2023-2024 Grand Jury Reports and Responses

2023-24 Grand Jury Reports and Responses

Santa Cruz County Local Roads
A smooth path through paradise or a hell of a road?
Required Responses
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
- Local Agency Formation Commission
Invited Response
- Director, Santa Cruz County Community Development and Infrastructure
Report with Responses
We Can Do Better with Our Jails!
Better Healthcare and Reentry Support
Required Response
- Santa Cruz County Sheriff
Invited Responses
- Chief Deputy, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office
- Rountree Commander, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office - response is included above
Report with Responses
County Behavioral Health Services – A State of Mind
Focus. Fund. Save.
Required Responses
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
- Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools
Invited Responses
- Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Services Director did not respond
- Santa Cruz County Chief Administrative Officer did not respond
Report with Responses
Honoring Commitments to the Public
Review of 2020-21 Grand Jury Report Responses
Required Responses
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
- Santa Cruz City Council
Invited Responses
- Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner did not respond
- Santa Cruz City Manager
- Director, Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery and Resiliency, did not respond
Report with Responses
Best Interest of a Child – Report on Child Protective Services
Perception Is Reality
Required Response
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
Invited Responses
- Director, Santa Cruz County Child Protective Services, did not respond
- Director, Santa Cruz County Human Services Department, included their response with the Board of Supervisors' response above
Report with Responses
Victims of the CZU Wildfire – Four Years Later
The Flame Still Burns
Required Response
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
Invited Responses
- Santa Cruz County Long Term Recovery Group did not respond
- Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County did not respond
- Director, Santa Cruz County Community Development and Infrastructure
- Director, Santa Cruz County Office of Response, Recovery and Resilience, did not respond
- Director, Santa Cruz County Environmental Health Department, did not respond
Report with Responses
Housing For Whom?
An Investigation of Inclusionary Housing in the City of Santa Cruz
Required Response
- Santa Cruz Council
Report with Responses
New Recruiting Ideas for the Personnel Department
Residents Deserve a Fully Staffed Workforce
Required Response
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
Invited Response
- Director, Santa Cruz County Personnel Department, did not respond
Report with Responses
City Of Santa Cruz: Preventing Rape and Domestic Violence
Where’s The Priority?
Required Response
- Santa Cruz City Council
Invited Responses
- Santa Cruz Chief of Police did not respond
- Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women
- Santa Cruz City Manager
- Superintendent, Santa Cruz City Schools
Report with Responses
2023–2024 Consolidated Final Report