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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ... Contra
FROM:
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator o s Costa
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DATE: April 12 1990 `� — ``y
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION - SB 1231 (McCorquodale)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONIlENDATION
Indicate that the Board of Supervisors continues to SUPPORT SB
1231 by Senator McCorquodale (as amended March 12, 1990) which
would add to the list of offenses for which probation cannot be
granted and the execution or imposition of the sentence cannot be
suspended when the individual has prior convictions of a variety
of controlled substance offenses, require a court to confine a
juvenile to a locked facility for 10 days for specified offenses
and which would require the State Department of Corrections to
provide programs for drug and alcohol abuse education and
treatment.
BACKGROUND:
On March 27 , 1990 the Board of Supervisors voted to support SB
1231 by Senator McCorquodale as it was amended February 15 , 1990.
On March 12, 1990 the bill was again amended.
Existing law specifies the punishment for the unlawful possession
of specified controlled substances depending on the nature of the
substance and the amount of the substance.
SB 1231 by Senator McCorquodale, as amended March 12, 1990 , would
do the following:
1. Adds to the list of offenses for which probation cannot be
granted and the execution or imposition of the sentence
cannot be suspended when the individual has been convicted
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT,Ye S YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON Ajar-1111 1:7T19 90 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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 APR 17 1990
Please see Page 2 . PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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previously of a variety of controlled substance offenses,
felony conviction for the sale, possession for sale or
possession of controlled substances on the grounds of or
within any school during hours when the school is open for
classes or school-related programs or on the grounds of a
public playground during the hours when school-related
programs for minors are being conducted.
2. Require a court to confine a juvenile to a locked facility
for 10 days if the juvenile has been found to be a person
who is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court for
unlawfully possessing, possessing for sale or selling
controlled substances which constitutes a felony and would
extend this provision to possession of controlled substances
on the grounds of a public playground during the hours when
school-related programs for minors are conducted.
3 . Require the Director of Corrections to establish programs
for drug and alcohol abuse education and treatment for
inmates who have been identified by the department as
suffering from drug or alcohol abuse or dependency.
Since SB 1231 increases the punishment for a variety of
controlled substance offenses and provides drug and alcohol
education and treatment programs for individuals confined in
state prisons the bill appears to be consistent with the Board of
Supervisors ' war on drugs. It would therefore appear to be
appropriate for the Board of Supervisors to indicate its
continued support for SB 1231.
cc: County Administrator
District Attorney
Sheriff-Coroner
County Probation Officer
Health Services Director
Drug Program Administrator
Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates