CCPOA Weekly Update - February 24, 2012

Important reminder to the membership regarding Personal Development Days (PDD):

All Rank and File members are reminded that effective January 1, 2012 you received four Personal Development Days (PDD), two for 2011 and two for 2012,  in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). These days must  be utilized during the calendar as they have no cash value. If they are not used  by December 31, 2012 these days will be deleted from your books. Moving forward you will receive two days each calendar year, in January. As for our  Supervisory members the PDD days are in accordance with the Governors Executive order S-15-10. These two days are granted by fiscal year and must be utilized by July 1, 2012 or they also will be deleted from your books...

The 2012–13 Budget: Refocusing CDCR After The 2011 Realignment

In 2011, the state enacted several bills to realign to county governments the responsibility for certain felon offenders who previously had been eligible for state prison and parole. These changes will significantly reduce the inmate and parole populations managed by CDCR. This report identifies the impacts of the realignment of adult offenders on CDCR's operations and facility needs, discusses whether realignment will enable the state to meet the prison population limit required by the federal court, as well as whether the change in the makeup of CDCR's inmate population following realignment will affect its housing, mental health, and medical facility needs. The report provides recommendations on how to better match CDCR facilities and programs with the remaining inmate population following the realignment...

The 2012-13 Budget: The 2011 Realignment of Adult Offenders—An Update

In 2011, the state enacted several bills to enact a wide-ranging “realignment,” shifting several state programs and a commensurate level of revenues to local governments.

Perhaps the most significant programmatic change implemented as part of the 2011 realignment was realigning to county governments the responsibility for managing and supervising certain felon offenders who previously had been eligible for state prison and parole.

This report provides an update on the status of realignment, reviews changes proposed by the Governor, and makes several recommendations designed to promote the long-term success of realignment, such as creating a reserve fund for revenue growth as well as designing an ongoing allocation formula that is responsive to future demographic changes...

CCPOA Weekly Update - February 17, 2012

2012-2013 LAO Report: Completing Juvenile Justice Realignment

Over the past 16 years, the Legislature has enacted various measures which realigned to counties a significant share of responsibility for managing juvenile offenders. Under current law, only juveniles adjudicated for a serious, violent, or sex offense can be sent to state facilities by the juvenile courts. As a result, 99 percent of juvenile offenders are housed or supervised by counties.

CCPOA Weekly Update - February 10, 2012

CCPOA WEEKLY UPDATE — FEBRUARY 10, 2012

DJJ Update — By Daryl Lee, DJJ VP

All of our hard work — and Iʼm of course including all of you in this — is finally starting to pay off. First, weʼve successfully saved one of those three DJJ board coordinating parole agent positions from layoff by finding them to a position in DAPO. Second, weʼve heard a number of legislators share our concern about the proposed DJJ closure during our ongoing meetings at the Capitol. Policymakers appear to be looking for an alternative, and fortunately, thatʼs exactly what weʼre preparing to give them. Next weekʼs Juvenile Justice Summit will be the next big step in this process, bringing stakeholders together to hopefully unite behind a comprehensive plan for safe, effective and cost-effective juvenile justice reform — an approach that recognizes the unique roles of both DJJ and county facilities. The summit will take place on February 15 and 16 in Sacramento — weʼll be sure to provide you with an update of this important event...

2012 Joe Harper Scholarship Application

CCPOA Weekly Update - February 3, 2012