2022-2023 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Final Report

Conclusions 8

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  Navigate successfully the complexities of life
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  Develop fulfilling relationships
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  Utilize appropriate coping mechanisms to achieve well-being without discrimination
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  Realize their potential
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  Have their needs met
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  Develop skills that help them navigate the different environments they inhabit93 91 Interview with DMH staff, September 19, 2022. 92 Youth.org, Mental Health https://youth.gov/youth-topics/youth-mental-health. Last accessed April 5, 2023. 93 The Children’s Society, https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/well-being. Last accessed April 6, 2023. 24
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  Throughout this investigation, the committee found a bounty of CTE offerings in LA County, although there are numerous factors that have inhibited enrollment. Our hope is that this report provides encouragement for schools to pursue this alternate and valuable path. Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost 75 Ibid. 76 Sophie Quinton, Stateline, “States Want More Career And Technical Training, But Struggle To Find Teachers,” PBS News Hour. April 9, 2017. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/states-want-career- technical-training-struggle-find-teachers. 77 Advance CTE, Perkins V supports Recruitment and Retention. https://cte.careertech.org/sites/default/files/files/resources/PerkinsV_Teachers_2021.pdf. Last accessed May 2, 2023. 17
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  CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY The Road Less Traveled 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY -

Commendations 102

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  Business, Entrepreneurship & Management
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  Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
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  Health, Wellness & Public Safety
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  People, Power & Perspectives
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  Visual & Performing Arts
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  Industrial Technology and Aviation Los Angeles Trade Technical College Founded in 1925, Los Angeles Trade-Tech is the oldest of the nine public two-year colleges within their district. Among the CTE courses by LATTC are Advanced Transportation, Construction, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Design and Media Arts, and Health Related Sciences. Long Beach City College Founded in 1927, LBCC provides CTE instruction in forty-eight different career fields ranging from Business Administration to Construction. Highlights include the school’s association with Rivian, which provided about a million dollars in equipment to support the school’s advanced automotive technology curriculum. LBCC in association with the Port of Long Beach, 25
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  Smaller pool of CGJ applicants
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  Increased diversity of race and socio-economic backgrounds for potential applicants
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  Impact of turnover on the CGJ membership
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  Impact of inflation and local cost of living
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  Comparison to Los Angeles City’s minimum wage
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  Recent legislative proposals to increase juror compensation To address these issues, this Committee recommends that the Board of Supervisors (BOS) increase the per diem to $100, retroactive to January 1, 2023. The precedence has been set for retroactive pay allowances in recent years. Most notably, the provisions of the COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave Ordinance, which applies to all employers 1 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Fact Sheet, http://grandjury.co.la.ca.us/pdf/Fact%20Sheet.pdf 1
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  Overview: How the Property Tax System Works34
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  Property Tax Systems35
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  What is the Difference between a Board and Hearing Officer Hearing? 36
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  Change in Ownership Statement: Death of Real Property Owner37
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  Claim for Reassessment Exclusion for Transfer between Parent and Child Occurring on or after February 16, 2021 (instructions page omitted)
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  Claim for Transfer of Base Year Value to Replacement Primary Residence for Persons at least Age 55 Years (General Information page omitted)
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  Claim for Transfer of Base Year Value to Replacement Primary Residence for Severely Disabled Persons Years (General Information pages omitted)
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  Application to Request Property Tax Deferment38
