Report Prepared by: Steve Carrigan, City Manager
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SUBJECT: City Council Response to 2015-2016 Grand Jury Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
City Council Response to the 2015-2016 Grand Jury Report Regarding Merced County's Efforts to End Homelessness.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion approving the response to the 2015-2016 Grand Jury Investigation (No. 15-08-17) regarding Efforts to End Homelessness and authorizing the submittal of the response to the Merced County Civil Grand Jury by the Mayor.
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ALTERNATIVES
Direct staff to make revisions to the draft response.
AUTHORITY
City of Merced Charter, Section 200
Penal Code sections 933 and 933.05
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to California Penal Code section 925a, civil grand juries are authorized to
". . . investigate and report upon the operations, accounts, and records of the officers, departments, functions, and the method or system of performing the duties of any such city or joint powers agency and make such recommendations as it may deem proper and fit." The investigations are summarized in written reports issued by the civil grand jury during their term. These reports are compiled and assembled into a Final Report which is typically released at the end of the grand jury's term.
During the 2014-2015 term of the Merced County Civil Grand Jury (MCCGJ), members of the grand jury voted to conduct an investigation concerning the issue of homelessness in Merced County. However, due to time constraints that investigation was not completed and was instead referred to the 2015-2016 MCCGJ for investigation. In August 2015, the 2015-2016 MCCGJ voted to adopt the investigation and thereafter commenced their investigation into the matter. Their report on the matter, entitled "Merced County's Efforts to End Homelessness" was included in the 2015-2016 Grand Jury Final Report, which was released at the end of July 2016.
The full investigation report regarding Merced County's Efforts to End Homelessness is att...
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