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FROM: JOHN CULLEN,
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Costa
DATE: April 25, 2006 °°srq�o;n `� County
SUBJECT: SPONSOR SB 968 (TORLAKSON) —ZERO TOLERANCE FOR '
DOMESTIC VIOLIENCE INITIATIVE FUNDING
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATIONS)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
SPONSOR SB 968 (Torlakson) which reauthorizes SB 425, funding authorization for the County's
Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Initiative.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION:
The 2006 state legislative platform adopted by the Board of Supervisors included sponsorship of
legislation on the reauthorization lof SB 425 (Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence). SB 425
authorizes Contra Costa County to impose a fee of up to $2.00 per vital record copy to support
the County's Zero Tolerance Initiative. The current law sunsets January 1, 2007 and a report on
the results of the pilot is due to' the Legislature by July 1, 2006. The County is requesting
permanent reauthorization of the legislation and increased fee setting authority.
Senator Torlakson was the original I author of SB 425 and agreed to carry the reauthorization bill.
It is currently being considered in the legislature as SB 968 (copy attached).
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CONTACT: Sara Hoffman 335-1090 'JOHN-CIPLLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: County Administrator
Cathy Christian,Nielsen Merksamer(via CAO) `
BY 9�__-, PUTY
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 21, 2006
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 5,2005
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 3,2005
SENATE BILL I No. 968
Introduced by Sena for Torlakson
February 2i, 2005
AnaettownendSeefie eede,relating to
getter, An act to amend Section 26840.9 of the Government
Code, relating to domestic violence.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 968, as amended, Torlakson. .
Domestic violence: Contra Costa County.
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Existing law provides for county domestic violence program special
funds for the purpose of funding local domestic violence programs.
Certain fees payable at the time a marriage license is issued may be
collected by the county clerks for deposit into these funds.
Existing law requires the collection of fees for certified copies of
fetal death or death records and marriage or birth certificates.
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Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county that has
established a county children's trust fund to increase the fee for a
certified copy of a birth certificate for purposes of the fund.
Existing law authorizes the Boardl of Supervisors of Contra Costa
County, until January 1, 2007, to increase fees,for certified copies of
marriage certificates, birth certificates,fetal death records, and death
records, up to a maximum increase l of$2, and to annually increase
these fees, as prescribed, and specifies that the purpose of the fee
increase is to provide funding for governmental oversight and for the
coordination of domestic violence prevention, intervention, and
prosecution efforts in the county.
This bill would delete the repeal date of that authorization.
This bill would make specified legislative findings regarding the
need for special legislation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of Calilrnia do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2 following:
3 (a) Domestic violence is I costly, both in human and
4 organizational terms. The results of domestic violence have many
5 "hidden" costs, such as job turnover loss of productivity, school
6 absenteeism, and low-school performance, in addition to the high
7 cost of law enforcement, civil and criminal justice, health
8 services, mental health services, substance abuse treatment,
9 human services, and community-based services.
10 (b) Domestic violence cuts across all economic and education
11 levels, all age groups, ethnicities, and other social and
12 community characteristics.Domestic violence is characterized by
13 a predictable, escalating cycle that can result in injury or death
14 of victims, including children. Domestic violence puts children at
15 risk.
16 (c) Domestic violence is learned and generational, and
17 requires a multifaceted intervention that engages civil, criminal,
18 health, and social service sectors working together to align
19 objectives,protocols,policies,)and activities of each sector.
20 (d) Contra Costa County determined that achievement of this
21 alignment requires governmental oversight and coordination of
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1 the multiple agencies involved in the domestic violence system.
2 This oversight and coordination is an essential link in a
3 comprehensive effort to eliminate domestic violence.
4 (e) During the past four years, Contra Costa County has
5 created a successful domestic violence program. Contra Costa
6 County has established a coordinated data system, set up a
7 training program involving lawl enforcement, courts, health and
8 social service agencies, established restraining order clinics and
9 other victim support services and increased accountability
10 measures against perpetrators of domestic violence.
11 ()q Contra Costa County si Domestic Violence Program
12 successfully competed for fede>jal funds and other grants which
13 have increased its ability to serve victims and prosecute
14 offenders.
15 (g) Contra Costa County is piloting numerous new domestic
16 violence prevention strategies, including creating an innovative
17 continuum of services for children exposed to domestic violence
18 and establishing primary prevention strategies focused on
19 engaging men in mentoring boys to end the cycle of abuse for
20 future generations.
21 (h) Contra Costa County has demonstrated critically needed
22 leadership through its Systemic Approach Model to addressing
23 domestic violence by integrating victim services across multiple
24 disciplines and by advancing public-private partnerships to
25 institutionalize coordination. IMoreover, through its effective
26 centralized collaborative approach, Contra Costa County is
27 addressing system issues critical to California as contained in
28 the California Attorney General's Domestic Violence Report
29 "Keeping the Promise, Victim Safety and Batterer
30 Accountability," issued in June of 2005.
31 (i) The reauthorization of the fees specified in Section 26840.9
32 of the Government Code is essential for Contra Costa County to
33 continue its efforts to create an effective, proven, replicable
34 model that combats domestic violence, and to draw down federal
35 andp rivatefunds to support development of a system that will be
36 valuable throughout California.
37 SEC. 2. Section 26840.9 o i the Government Code is amended
38 to read:
39 26840.9. (a) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors,
40 upon making findings and declarations for the need for
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1 governmental oversight and coordination of the multiple agencies
2 dealing with domestic violence, may authorize an increase in the
3 fees for marriage licenses and confidential marriage licenses, up
4 to a maximum increase of two dollars ($2).
5 (b) Effective July 1 of each lyear, the Contra Costa County
6 Board of Supervisors may authorize an increase in these fees by
7 an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index for
8 the San Francisco metropolitan area for the preceding calendar
9 year, rounded to the nearest half-dollar. The fees shall be
10 allocated pursuant to Section 18308 of the Welfare and
11 Institutions Code.
12 (c) In addition to the fee prescribed by Section 26840.1, in
13 Contra Costa County, the person issuing authorization for the
14 performance of a marriage or confidential marriage, or the
15 county clerk upon providing a blank authorization form pursuant
16 to Part 4 (commencing with Section 500) of Division 3 of the
17 Family Code, shall collect the fees specified in subdivisions (a)
18 and(b)of this section, at the time of providing the authorization.
19 (d) The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors shall
20 submit to the Assembly Judiciary Committee and the Senate
21 Judiciary Committee, no later than July 1, 2006, a report
22 containing the following information:
23 (1) The annual amounts of funds received and expended from
24 fee increases for the purpose of governmental oversight and
25 coordination of domestic violence prevention, intervention, and
26 prosecution efforts in the county.
27 (2) Outcomes achieved as a,result of the activities associated
28 with the Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence Act.
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31 deletes or cxtends that date.
32 SEC. 3. Due to the unique circumstances of the County of
33 Contra Costa with respect to domestic violence, the Legislature
34 hereby finds and declares that)a general statute cannot be made
35 applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
36 California Constitution.
37 Therefore, the special legislation contained in Section 2 of this
38 act is necessarily applicable only in the County of Contra Costa.
39 SECT404 i—aeeti-MI 6-302-of the-svemment EsBeis
40 witended. read!
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2 All matter omitted in this version of the bili
3 appears in the bill as amended in the
4 Senate, May 5,2005. (.R11)
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