Item 13 - OC Grand Jury's Investigative Report, Findings, and Recommendations Regarding Group Homes and the Orange County Animal Care Shelter

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ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 700 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WEST • SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92701 • 714/834-3320 June 7, 2023 www.ocgrandjuryorg • FAX 714/834-5555 Mayor Valerie Amezcua City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza CONFIDEPITIAL Santa Ana Blvd., CA 92702 Dear Mayor Amezcua: Enclosed is a copy of the 2022-2023 Orange County Grand Jury report, "Welcome to the Neighborhood" Are cities responsibly managing the integration ofgroup homes? Pursuant to Penal Code 933.05(f), a copy of the report is being provided to you at least two working days prior to its public release. Please note that under that subsection, "No officer, agency, department, or governing body of a public agency shall disclose any contents of the report prior to the public release of the final report." (Emphasis added.) It is required that you provide a response to each of the findings and recommendations of this report directed to your office in compliance with Penal Code 933.05(a) and (b), copy is enclosed. Please distribute this report to your governing body. For each Grand Jury recommendation accepted and not implemented, provide a schedule for future implementation. In addition, by the end of March of each subsequent year, please report on the progress being made on each recommendation accepted but not completed. These annual reports shoald continue until all recommendations are implemented. Please mail'the response to the recommendations to Maria Hernandez, Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, 700 Civic Center Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92701, with a separate copy mailed to the Orange County Grand Jury, 700 Civic Center .Drive West, Santa Ana, CA 92761, no later than 90 days after the public release date, June 12, 2023, in compliance with Penal Code 933, copy enclosed. The due date then is September 13, 2023. Should additional time for responding to this report be -necessary for further analysis, Penal Code 933.05(b)(3) permits an extension of time up to six months from the public release date. Such extensions should be advised in writing, with the information required in Penal Code 933.05(b)(3), to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, with a separate copy of the request to the Grand Jury. We tentatively _plan to _issue the public release on June_ 13-, 2023. The report will be available on the Grand Jury website at www.ocgrandjury.org upon public release. arson RUNTY GRAND JURY JVS:jm Enclosures: Grand Jury Report Penal Code 933, 933.05 Cc: Christine Ridge, City Manager