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  Assessment Appeals Application Years (Information and Instructions pages omitted) 34 This is not any sort of official document, but it is a simple presentation of the basic roles of the various government agencies in administering the property tax regime. 35 This is not any sort of official document, but it is a simple presentation of the basic roles of the various government agencies in administering the property tax regime from Assessment Appeals Board Public Education Program. https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/0234f496-d2b7-00b6-17a4- b43e949b70a2/2625867f-91f9-41f9-8416- 1832999646c1/Public%20Education%20Seminar%20Presentation.pdf. 36 Assessment Appeals Board website, Pubic Education Program. https://assets-us-01.kc- usercontent.com/0234f496-d2b7-00b6-17a4-b43e949b70a2/2625867f-91f9-41f9-8416- 1832999646c1/Public%20Education%20Seminar%20Presentation.pdf. 37 The Change in Ownership Statement is required whenever an owner of California real property dies. (It may be unnecessary, if real property will pass to a surviving spouse.) If a decedent’s estate is administered under the supervision of the probate court, it will be required in connection with filing a required Inventory and Appraisal. 38 See Refunds, infra, at pp. 8-9 16
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  Preliminary Change of Ownership Report (PCOR) (Additional Information pages omitted) DOCUMENT SOURCES
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  Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 11, The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act (commonly known as Proposition 19)
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  Board of Equalization letter No. 2020/06139
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  Board of Equalization letter No. 2021/00840
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  Board of Equalization letter No. 2021/01941
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  December 23, 2020, letter from David Yeung, Deputy Director, Property Tax Department, Board of Equalization, to Thomas L. Sheehy
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  42Los Angeles County Assessment Practices Survey, Board of Equalization, September, 202243
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  Overview: How the Property Tax System Works
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  Pros and Cons of California’s Prop 19, by Toby Mathis44
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  Proposition 19, The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act, December 2020 analysis of BOE and CAA issues raised
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  Senate Rules Committee, SB 989, Office of Senate Floor Analyses45
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  Special Bulletin, “Proposition 19: Why the Delay?” by Assessor Jeff Prang, January 10, 202246
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  Statutes of 2022, Chapter 71247 39 Accessible at https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/lta20061.pdf 40 Accessible at https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/lta21008.pdf 41 Accessible at https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/lta21019.pdf 42 Accessible at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/sen/sb_0951- 1000/sb_989_bill_19991010_chaptered.html 43 https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/19apsr0922.pdf 44 Accessible at https://andersonadvisors.com/prop-19/ 45 Accessible at file:///C:/Users/Civil%20Grand%20Jury/Downloads/202120220SB989_Senate%20Floor%20Analyses%20 (2).pdf 46 https://mailchi.mp/assessor/your-city-numbers-1285054?e=51d26c191b 47 Chaptered by Secretary of State on September 28, 2022. Chapter 712, Statutes of 2022. (accessible at http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/99-00/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_989_bill_19991010_chaptered.html) 17
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  Board of Equalization 48
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  California County Assessors’ Association 49
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  International Association of Assessing Officers 50
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  Kern County Assessor-Recorder 51
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  Los Angeles County Assessment Appeals Board 52
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  Los Angeles County Assessor 53
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  Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller 54
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  Los Angeles County Treasurer-Tax Collector 55
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  National Association of Counties 56
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  Orange County Assessor 57
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  Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder 58
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  San Bernardino County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder 59
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  Ventura County Assessor 60 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Norman H. Green Chairperson Margaret Chapman Co-Chairperson Patricia A. Estrada Secretary Sam Dodds Shirley Zaragoza Foreperson 48 https://www.boe.ca.gov/ (accessed December 28, 2022) 49 https://www.calassessor.org/ (accessed December 28, 2022) 50 https://www.iaao.org/ (accessed October 7, 2022) 51 https://www.kerncounty.com/government/departments/assessor-recorder (accessed October 14, 2022) 52 https://lacaab.lacounty.gov/Home.aspx; op. cit. (accessed January 3, 2023) 53https://assessor.lacounty.gov/ (accessed October 26, 2022) 54 https://auditor.lacounty.gov/ (accessed November 14, 2022) 55 https://ttc.lacounty.gov/ (accessed October 28, 2022) 56 https://www.naco.org/ (accessed December 28, 2022) 57 https://www.ocassessor.gov/ (accessed October 7, 2022) 58 https://www.rivcoacr.org/(accessed October 14, 2022) 59 https://arc.sbcounty.gov/ (accessed October 7, 2022) 60 https://assessor.countyofventura.org/(accessed October 14, 2022) 18
