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COUNTY NEWS
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
—RE-IMAGINATION—Most Alameda County supervisors agree the 53-point list of recommendations to reimagine adult justice is just too much to tackle in one fell swoop.
—On Tuesday, a list of recommendations highlighting 14 priorities was brought back to the Board of Supervisors.
—Among them: Development of interdepartmental data-sharing solutions; expanding access to housing for “justice-involved population” and identifying barriers; establishing data systems to track outcomes; an evaluation of programs and re-entry services; and sheriff’s oversight.
—“Some of these are very complex. They will take time. But it’s not so much money as it is time on some of these,” said Wendy Still, the former Alameda County Probation director and point-person on the Reimagine Adult Justice Project.
—“The challenge is to continue the focus, continue the momentum going forward and not because department’s don’t want to do, it’s just how much they have on their plate.”
—Many of the recommendations involve the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.
—Still said the sheriff’s department has not fully embraced Alameda County Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez’s reforms.
—“I’m not saying they’ve pushed back or not, but that’s one [department] where there’s probably a differing of opinion on what the right direction is, but they’re not in opposition,” Still said.
—Alameda County Supervisor Elisa Marquez inherited the project from late-Supervisor Richard Valle. Her office is current bearing the brunt of the project’s cost, and she expressed a willingness to continue to do so for at least the next fiscal year.
—In order for the project to ultimately succeed, the entire county needs to buy-in, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley said.
—“For this to not fall flat on its face,” he said, “it’s got to be institutionalized within the county. If it’s being carried by one supervisorial office. I really don’t think that’s going to serve the county and the effort.”
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