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In the Meter of Resolution No, 99/267
WHEREAS, drug Courts provide the focus and leadership for community-wide,anti::rug
systems, bringing together criminal justice, treatment, education and other community
'partners in the fight against drug abuse and criminality,and-
WHEREAS,
ndWHEREAS, drug court programs combine intensive'i idicial supervision, mandatory substance
abuse treatment and drug testing and escalating sanctions and incentives in order to brew the
cycle of drug addiction and its concomitant crime,and
WHEREAS, the judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, treatment and rehabilitation
professionals, law enforcement and corrections personnel, researchers and educators, national
and col;munity leaders and others dedicated to the movement have had a profound impact
through hard work and commitment to their communities;and
WHEREAS, the drug court movement has drown from the 12 original drug courts in 1994 to
over 500 drug courts that are in operation or in the planning stages,and
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra
Costa, California, does hereby declares that a 'National Drug Court Week'be established the
week of June l-7, 1999, recognizing the practitioners and participants who make drug courts
work and the significant contributions that drug courts have made,and continue to mane, in
reducing drug usage and crime.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 25th day of May 1999.
o Gioia, istrict Gayle B. Ukema, District II
Donna Ger r, D' trict III Mark Desaulnier, District iV
Canciamilla, District V
witness my hand and the Seai of the Board of
Supervisors affixed.his 25th day May. 1999.
PHIL BATCHELOR,Cierk of the Board of
Supervi�ors and County Administrator
Depuryq ierk
Introduced by Supervisor John Gioia,District One
RESOLUTION NO. 99/267