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  AB 32 (2006): 2020 target and calls for a Scoping Plan and updates at least every 5 years
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  SB 32 (2016): 2030 target
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  SB 1383 (2016): Short-lived climate pollutant targets for 2030
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  New 2022 legislation informing the Scoping Plan:
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  AB 1279: 2045 carbon neutrality target , anthropogenic emissions to be reduced by 85% by 2045
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  SB 905: Establishes a Carbon Capture, Removal, Utilization and Storage Program
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  SB 846: Extends the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s sunset date
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  SB 1020: Establishes interim clean electricity targets
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  SB 1137: Oil and gas setbacks of 3,200 feet
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  SB 1075: Requires CARB to prepare an evaluation of the role of hydrogen in California
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  AB 1757: Requires setting of natural and working lands targets and tracking progress
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  AB 2251: Sets a target for increasing urban tree cover by 10% by 2035
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  Executive Order N-79-20
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  LA City Council File 21-0683 DOCUMENT SOURCES
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  [H2] Innovation Experience | SoCalGas, https://www.socalgas.com/sustainability/h2home
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  World Energy To Upgrade Sustainable Fuel Refinery | Aerospace News: Aviation International News (ainonline.com), https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2022-04- 25/world-energy-upgrade-sustainable-fuel-refinery
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  A Power Plant In El Segundo Will Burn 'Green' Hydrogen. Here's What That Means To Us | LAist Long Beach Container Terminal enters its final lap to go fully green – Daily Breeze, https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/10/long-beach-container- terminal-enters-its-final-lap-to-go-fully-green/
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  LAist, “A Powerplant in El Segundo Will Burn Green hydrogen. What Does that Mean to Us?” https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/a-power-plant-in- el-segundo-will-burn-green-hydrogen-what-does-that-mean-to- us 20 ZERO EMISSIONS AIR QUALITY MONITORING 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY
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  https://cleanairactionplan.org/strategies/trucks/
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  https://polb.com/environment
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  https://cleanairactionplan.org/strategies/cargo-handling- equipment/
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  https://cleanairactionplan.org/
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  https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/01/04/southland-air-quality- watchdog-sued-over-refinery-air-pollution-rule/
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  https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/03/04/honda-unveils-new- power-station-that-reduces-local-pollutants-at-torrance-hq/
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  CTA_Strategic Plan Framework_12-19-22_Final.pdf: https://caltransit.org/cta/assets/File/CTA_Strategic%20Plan%20 Framework_12-19-22_Final.pdf
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  San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, https://cleanairactionplan.org/
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  Los Angeles County About Los Angeles County CAP | Climate Action (lacounty.gov), https://planning.lacounty.gov/site/climate/about-lac-cap/
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  State of California California Air Resources Board, https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/
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  Los Angeles Metro Transit Metro | Bus, Rail, Subway, Bike & Micro in Los Angeles, https://www.metro.net/
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  South Coast Air Quality Monitoring District, http://www.aqmd.gov/
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  Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | US EPA, https://www.epa.gov/
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  Los Angeles County Public Health / Air Pollution Department of Public Health, http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ COMMITTEE MEMBERS Frank Murray Chairperson Wayne Dodds Co-Chairperson Marlene Walker Secretary Shirley Zaragoza 21
