–
transfer $2 m from Harbors, Beaches & Parks fund
• John
Wayne Airport
– 18
positions for maintenance, security, contract administration; replace contract
and extra-help.
Implementation
of
Proposition
69
in
Orange County
Dean Gialamas
Director
Forensic
Science Services
Orange
County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Combined
DNA Index System
Offender
Sample Collection Goal
Implementation
of Prop 69
•
Orange County has been a statewide leader in collection and verification
efforts
– One
of the first counties to implement the voter approved mandate
– First
county to bring criminal justice partners together to work out the
implementation specifics within the county
– One
of the first counties to obtain DNA Cold Hits under Prop 69 mandated sample
collection
– Only
County to use a data verification process, a process developed by the DA's
TracKRS Unit
–
Represented on State Attorney General's Implementation Committee
State
Implementation of Prop 69
• First
meeting - December 2004
–
Purpose - to facilitate communication and cooperation between stakeholders
–
Invited stakeholders included
– State
Sheriffs and Chiefs
–
Judicial Council and CDAA
– Crime
Lab Directors
– CDC,
CYA, Probation
–
County Counsel
–
Governor's Office
– Each
County is to decide how to use collected funds
Implementation
of Prop 69
• OC
Implementation Workgroup formed in January 2005
–
Brought core workgroup together to discuss critical implementation issues
–
Purpose - to facilitate communication and cooperation between county
stakeholders and determine how collected funds would be used
–
Invited stakeholders included
–
Sheriff's Department and Chiefs of Police
–
District Attorney
–
Superior Court
– Crime
Lab
–
Probation
–
County Counsel
– CEO's
Office
–
Public Defender
Implementation
of Prop 69
•
CA-DOJ began kit distribution and collection training in January 2005
– The
DA's Office coordinated the training efforts in Orange County
• By
February 4, 2005, all OC law enforcement agencies were trained in DNA kit
collection
•
Expanded use of SciLAS, for tracking DNA kit collection and preventing repeat
sampling
– The
Sheriff's Department coordinated the collection efforts for in-custody and
out-of-custody eligible persons
• By
late January 2005, all in-custody samples were collected
• By
March 4, 2005, OC Sheriff had submitted over 3,200 DNA kits (of the 12,000
received by DOJ)
• To
date, have collected over 10,700 DNA kits under Prop 69
Implementation
of Prop 69
– The
Probation Department is responsible coordinated the collection of qualifying
adult and juvenile samples from probationers not previously sampled
•
Juvenile DNA collection procedure implemented March 7, 2005
•
Department priority established for collection of DNA to insure all qualifying
probationers are sampled prior to termination/expiration of probation
•
Formed a "DNA Collection Team" to collect 12,000 adult DNA offender
samples, check and enter data into SciLas, and conduct quality control on the
DNA samples obtained.
What's
in Store Next
•
Countywide workgroup will finalize the OC Implementation Guidelines
•
Address increased Probation workload associated with the collection of over 500
juvenile probationer samples per year
• Work
with CA-DOJ to electronically submit collection data eliminating writing on DNA
collection kit information cards and simplifying the verification process
•
Prepare Sheriff and municipal police agencies for arrestee sampling in 2009
– Up to
15,000 per year in OC
•
Prepare OCSD Crime Lab for increased DNA testing
Future
Outlook
•
Solving Crime
–
Orange County one of the first in state to obtain cold hits from DNA samples collected as a result of Prop
69
• One
attempted homicide case and 2 burglary cases solved
–
Qualifying offender samples collected in OCSD Jail
•
Building Infrastructure
–
Improvedcollaboration between agencies
–
Collection of palm prints from bookings
– Fund
DNA Capacity enhancement of OCSD Crime Lab
– Fund
DDA's and County/Local Investigators for Cold Hit Investigations and Prosecutions
• By
2007, expect to see about 200 hits per year
• By
2010, expect to see about 1,000 DNA cold hits per year
•
Preventing Crime
–
Repeat and violent offenders will be identified
– As DNA
collection proceeds from all felony arrestees beginning in 2009 and as Crime
Lab processes all felony crimes with DNA evidence, can reduce high volume
crimes and some violent crimes
WATER
QUALITY -
WHAT'S
AT STAKE?
