HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05222001 - C.49 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -
FRbM: Gary T. Yancey . -
Contra
District Attorney -' —'.
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DATE: May 22, 2001 ;40"� County
SUBJECT: Approval of Submission and Execution of Contract With the sra °""
State Office of Criminal Justice Planning For Funding of the
Contra Costa county Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project
For the Period of July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the District Attorney to submit an application and execute a grant award contract and any
extensions or amendments thereof with the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for funding of
the Contra Costa County Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project for the period of July 1, 2001
through June 30, 2002, in the amount of$150,000 (State funded budgeted).
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
This grant application, in the amount of$150,000, is designed to fund the salaries and benefits of an
attorney and part time investigator for this project. The Budget Act of 2001 will appropriate $8,361,000,
to the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning, for assistance to local district attorney's offices for the
vertical prosecution of individuals accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with minors. Matching funds
are not required. This is sixth renewal of the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Program Grant which
began December 1, 1995. Supplantation is prohibited. Expenditures and revenues for the project have
been built into the District Attorney's 2001/2002 budget.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
As many as two-thirds of children born to unwed teen mothers are fathered by adult men. A substantial
number of these mothers are receiving AFDC funds, and the fathers are neither paying child support, nor
taking responsibility for their children. Moreover, there are a substantial number of instances of adults
having sexual intercourse with minors where there exists a significant age disparity between the adults and
the minor. These instances often involve troubled teens, between the ages of fourteen and seventeen, and
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: A0_4�'
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
✓APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF B RD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED k OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I 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.
Contact: Gary E. Koeppel, Deputy District Attorney ATTESTED b I �Q a b
cc: District Attorney-Attn. R.Goldstein JOHN SWEE N,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
County Administrator,ATTENTION: George Roemer SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
BY / ,DEPUTY
Board of Supervisors
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predatory adults who use their positions of power to exact sexual favors and contribute to the minors'
delinquency. Many of these minors fail to complete their high school educations and are subjected to greater
health risks associated with teen pregnancies, drugs, alcohol and sexually transmitted diseases. This vertical
prosecution project has been designed to address the problems and risks attendant upon adolescent sexual
activity and the victimization by predatory adults. This is accomplished through the prosecution of these sexual
predators, in order to deter their conduct and hold them responsible for the consequences of their actions.
Additionally, the project will work closely with other county agencies to effectuate the goals of the program.
These agencies include, local police departments, the Family Support Enforcement Unit, Child Protective
Services, The Rape Crisis Center and the Victim Witness Assistance Program. Moreover, since April 1, 1996,
the project has reviewed over four hundred and thirty cases and successfully prosecuted over two hundred cases
to completion. In these cases, the District Attorney's Office has obtained as conditions of probation, orders to
comply with child support, orders to participate in counseling and parenting classes, restitution orders, testing
for various sexually transmitted diseases, and time in county jailor prison. It is the District Attorney's goal to
continue to network with the community in an effort to combat the victimization of minors and combat teen
pregnancies.
.IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Failure to approve this recommendation would result in the inability of the District Attorney to receive
$150,000 in State funds available to assist in combating the problems and costs associated with teen
pregnancies and statutory rape, in Contra Costa County.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on May 22,',.2001 , by the following vote:
AYES: SUPERVISOR GIOIA, GERBER, De SAULNIER, GLOVER, and UILKEMA
NOES: :-NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
SUBJECT: Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project
RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD 2001/ 211
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, desires to undertake a certain project
designated Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Project, to be funded in part from funds made
available through the Statutory Rape Vertical Prosecution Program administered by the State Office
of Criminal Justice Planning (hereinafter referred to as OCJP),
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the District Attorney of the County of Contra Costa is
authorized, on its behalf, to submit the proposal to OCJP and are authorized to execute on behalf of
the board of Supervisors the Grant Award Agreement, including any extensions or amendments
thereof,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant agrees to provide all matching funds required for
said project (including any amendments thereof) under the Program and the funding terms and
conditions of OCJP and that the cash match will be appropriated as required.
IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of the Grant Award Agreement,
including civil court actions or damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the
authorized agency. The State of California and OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such liability.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant
expenditures controlled by this body.
cc: Orig. Department: District Attorney (5 certified copies)
County Administrator, ATTN: George Roemer
Auditor-Controller