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  The Committee appreciates the illustration at the beginning of our report, which was drawn by one our jurists. Great job! 28
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  AGING OUT: TRANSITIONAL AGED YOUTH 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY ACRONYMS AB 12 Assembly Bill 12 BOS Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Camp(s) Secure Youth Treatment Facility(s) CBOs Community Based Organizations CGJ Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury CHC Covenant House California Committee Aging Out Committee CSW Case Social Worker DCFS Department of Children and Family Services DMH Department of Mental Health DPO Deputy Probation Officer DSO(s) Detention Service Officer(s) DPSS Department of Public Social Services GED General Education Development IEP Independent Education Plan ILP Independent Living Plan LACOE Los Angeles County Office of Education LAHSA Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority LARRC Los Angeles Risk and Resiliency Check-up MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team Probation Los Angeles County Probation Department RFA Resource Family Approval TPP Transition to Permanent Program TAY(s) Transitional Age Youth(s) TILP Transitional Independent Living Plan COMMITTEE MEMBERS Carolyn Cobb Chairperson James Childress Co-Chairperson Jenalea Smith Secretary Patricia Estrada Michael Padilla LeRoy R. Titus 29
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  ALL ABOARD! IS METRO RAIL ON TRACK? Safety, Sanitation, and Rider Experience in L.A. County
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  ALL ABOARD: IS METRO RAIL ON TRACK? SAFETY, SANITATION, AND RIDER EXPERIENCE IN L.A. COUNTY 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY ALL ABOARD! IS METRO RAIL ON TRACK? Safety, Sanitation, and Rider Experience in L.A. County SUMMARY Metro Rail is at a crossroads. Ongoing problems with safety and sanitation have led to steep declines in ridership and customer satisfaction, raising doubts about the ambitious plans and lofty goals for the future of mass transit in Los Angeles County (County). The stakes are high. In the next few years, the County’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which operates Metro Rail, needs to make decisions that will impact not only mass transit, but the economic and environmental well-being of the County. To address these concerns, the Metro Rail Committee (Committee) of the Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) investigated the problems currently afflicting Metro Rail and its plans to tackle them. In our report, we focus on areas essential to success of the rail lines: safety, sanitation, and the customer experience. The area we left alone was the reliability of the trains’ timetables. A clean and safe system is an accessible system for ridership; a safe and reliable ride is comfortable for passengers; a reliable and clean train system makes it easier for people to use; and together, these aspects comprise Metro’s customer experience of the system. (See Exhibit 1). EXHIBIT 1. Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury. 2022. The Venn Diagram of a Satisfactory Metro Rail Experience. Diagram. October 2022. 1
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  ALL ABOARD: IS METRO RAIL ON TRACK? SAFETY, SANITATION AND RIDER EXPERIENCE IN L.A. COUNTY 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY Each of the areas we examined is the subject of heated controversy, both within Metro itself and in the larger community. All have been impacted by outside events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, social justice movements, growing economic inequality and the rising presence of unhoused persons on the system and throughout our communities. This Committee has produced recommendations regarding these matters with the intention of helping Metro hook their wheels to the right track and make the system safer, cleaner, and more user-friendly. While these issues continue to simmer, the Metro has embarked on an ambitious expansion plan, which includes the K (Crenshaw) Line, a new subway line along Wilshire Boulevard from Midtown to Westwood, and a new line that will connect to Los Angeles International Airport. Without a safe, clean system and satisfied riders, none of these plans will be successful. We recommend stepping up security by various means, including law enforcement, greater Metro Transit Security presence, and continuing the Ambassador program. We believe that fare enforcement via TAP card use is critically important. Metro has solid cleaning schedules, and we urge they be vigorously executed. Other recommendations are included in our study. Metro must address these pivotal issues now, and that is the aim of this report. As one Metro executive told us, “We are at a precipice. We can either spiral up or down.”1 1 Interview on October 24, 2022. 2
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  Metro deserves praise for its attention to train schedules and reliability. Despite myriad problems, the rail system appears to have a handle on its core mission of providing reliable and equitable service. The Transit App used to track rail (as well as the rest of the system in its entirety) provides accurate, up-to-date timetables and is easy to use, interactive and user friendly. The Committee wishes to thank Metro leadership for their cooperation and aid with this report and commend them on their commitment to turning things around at the agency. Currently, Metro is bursting with pilot program initiatives targeting specific issues of concern such as the Ambassador and Respect the Ride programs. There is an environment of creativity and a willingness to tackle issues head-on. Here are some examples. 36
