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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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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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Gimme Shelter and a Pound of Advice <br />million residents requires a substantial investment in facilities, infrastructure, personnel, <br />organization, customer service, and public outreach. <br />OCAC provides temporary shelter and medical care for "lost" owned or stray animals and <br />opportunities for adoption of these animals. OCAC houses and provides medical care for <br />impounded dogs, cats, and exotic animals. OCAC also provides animal control services <br />that include removing dangerous non -domesticated animals where they pose a hazard to <br />humans or other animals. <br />OCAC is not a No -Kill shelter. OCAC euthanizes animals for several different and <br />sometimes compelling reasons, including animals injured beyond redemptive medical <br />care, behavior, species and breed, and age. <br />The size and complexity of the shelter leads to numerous managerial and operational <br />challenges. The shelter has space capacity to care for up to 600 animals; however, at <br />times, the number of animals at the shelter exceeds shelter capacity. When capacity is <br />- exceeded, temporary capacity -is created by moving cat cages into administrative areas <br />such as the facility's training and conference room. On the day the Grand Jury toured the <br />shelter, there were 450 animals. The Grand Jury was unable to obtain a full accounting <br />of the average number of animals per day at the facility since OCAC only began keeping <br />daily animal census records in December 2022. However, the Grand Jury was able to <br />estimate average daily cat and dog count from the shelter's Asilomar reports. <br />Average daily cat and dog count based on quarterly Asilomar data for the years 2021 <br />and 2022 was between 350 and 400 cats and dogs. Actual daily counts will vary from the <br />average and counts vary with the seasons. <br />The Grand Jury surveyed the cities being served by OCAC. Most cities expressed <br />satisfaction with the services provided by the shelter. During interviews with the Grand <br />Jury, shelter management voiced the challenge of expanding and enhancing services <br />versus the Willingness of contract cities to pay for additional services. Shelter <br />management expressed the need to balance services with the cost consciousness of <br />their contract cities and the county budget, while also providing a level of service <br />expected by the public. Shelter management expressed awareness that contract cities <br />have alternative service options if the prices charged by OCAC for its service are beyond <br />city expectations or budget. <br />- From 1995 through 2016, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) collected <br />and published data from California's animal shelters. Currently, CDPH does not keep or <br />compile comprehensive data on animal shelters operating within the State. Out of <br />concern for crowding and high euthanasia rates, animal welfare groups within the State <br />have pressed for legislative action in Sacramento. In January of 2023, Assembly Bill 332, <br />_- - called the "Shelter Animal Collection Data Act," was introduced by Assemblyman Alex <br />_-_Lee -(D-San-Jose) and coauthored by Assemblywoman Marie Waldron (R-Valley Center). <br />- -Assembly Bill 332, if adopted, would require shelter data collection and reporting that <br />- - - piggybacks onto current rabies reporting mandates. The bill would further require CDPH <br />to collect and publish animal shelter intake and outcome data, including adoption, <br />redemption, euthanasia, and other categories. <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 12023 PAGE 11 OF 51 <br />
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