HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 12,085RESOLUTION NO. 12,085
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL
CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING BOARD
WHEREAS, the City of National City wishes to
continue the improvement of the criminal justice system
for the increased protection of its citizens, and
WHEREAS, the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 provided a national strategy to
address problems in the administration of justice, and
the Crime Control Act of 1973 was enacted by Congress
to continue the efforts of this Act, and
WHEREAS, the California Council on Criminal
Justice, as the State agency responsible for planning for
the improvement of criminal justice throughout California
has, pursuant to Penal Code Sections 13904-5, required
that a balanced planning board with a broad community
base be established and designated as the entity for
conducting regional criminal justice planning in the
San Diego Region, and
WHEREAS, the City of National City deems it
appropriate to promote the increased efficiency and
effectiveness of cooperative criminal justice planning
in the San Diego region by supporting the establishment
of such a board, and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that effective
evaluation and A-95 review is necessary to the conduct
of such an effective cooperative planning effort, and
WHEREAS, Section 13902 of the California Penal
Code provides that each county in California shall
constitute a local criminal justice planning district
upon execution of an arrangement acceptable on the
county and to at least that one-half of the cities in
the county which contain at least one-half of the popula-
tion of the county; and that the City of National City
wishes to affirm the criminal justice planning district
and to support the establishment of an appropriate Regional
Criminal Justice Planning Board, staff organization, and an
effective evaluation process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of National City to support:
A. The establishment of a criminal justice plan-
ning district in the San Diego Region;
B. The establishment of a governing Board to be
called the San Diego Regional Criminal Justice
Planning Board to be made up of five Mayors or
Councilpersons and one Supervisor, who are the
voting members and first alternate of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Comprehensive Planning
Organization; one Municipal Court Judge, one
Superior Court Judge (Criminal), one Superior
Court Judge (Juvenile), the Sheriff of San Diego
County, the District Attorney of San Diego
County, one Police Chiefs' Association repre-
sentative, the San Diego City Police Chief, the
Chief Probation Officer of San Diego County, one
County Bar Association representative, one City
Managers' Association representative, the As-
sistant Chief Administrative Officer for the
Fiscal and Justice Agency of the County of San
Diego, and five community representatives;
totaling 23 members, a majority of whom are
elected officials.
C. The further integration of criminal justice and
other planning efforts by placing the staff of
the Criminal Justice Planning Board within the
administrative structure of the Integrated Plan-
ning Office of the County of San Diego; and
D. The assignment of evaluation of criminal justice
projects funded by the Board to the areawide A-95
ATTEST:
reviewing agency, the Comprehensive Planning
Organization.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of July, 1976.
IONE CAMPBELL
CITY CLERK
DEPUTY CITY CLERK