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  CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY The Road Less Traveled
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  In the course of our investigation, the Committee found that some of the proposed recommendations were actions the Registrar was either already implementing, or considering implementing after more data collection. We commend the Registrar for all continued efforts to improve Los Angeles County elections. LA County is a large and diverse jurisdiction. The 2022 Gubernatorial Election was conducted with few apparent issues. We further commend the Registrar for ensuring efficient and accurate elections. 15
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  ELECTION OPERATIONS ACRONYMS AB California Assembly Bill BMD Ballot Marking Device CVR Conditional Voter Registration ePollbook Electronic Poll Book LA Los Angeles SB California Senate Bill QR Quick Response VBM Vote by Mail VCA Voters Choice Act VSAP Voting Solutions for All People COMMITTEE MEMBERS Wayne Dodds Chairperson Michele Ashamalla Co-Chairperson Deborah Humphrey Secretary 16
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  ELECTION OPERATIONS APPENDIX 1 Past Election Voting Statistics (5 Pages) 17
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  ELECTION OPERATIONS APPENDIX 2 Election Information (5 Pages) 21
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  HAVE WE M.E.T.? Mental Health Evaluation Teams and How They Work
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  HAVE WE M.E.T.? MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAMS AND HOW THEY WORK 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY HAVE WE M.E.T.? Mental Health Evaluation Teams and How They Work SUMMARY Studies estimate that approximately 20% of all adults in America experience mental illness each year.1 Every year, thousands of people in Los Angeles County (County) end up either homeless, on the streets, or in detention facilities due in large part to the lack of care and treatment facilities and a shortage of mental health personnel willing to work with these populations. Current counts put the number of homeless at approximately 69,000 living within the County.2 Los Angeles County’s resources for mental health services are grossly inadequate across the board. This is especially evident in encounters with law enforcement officers and first responders who are charged with the task of aiding and assisting those suffering from acute mental conditions that give rise to incidents of violence and criminal conduct. These agencies and the associated detention facilities have become de facto mental health providers for the very poor and homeless population. Our Committee finds that mental health problems are a substantial contributor to homelessness and incarceration. This report makes findings and recommendations in an attempt to clarify and provide possible resolutions to these problems by addressing the law enforcement and first responder agencies working in conjunction with mental health professionals. We focus on a range of diverse mental health evaluation teams. These pair law enforcement agencies with qualified mental health workers in an effort to address situations involving mentally ill or impaired citizens. Below we seek to evaluate the effectiveness of the various teams and how they can best be deployed to ease the mental health crisis in our county. 1 Mental Health America. https://www.mhanational.org/issues/2022/mental-health-america-prevalence- data. Accessed March 27, 2023. 2 CGJ Speaker: LA City Councilperson on January 23, 2023. See also: https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=895-lahsa-releases-2022-greater-los-angeles-homeless-count- results; 1
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  The committee would like to commend the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Office, for outstanding service provided by their MET, RAMP, VMET providers associated with their Mental Evaluation Units. The committee would also like to commend the County of Los Angeles Fire Department for exemplary service provided by the PMRT, CRU, and APRU teams associated with their Mental Health Evaluation Units. The committee would like to commend the Los Angeles Police Department, for excellent service provided by their SMART and CAMP Mental Health Evaluation Units. 21
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  HHH Too Few, Too Much, Too Slow
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  HHH TOO FEW, TOO MUCH, TOO SLOW 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY HHH Too Few, Too Much, Too Slow SUMMARY Proposition HHH (HHH) was a $1.2 billion bond measure approved by the City of Los Angeles (City) voters in 2016 to fund the cost of construction of 10,000 units of supportive housing for homeless people over a decade. If judged by its own goals and promises HHH has been a foreseeable failure. It won’t build 10,000 units in 10 years for the $1.2 billion as promised.1 It has or will build over 7,0002 much needed housing units. The units it helped fund are too expensive, too slowly developed, and as a result are too few to meet even a small fraction of the City’s needs.3 Unit prices have steadily increased and every witness interviewed by this Committee expects costs to further increase. This is not sustainable. We can continue to pour ever increasing amounts of money into similar projects and expect similar results or we can try something else. This