California Council on Criminal Justice

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The California Council on Criminal Justice (CCCJ) is an entity of the government of California that acts as the supervisory board concerning federal grants by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and an advisory board for other requirements of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968. [1] [2] [3] It was created by the Deukmejian-Moretti Act of 1967. [4]

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The current chair is Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully. A notable council chair was Mike Carona, [5] former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County convicted of witness tampering. [6]

Organization

Office of Criminal Justice Planning

Previously there existed the subordinate Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) from 1997 to 2003 which largely controlled the functions of the council, [7] [4] but the CCCJ's functions were transferred to the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) in 2003. [8] Since 2003–04, the OES Law Enforcement and Victim Services (LEVS) division has administered criminal justice grant programs formerly managed by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning, [9] but due to weaknesses in the OCJP’s accounting records, OES encountered a number of serious problems, including the inability to match expenditures with grant amounts and violations of federal grant management requirements, and as a result the federal government froze its grant monies for a time (several federal grants remain frozen). [10]

The statutory requirements of the OCJP, and hence the OES, are to: [11]

It may also:

California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law

The California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law is a program of financial and technical assistance for district attorneys' offices, [12] whose funds are administered and disbursed by the executive director of the office in consultation with the CCCJ.

Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee

The Judicial Criminal Justice Planning Committee is a committee tasked with giving the CCCJ advice and assistance, with members appointed by the Judicial Council of California. [13]

References

  1. ↑ California Penal Code §13813 Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ California Penal Code §13800(c) Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "The Evolving Nature of Strategic Criminal Justice Planning" (PDF). Little Hoover Commission : 2–3. May 22, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Improving Public Safety: Beyond the Office of Criminal Justice Planning" (PDF). Little Hoover Commission : 5. 2003-07-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
  5. ↑ fourth Grand Jury indictment Archived 2008-12-09 at the Wayback Machine , United States v. Corona
  6. ↑ Los Angeles Times (2009-01-16). "Ex-O.C. Sheriff Carona guilty on 1 count, cleared on 5".
  7. ↑ California Senate Bill 23 [ permanent dead link ], Legislative Council's Digest
  8. ↑ California Penal Code §13820(a) Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill: Judicial/Criminal Justice, p.28, California Legislative Analyst's Office
  10. ↑ Agenda Part B Outcomes [ permanent dead link ], Senate Budget and Fiscal Review, Subcommittee No. 4, March 23, 2006
  11. ↑ California Penal Code §13823 Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ California Penal Code §13881 Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ California Penal Code §13830 Archived 2009-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
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