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TO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
DATE'. June 16 , 1988 CW la
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SUBJECT: INITIATION OF LITIGATION TO RECOVER COSTS OF
SERVICES PROVIDED IN PROTECTING LARRY SINGLETON
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S)_ & BACKGROUND Af4.7 JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Authorize County Counsel to initiate legal action against the
State of California for the recovery of costs incurred by the
County in protecting Larry Singleton a parolee of the California
Department of Corrections in 1987.
BACKGROUND:
On August 26, 1987, on orders of the Board of Supervisors, the
County Administrator filed a claim with the State Board of
Control requesting reimbursement for some $31,237 . 90 in expenses
the County had incurred in protecting Larry Singleton during his
brief stay in this County in the spring of 1987 .
Larry Singleton was convicted of raping and mutilating a teenage
girl in 1978 and served eight years of a 14-year sentence. This
crime provoked unusual public outcry because Singleton hacked off
the girl' s forearms with an axe. He was paroled on April 25 from
the California Men' s Colony in San Luis Obispo. Several highly
publicized efforts were made by the California Department of
Corrections to place Singleton in various cities within the
County of Contra Costa.
The California Department of Corrections obtained accommodations
for Singleton in Rodeo, California under false pretenses . Safety
measures were taken by the Contra Costa County Sheriff and mutual
aid was requested from the California Highway Patrol and the City
of Richmond Police Department.
Attached is a breakdown of costs incurred by the County as a
result of this incident.
On June 7 , 1988 a Representative from the County Administrator' s
Office attended the State of California, State Board of Control
hearing in San Francisco representing the County on the Singleton
claim. The State Board of Control denied the claim.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATOR j1d4
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMNDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE SI: _ a
ACTION OF BOARD ON .___ T!dune 21_,- 19^9 _ A;-;PROVED AS RrC!ihSMFNDED X__ OTHER _
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNAN 1 MOUS (ABSENIT A11ID CORRE'C'T COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES:_ li\".7Eb• _ AND ENTERED ON THE MIMUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAi1•I: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED June 21, 1988
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY . DEPUTY
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The Board of Supervisors on April 12 had authorized County
Counsel to file a court action on this claim. Unless otherwise
directed by the Board, County Counsel will initiate litigation on
the County' s claim against the State the California.