is even more critical given the passage of United to House LA (ULA)4 and its significantly larger projected in-flow of tax dollars. ULA was approved by the voters in November, 2022. It places a tax of 4% on sales and transfers of real property valued at over $5 million but less than $10 million, and 5.5% for real property valued at $10 million or more. It is projected to raise about $1 billion per year. Now that HHH’s $1.2 billion is completely ear-marked, it’s time to assess how the City can best use these new funds in an efficient manner. The Civil Grand Jury HHH Committee (Committee) investigated several lessons which should have been learned by the City from the experience of HHH. The most significant lesson is that an increase in the number of funding sources negatively impacts project delivery time and this in turn drives prices higher. We found the City cannot control the final project cost and its experience with HHH should have alerted the City of the problem. However, in interview after interview, we found no deep of concern over the final cost nor has any public entity interviewed put forward a plan to confront the issue of cost. We found that project 1 https://controller.lacity.gov/audits/problems-and-progress-of-prop-hhh last accessed 4.19.23 2 https://housing.lacity.org/housing/hhh-progress-dashboard. LAHD HHH Roadmap. Last accessed 4.19.23 3 https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/899d18c9-eb79-4540-b3eb-1d42615394ee/ch1.pdf; $1.2 billion and 5 years later, why has Prop HHH built only a fraction of its promised homeless housing units? (kcrw.com) 4 https://unitedtohousela.com/ (last date accessed 01/24/23) 1
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  HHH TOO FEW, TOO MUCH, TOO SLOW 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY delivery time may be improved slightly by addressing certain bottlenecks in the City bureaucracy but that project delays and high costs are largely inescapable using a public-financing model. We found that the costs and delay are essentially “baked into the cake” of public financing of projects. The nature of government is slower and more deliberative than private business. The Committee examined a private alternative method of funding Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) construction, one which involves no public funds for construction and could save the City billions. We found that privately funded and constructed 100% PSH projects were currently being constructed in LA in 18 to 24 months and for two- thirds less than the current public model.5 We recommend that the City and LAHD fundamentally change the way they are currently funding PSH.
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  We acknowledge and thank the Los Angeles County Economy and Efficiency Commission and CEO Risk Management Branch, which provided invaluable service to the Committee in preparing this report. COMMITTEE MEMBERS James Bukowski Chairperson Dale LaCasella Co-Chairperson Carina Lister Secretary Norman Green Shirley Zaragoza 32
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  LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMET WORKERS COMPENSATION APPENDIX 1. WC Claims TPA Administration Allocation Chart 33
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  LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMET WORKERS COMPENSATION APPENDIX 2. Firefighter Injuries History108 108 Letter of February 17, 2023 from LACoFD management to the Civil Grand Jury. 34
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  MEDI-CAL REIMBURSEMENT The Final Resolution of an Ongoing Issue
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  MEDI-CAL REIMBURSEMENT THE FINAL RESOLUTION OF AN ONGOING ISSUE 2022-2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY MEDI-CAL REIMBURSEMENT The Final Resolution of an Ongoing Issue SUMMARY The Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) opened this inquiry following a presentation to the panel by the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller (LACA-C) in July, 2022. Representatives described how the County of Los Angeles (County) failed to recoup millions of dollars in Medi-Cal insurance reimbursement of expended funds. The situation has been ongoing for almost twenty years, but became particularly egregious during the COVID-19 pandemic beginning in 2020 when the County spent heavily on vaccinations without being reimbursed.1 During the presentation, employees of the LACA-C indicated that substantial progress had been made in resolving issues originally identified in the 2013-2014 CGJ report regarding failures on the part of health department systems governing the recovery of Medi-Cal reimbursements for various treatments and procedures. These problems were caused primarily by the software system and the inability of County employees to use it appropriately. The employee and system errors were costing the County very large sums of money. A follow-up CGJ report in 2014-2015 indicated that progress was being made, thereby reducing, but not eliminating losses. The presentation indicated that some critical problems remained, and that final meetings were to be held in late 2022 to finalize any outstanding issues. Because of the ongoing nature of the problem and financial implications, the CGJ decided to do a further follow-up investigation to see if the matter could be finally resolved.
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  The 2022-2023 CGJ commends the Auditor-Controller's Office for its dedicated service in continuing to resolve this issue.

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