Larry
McKenney
Manager,
Watershed & Coastal Resources
Resources
& Development Management Department
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Infrastructure
systems are vital for maintaining a HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE and for providing a
FOUNDATION for a GROWING ECONOMY.
Infrastructure
systems are EXPENSIVE, but can be used as part of the water quality solution.
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Orange
County's MYSTIQUE AND REPUTATION as a world famous tourist and living
destination
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
SIGNS
THAT AFFECT OUR
ECONOMY
AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
CLEAN
WATER IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS!
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
CLEAN
WATER IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS!
•
Visitors traveling to Orange County for recreation or business generate REVENUE
for business as well as JOBS and INCOME for our local residents
– Los
Angeles County - 154,233 jobs - $6.1 Billion to workers in 2003
– San
Diego County - 112,070 jobs - $2.99 Billion to workers in 2003
–
ORANGE COUNTY - 79,539 jobs -- $2.23 Billion to workers in 2003
– San
Francisco County - 50,879 jobs - $1.77 Billion to workers in 2003
–
Riverside County - 62,915 jobs - $1.4 Billion to workers in 2003
Dean
Runyan Associates, CA Travel Impacts by County
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
CLEAN
WATER IS GOOD FOR RESIDENTS!
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water Quality
- What's at Stake?
WATER
QUALITY FINANCING STRUCTURE
Funding the County's Existing Program
TOTAL
INTERNAL COUNTY EXPENDITURES FOR STORMWATER IMPLEMENTATION
FY03-04$11.4 million
FY04-05$11.8 million (projected)
Funding
Sources:
–
General Fund
– Gas
tax
– Flood
and HBP Funds
–
Household Hazardous Waste Funds
–
Permit fees
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
WATERSHED
& COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION BUDGET
FY05-06$15 Million (projected)
Sources:
–
Contributions from RDMD Funds
• Since
its creation, WCRD has been supported by reallocatingFlood, HBP & Road funds to WCRD on an annual basis
– City
Cost-Sharing for NPDES Compliance Program
–
Cost-Sharingfor Watershed Activities
•
Capital Projects
• Studies
• TMDLs
–
Grants
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
• Costs
are expected to increase
WCRD NPDESCountywide NPDES
Shared-Cost ContributionTotal Expenditures
FY01/02$1.5 Million$45.8 Million
FY02/03$4.9 Million$59.3 Million
FY03/04$3.7 Million$64.9 Million
FY04/05$5.8 Million$72.1 Million
• State
budget problems and the lack of dedicated funding sources continue to be challenges
• The
Los Angeles Experience
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
•
Continue to find the CAUSES OF THIS POLLUTION problem
•
Improved science are important pieces of the water quality puzzle
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
•
Continue to achieve COMPLIANCE with the Stormwater/Urban Runoff Regulations
• The
Regional Water Quality Control Boards must be flexible enough when creating new
or revised regulations, yet challenging enough to help us implement long-term,
meaningful water quality solutions
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
• Focus
on POLLUTION PREVENTION measures and efforts
• All
design improvements on new or existing infrastructure projects must include a
water
quality element
– The
Natural Treatment System project is an excellent example of creative and
meaningful community-friendly, cost-effective and beneficial solution
•
Education and outreach efforts must be made to all stakeholders - residents,
businesses and government
Water
Quality - What's at Stake?
•
Continue to ENCOURAGE COOPERATION AMONG ALL STAKEHOLDERS
•
Cooperation will result in:
–
Greater Economies of Scale
–Increased ability to address this problem on
a REGIONAL scale
–
Increased ability to implement long-term meaningful water quality solutions
