper and middle management at the county
management seminars, and at the sexual harassment course.
° Established program of incentive pay to increase efficiency of middle
management.
° Doubled the office word processing equipment; added a PC which is
utilized both for management problem solving and for accessing the
LEXIS automated legal research system.
° Maintained accomplishment of affirmative action goals (best of all
major departments) .
° Reduced the percentage of fixed term lawyers.
° Ended budget year 84-85 with a sizable surplus, even after paying
for unbudgeted moving and equipment costs for new Concord office
spaces.
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Board of Supervisors
February 10, 1986
Page Three
° Projecting solid budget surplus for fiscal year 85-86.
The above accomplishments were achieved by increasing staff morale,
encouraging innovative solutions to on-going problems without merely adding
personnel and money, and through concentrating the better qualified and
experienced professional staff in high priority leadership and operational
positions.
The future needs of the office to face the ever-increasing workload onslaught
is a subject for another day.
GTY:cs
cc: Nancy Fanden, Supervisor, District 2
Sunne McPeak, Supervisor, District 4
Robert Schroder, Supervisor, District 3
Tom _l_ulakson, Supervisor, District 5
�Rh-il Batchelor, County Administrator