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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM` Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Costa
'4b"* County
May 11, 1990
DATE: 'n cdun�'
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 3383 (Baker & Filante)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Indicate that - the Board of Supervisors continues to be the
SPONSOR of SB 3383 by Assemblymen Baker and Filante which
would allow the Board of Supervisors of any county to consolidate
their Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Boards.
BACKGROUND:
On March '20 , 1990 the Board of Supervisors voted to indicate
its sponsorship of AB 3383 by Assemblyman Baker. AB 3383
was amended on April 16 , 1990 at the request of the County
of Marin to permit the County of Marin to consolidate its
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Boards as well.. On May
1, 1990 the Board of Supervisors indicated that it continued
to be the sponsor of AB 3383 . On May 2 , 1990 the bill was
again amended, this time to allow any county to consolidate
its alcoholism and drug abuse advisory boards.
As the Board of Supervisors has provided leadership over the
past year to addressing the problems of alcohol and drug
abuse in Contra Costa County, it has become increasingly
apparent that the problems of alcoholism and drug abuse are
not totally different problems. Many people abuse both
alcohol and other drugs. Alcohol is often the "gateway" drug
for many young people who start out by abusing alcohol and
then move from alcohol to other drugs.
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SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 22 , 1990 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 MAY 2 2 1990
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
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It is increasingly apparent that it is important to better
coordinate the provision of services and the development of
policy in the areas of both alcoholism and other drug abuse.
one way to approach this is to consolidate the Alcoholism
Advisory Board and the Drug Abuse Advisory Board. In this
way there would be a single advisory board addressing policy
matters and planning in both areas.
The Board of Supervisors has also been concerned about the
number of advisory boards which have been created - many of
them required by State law. Assemblyman Baker has agreed to
author AB 3383 at the request of the Board - of Supervisors to
allow . the Board to consolidate these advisory boards. Under
current law each county is required to have an alcoholism
advisory board and a drug abuse advisory board.
Assemblyman Baker has now amended the bill to allow any county to
consolidate its alcoholism and drug abuse advisory boards. The
May 2, 1990 amendments also contain an amendment indicating that
any county which elects to combine its advisory boards must
assure that the integrity and separate identity of its alcohol
and drug programs are maintained. The bill. provides for
procedures to consolidate the two advisory boards and
reconstitute their membership, while still providing that all of
the statutory responsibilities of both organizations will be met
by the combined advisory board.
In view of the Board' s previous sponsorship of . AB 3383 it is
recommended that the Board reconfirm its sponsorship of AB
3383 as amended May 2, 1990 .
cc: Assemblyman William P. Baker
Assemblyman William J. Filante, M.D.
County Administrator
Health Services Director
Alcohol Program Administrator
Drug Program Administrator
Jim Nordlie, Chair, Alcoholism Advisory Board
William Kolin, Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board
Martin J. Nichols, Assistant County Administrator'
County of Marin
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates