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Los Angeles County Grand Jury • 2011-2012

2011-2012 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Group Photograph

Published: June 30, 2012 115 pages

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Findings 11 findings

The CGJ found that change in the executive-level management has resulted in improved transparency, staff morale, and cooperation with outside agencies.

Current First 5 LA executive management has been responsive to the audit findings and recommendations.

First 5 LA has made significant progress in implementing the audit

Individuals on LC 4850 leave may seek ways to manipulate the program’s rules and regulations to gain more than one year of benefits.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) pub- lishes researched and tested guidelines covering on-the-job injuries and effective quality of care, reduction of unnecessary medical procedures, and full health restora- tion recommendations. These standards are included in the Medical Treatment Utili- zation Schedule (MTUS). The standards are used by several of the counties sur- veyed by the CGJ.

The Sheriff’s Department often uses sworn officers to transport injured workers to scheduled appointments with physicians.

The Sheriff’s Department often uses sworn officers to conduct drive-by surveillance of officers assigned to their homes as part of their LC 4850 injury recovery plans.

Data provided by the County’s Risk Management Branch of the Chief Executive Of- fice suggests that individual safety workers may view the benefits of the LC 4850 2011-2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 139 LABOR CODE §4850 program as an entitlement, and make efforts to gain LC 4850 status just prior to their planned retirement dates, thereby increasing their final retirement benefits. 8

Discussions with the County’s Risk Management Branch suggest that on occasion an injured safety worker remains on LC 4850 status after clear evidence is available to indicate that the worker’s disability will prevent him from ever returning to perfor- mance of his duties.

F10

The Antelope Valley Regional Office of the Coroner is over 25 years old. It does not meet the need for Coroner services in the high desert.

F11

The Coroner’s security system should be updated in light of the extreme sensitivity of the Coroner’s forensic operations. 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 149 CORONER

Recommendations 62

R5
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All charter cities reviewed in this report should adopt a method and practice of sav- ing into a reserve or “rainy day” fund to be supplement operating revenue in years of short fall.
R6
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Charter cities should develop and adopt a strategic plan that articulates the mission, vision, core values and priorities (goals and objectives) for the City. The following cities should develop and adopt such a strategic plan: Arcadia, Compton, Industry, Inglewood.
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Charter cities should develop and report on performance measures or indicators to evaluate outcomes or progress on priorities. These performance measures should be quantified, focused on outcomes or results, and information should be provided for several years to allow evaluation of progress over time. The following cities should develop such performance measures for indicators: Arcadia, Bell, Compton, Industry, Inglewood, Lancaster, Temple City.
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Charter city councils should continue to maintain a governance policy that specifical- ly defines the relationship between the council and executive. Charter city councils should continue providing specific annual goals for the city’s executive (City Manag- er or City Administrator) and conduct meaningful evaluations annually. The following cities should do so: Alhambra, Bell, Industry, Inglewood, Lancaster. 56 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CHARTER CITIES – RECOMMENDATIONS
R9
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Charter cities should formally establish an audit committee making it directly respon- sible for the work of the independent auditor. The following cities should formally establish an audit committee: Alhambra, Arcadia, Bell, Cerritos, Compton, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, Palmdale, Pomona, Santa Monica, Signal Hill, Temple City, Torrance, Whittier.
R10
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All charter cities reviewed in this report should continue requiring compliance with standards of independence for the external auditor. Cities that do not currently se- lect the auditor through a competitive process should do so. Cities that allow the auditor to provide non-audit services should ensure appropriate review and approval of those services.
R11
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Charter cities should review and update accounting policies and procedures to en- sure they are appropriately detailed and define the specific authority and responsibility of employees. Cities should also establish a policy requiring policies and procedures to be reviewed annually and updated at least once every three years. The following cities should review and update accounting policies and proce- dures at least once every three years: Alhambra, Arcadia, Bell, Burbank, Industry, Inglewood, Lancaster, Pasadena, Pomona, Santa Monica, Temple City.
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Charter cities should review and update policies and procedures for reporting fraud, abuse and questionable practices including a practical mechanism, such as a fraud hotline, to permit the confidential, anonymous reporting of concerns. The following cities should adopt such policies and procedures: Alhambra, Arcadia, Burbank, In- dustry, Inglewood, Irwindale, Santa Monica, Temple City.
R13
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Charter cities should periodically review and update internal control procedures over financial management. The Following cities should review and update internal con- trol procedures over financial matters: Bell, Industry, Inglewood.
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Charter cities that have not adopted a policy requiring an unrestricted fund balance of no less than two months of regular general fund operating revenues or regular general fund operating expenditures should develop such policies. The following cit- ies should adopt such a policy: Alhambra, Arcadia, Bell, Cerritos, Compton, Downey, Glendale, Industry, Lancaster, Pomona, Redondo Beach, Temple City, Torrance, Vernon, Whittier.
R15
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Charter cities must develop and publish a timely Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The city of Bell should do so.
R16
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Charter cities that have not published financial reports on the city’s website should do so. The city of Industry should do so.
R17
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Charter cities should develop controls over sole sourced contracting to prevent pref- erential granting of contracts. The following cities should develop such controls: Bell, Industry, Irwindale, Temple City. 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 57 CHARTER CITIES – RECOMMENDATIONS
R18
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Charter cities should develop policies and procedures for selecting and negotiating fair prices for architectural and engineering services consistent with state codes. The following cities should develop such policies and procedures: Arcadia, Bell, Cerritos, Industry, Inglewood, Irwindale, Pasadena, Whittier.
R19
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All charter cities reviewed in this report should provide policies and procedures for ensuring prices negotiated for substantial contract change orders are fair and rea- sonable, and establish internal controls over substantial contract change orders so that same contractors not repeatedly awarded contracts. The following cities should do so: Alhambra, Bell, Cerritos, Inglewood, Irwindale, Lancaster, Temple City, Tor- rance, Whittier.
R20
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All charter cities should develop policies and procedures for documenting compli- ance with procurement requirements, and provide contract compliance and oversight and have annual audit oversight with an outside accounting firm. The following cities should do so: Bell, Cerritos, Inglewood, Irwindale, Lancaster, Whittier.
R21
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All charter city councils, and citizens of the cities, reviewed in this report should an- nually review the actual compensation received by employees of their cities.
R22
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All charter city councils of the cities reviewed in this report should have access to prevailing municipal wage rates and/or salary ranges for comparable cities in order to identify any individual city position(s) whose salaries exceed the normal salary range for those positions. Approval of any exceptional salaries should be based on justifications of exceptional and unique job responsibilities. 58 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CHARTER CITIES ACRONYMS AICPA American Institute of Certified Public Accountants CAFR Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports CalPERS California Public Employees Retirement System CFO Chief Financial Officer CGJ Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury CPCC California Public Contract Code FPPC California Fair Political Practices Commission FY Fiscal Year GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAS Generally Accepted Auditing Standards GAS Government Auditing Standards GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board GFOA Government Finance Officers Association IIA Institute of Internal Auditors RFP Request for Proposal SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats APPENDICES A
R23
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Are accounting policies and procedures reviewed annually and updated at least once every three years on a predetermined schedule? o Yes o No
R24
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Do the accounting policies and procedures specifically define the authority and respon- sibility of all employees, including the authority to authorize transactions and the responsibility for safekeeping of assets and records? o Yes o No
R25
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Please provide a copy of the accounting policies and procedures manual.
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding accounting policies and proce- dures: 66 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CHARTER CITIES –
R27
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Does your City have policies and procedures to encourage and facilitate the reporting of fraud or abuse and questionable accounting or auditing practices? o Yes o No
R28
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Does your City have a formally adopted and widely distributed and publicized ethics pol- icy? o Yes o No
R29
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Does your City have a practical mechanism, such as a fraud hotline, to permit the confi- dential, anonymous reporting of concerns about fraud, abuse, or questionable practices? o Yes o No
R30
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Are concerns received regarding fraud, abuse, or questionable practices reviewed by in- ternal auditors, with documentation reviewed by the Audit Committee. o Yes o No
R31
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Please provide a copy of the ethics policy and information on mechanisms for reporting concerns of fraud, abuse, or questionable practices.
R32
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding reporting of fraud, abuse, and questionable practices: Internal Controls
R33
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Are internal control procedures over financial management formally documented? o Yes o No
R34
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Do internal control procedures include practical means for lower level employees to re- port instances of management override of controls? o Yes o No
R35
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Are internal control procedures evaluated to determine if those controls are adequately designed to achieve their intended purpose, have actually been implemented, and con- tinue to function as designed? o Yes o No
R36
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Are potential internal control weaknesses documented in exception reports? o Yes 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 67 CHARTER CITIES –
R37
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Is there a process in place to identify changes in what is being controlled or controls themselves, and corrective action plans are developed with an appropriate timeline? o Yes o No
R38
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Please provide a copy of the internal control procedures over financial management.
R39
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on internal con- trols: Internal Audit
R40
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Does your City have an internal audit function formally established by charter, enabling resolution, or other legal means? o Yes o No
R41
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Is the work of the internal audit function conducted in accordance with the U.S. General Accounting Office’s Government Auditing Standards? o Yes o No
R42
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Are all reports of the Internal Audit function provided to or available to the Audit Com- mittee? o Yes o No
R43
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Please provide a copy of the formal action establishing the internal audit function.
R44
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on internal au- dit: 68 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CHARTER CITIES –
R45
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Does your City have a formal policy on the level of unrestricted fund balance to be main- tained in the General Fund? o Yes o No
R46
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Does this policy require an unrestricted fund balance of no less than two months of reg- ular general fund operating revenues or regular general fund operating expenditures? o Yes o No
R47
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Please provide a copy of the formal policy on the level of unrestricted fund balance to be maintained in the General Fund.
R48
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on general fund unrestricted fund balance: Financial and Public Reporting Practices
R49
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Does your City maintain an accounting system adequate to provide all the data needed for the timely preparation of financial statement for the entire entity in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)? o Yes o No
R50
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Does your City issue timely financial statements for the entire financial reporting entity in conformity with GAAP as part of a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)? o Yes o No
R51
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Has your City’s financial statements been independently audited in accordance with ei- ther generally accepted auditing standards (GAAP) or Government Auditing Standards (GAS)? o Yes o No
R52
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Are the annual budget documents or CAFR for your City published and readily accessible to the general public on your City’s website? o Yes o No 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 69 CHARTER CITIES – APPENDIX B
R53
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on financial and public reporting practices: Employee Compensation
R54
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Please provide a list of all employees with total compensation for CY 2011 in excess of $175,000 as reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Please provide detail about the compensation for each employee (salary, overtime, car allowance, vacation payout, sick leave payout, etc.).
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding employee compensation: Procurement and Contracting
R56
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures defining competitive bid- ding requirements and practices for the procurement of goods and services? o Yes o No
R57
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Does your City Charter or City ordinance provide exemption from competitive procure- ment requirements of California’s Public Contracting Code? o Yes o No
R58
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures for documenting compli- ance with procurement requirements? o Yes o No
R59
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures for selecting firms that provide architectural and engineering services? o Yes o No
R60
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures for ensuring that prices for negotiated contracts are fair and reasonable? o Yes o No 70 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CHARTER CITIES – APPENDIX B
R61
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures for ensuring that prices negotiated for contract change orders are fair and reasonable? o Yes o No
R62
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures establishing internal con- trols over sole-source contracting? o Yes o No
R63
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures establishing internal con- trols over contract change orders? o Yes o No
R64
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Does your City have formally adopted policies and procedures for providing contract compliance and oversight? o Yes o No
R65
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Please provide copies of the: • formal policy defining competitive bidding requirements and practices for the procurement of goods and services, • City Charter or City ordinance providing exemption from competitive procure- ment requirements of California’s Public Contracting Code, • formally adopted policies and procedures for documenting compliance with pro- curement requirements, • formally adopted policies and procedures for selecting firms that provide archi- tectural and engineering services, • formally adopted policies and procedures for ensuring that prices for negotiated contracts are fair and reasonable, • formal policy establishing internal controls over sole-source contracting, • formal policy establishing internal controls over contract change orders, • formal policy and procedures for providing contract compliance and oversight.
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Please provide any comments or explanations regarding your responses on procure- ment and contracting: 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 71 CHARTER CITIES –

Conclusions 10

CL1

Urban Water Management Planning Act (Water Code Section 10630 et. Seq.) requires that a water supplier prepare a plan for optimizing the use of recycled water in the sup- plier's service area, including actions to facilitate the installation of dual distribution sys- tems, to promote recirculating uses, to facilitate the increased use of treated wastewater that meets recycled water standards, and to overcome any obstacles to achieving that increased use.
CL2

According to State law, “It is hereby declared that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development of facilities to recycle water containing waste to supplement existing surface and underground water supplies and to assist in meeting the future wa- ter requirements of the state” (Wat. Code § 13510). The state strengthens its purpose by stating in the Water Code that under certain conditions the use of potable water for nonpotable purposes is a waste or unreasonable use of water if recycled water is availa- ble (Wat. Code § 13550 et seq.).
CL3

State Recycled Water Act: requires the use of 1M af of recycled water by 2020 and 2M af of recycled water statewide by 2030.
CL4

State Recycled Water Policy: the State Water Resources Control Board has adopted a recycled water policy. The Policy’s stated goal is to use as much recycled water as pos- sible. The State Board is the ultimate approving agency for all recycled water projects.
CL5

State Water Resources Control Board also requires recycled water use as a part of their waste discharge requirements. In 1984, the State Water Board issued Water Quality Or- der No. 84-7 expressing the intent that, pursuant to California Water Code, Section 13142.5(e), in cases where discharges of wastewater to the ocean are proposed in “wa- ter-short” areas, the report of waste discharge should include an explanation as to why the effluent is not being recycled for further beneficial use (SWQCB, 1984).
CL6

SBx7-7 mandates that urban water suppliers reduce statewide water use (in gallons per capita per day) of 10 percent by 2015 and 20 percent by 2020 (20x2020). Methods of complying with SBx7-7 include enhanced water conservation, water use efficiency, and recycled water use.
CL7

Grant eligibility, the Department of Water Resources conditions any grant application on a demonstration, through the documentation in an approved Urban Water Management Plan, that the water provider is on target to meet its 20x2020 goals including the use of recycled water.
CL8

Integrated Regional Water Management Planning, the awarding of grants is predicated on the grantee agreeing to the follow term in the Department of Water Resources Grant Agreement: Since the Grantee’s IRWM region (region) receives water supplied from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta), then the region’s IRWM Plan (existing or any fu- ture update) must help reduce dependence on the Delta for water supply. Other than conservation, the primary way to reduce this dependence is through the substitution of recycled water for potable supplies. 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 385 386 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT (cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:61)(cid:61)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:49)(cid:49) (cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:50)(cid:50)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:51)(cid:51)(cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:49)(cid:49)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:29)(cid:29) (cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:60)(cid:60) (cid:50)(cid:50)(cid:41)(cid:41) (cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:50)(cid:50)(cid:49)(cid:49)(cid:42)(cid:42) (cid:37)(cid:37)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:43)(cid:43) (cid:56)(cid:56)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:73)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:71)(cid:71) (cid:51)(cid:51)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:15)(cid:15) (cid:53)(cid:53)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:87)(cid:87)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:87)(cid:87) (cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:74)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:15)(cid:15) (cid:51)(cid:51)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:88)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:83) (cid:51)(cid:51)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:86)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:81) (cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:50)(cid:50)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:44)(cid:44)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:55)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:40) (cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:37)(cid:37)(cid:40)(cid:40)(cid:53)(cid:53)(cid:54)(cid:54) (cid:37)(cid:37)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:76)(cid:76) (cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:85) (cid:164)(cid:164) (cid:38)(cid:38)(cid:75)(cid:75)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:85)(cid:85) (cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:75)(cid:75) (cid:57)(cid:57)(cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:42)(cid:42)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:73)(cid:73) (cid:48)(cid:48)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:74)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:72)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:72)(cid:72) (cid:60)(cid:60)(cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:43)(cid:43)(cid:82)(cid:82) (cid:36)(cid:36)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:76)(cid:76)(cid:87)(cid:87)(cid:68)(cid:68) (cid:47)(cid:47)(cid:17)(cid:17) (cid:58)(cid:58)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:74) 61 egaP MP 31:4 2102/11/6 SBAT YTNUOCAL:sbaT 4 Long Beach
CL9

The function of the Continuity Committee is primarily archival and organizational, main- taining legally-mandated records and passing on to each succeeding CGJ an orderly library and filing system of investigated agencies. The CC found that it was able to make productive use of some of the information left behind by previous CGJ. However, rather than directly following the previously established tracking system, the revised tabular format included here was created for the recording of responses from public agencies that more closely matches the actual language expressed in CPC §933.05. 404 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 1a 1 1b 2 5 1c 3 Post Adoptions Services - DCFS 1d 4 Where are you? 2 5 6 3 6 4 7 1 8 9 City of Long 2 A Whistleblower's Complaint 15 Beach 3 10 4 11 Alhambra PD 1 12 Bell PD 1 13 27 Bell Gardens PD 1 14 Beverly Hills PD 1 15 Burbank PD 1 16 Covina PD 1 17 Gardena PD 1 18 Glendale PD 1 19 E-Subpoena - One Way to End Glendora PD 1 20 the Paper Chase Huntington Park 1 PD 21 28 LAFD 1 22 LAUSD PD 1 23 Manhattan Beach 1 PD 24 Monrovia PD 1 25 Monterey Park PD 1 26 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 405 CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W Pasadena PD 1 27 Redondo Beach 1 PD 28 San Fernando PD 1 29 San Gabriel PD 1 30 South Pasadena 1 PD 31 E-Subpoena - One Way to End Torrance PD 1 32 28 the Paper Chase West Covina PD 1 33 Whittier PD 1 34 Inglewood City 2 Atty 35 LAPD 3 36 3 37 LASD 4 38 DA 5 39 1a 40 1b 41 DA 1c 42 1d 43 1e 44 45 High Tech Forensics and 2a 43- Cyber Security Crime Fighting 2b 46 44 Arcadia PD in the Digital Age 2c 47 2d 48 2a 49 2b 50 Beverly Hills PD 2c 51 2d 52 406 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 2a 53 2b 54 LAPD 2c 55 2d 56 2a 57 2b 58 Culver City PD 2c 59 2d 60 2a 61 2b 62 Downey PD 2c 63 2d 64 2a 65 2b 66 Glendale PD 2c 67 High Tech Forensics and 68 43- 2d Cyber Security Crime Fighting 44 2a 69 in the Digital Age 2b 70 LASD 2c 71 2d 72 2a 73 2b 74 Santa Monica PD 2c 75 2d 76 2a 77 2b 78 Monrovia PD 2c 79 2d 80 2a 81 82 Redondo Beach 2b PD 2c 83 2d 84 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 407 CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 2a 85 2b 86 Torrance PD 2c 87 88 43- 2d 44 2a 89 2b 90 High Tech Forensics and Whittier PD 2c 91 Cyber Security Crime Fighting 2d 92 in the Digital Age 3a 93 LAC CIO 3b 94 95 Auditor / 3a 44 Controller 3b 96 4 97 BOS 5 98 55 1 99 2 100 101 Education Based Incarceration 3 LASD - Hope for Tomorrow 56 4 102 5 103 6 104 1 105 2 106 3 107 Uncollected Medical Bills in the 4 108 County's Three Major Medical 5 109 Facilities: Free County 69 LAC DHS 6 110 Healthcare - Easier Than You 7 111 Think! 8 112 9 113 10 114 408 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 1 115 92 2 116 3 117 93 4 118 119 94 5 120 96 6 7 121 City of Los Angeles Dept. of 105 8 122 Water & Power - LADWP 9a 123 Who's Really in the Dark? 9b 124 111 9c 125 9d 126 116 10 127 117 11 128 129 123 12 130 124 13 1 131 2 132 3 133 Sub-Acute Health Facilities - 4 134 Is the Fox Inspecting the 137 LAC DPH 5 135 Henhouse? 6a 136 6b 137 6c 138 The Six Pods of Module 172: 1 139 The Most Dangerous Cells in 146 LASD the County - Whaddya' Mean, 2 No Cameras? 140 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 409 CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 1a 141 1b 142 169 1c 143 1d 144 1e 145 1f 146 170 Port of Los Angeles BOHC 1g 147 1h 148 1i 149 1j 150 171 1k 151 2 152 3 153 154 Preferential Parking 1 177 DOT (Permit Street Parking) 2 155 1 156 2 157 3 158 4 159 160 Transition Age Youth (TAY) DCFS & 5 198 Journey LAC Probation 6 161 7 162 8 163 9 164 10 165 1a 166 Whoa! The State of Public 1b 167 Pensions in Los Angeles 250 BOS 2 168 County 3 169 410 2011–2012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT CONTINUITY COMMITTEE Responses s n t o n a t i d n t e m e Report Title P a g e Agency c o m m e n d A g r e e D i s a g r e e m p l e m e n t e l l I m p l e m e o r e s p o n s n o t I m p l e R e I W i N i l l W 4 170 251 BOS 5 171 6 172 251 LACERA 7 173 1 174 2 175 DWP 3 176 4 177 2 178 264 LACERS 3 179 Whoa! 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DETENTION COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION California Penal Code §919(b) charges the Civil Grand Jury (CGJ) with the duty of in- quiring into the conditions and management of the public detention facilities within its designated County. The 2011-2012 CGJ focused on the Los Angeles County detention facilities that were not inspected by the 2010-2011 CGJ. Also inspected were those de- tention facilities that were noted in previous CGJ reports as unsatisfactory in some sig- nificant manner, as well as those facilities that were found to be excellent in 2010-2011.

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Minimum of two (2) CGJ members on an inspection to Jail/Detention facilities. Please watch your “VISIT TIME LIMIT”.
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CGJ member MUST always wear their CGJ ID Badge at the site.
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Please bring and present your CGJ business card to the Watch Commander or Escort on Duty.
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Explain that you are from the Civil Grand Jury and are there to perform an inspection of the site.
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This is a requirement of the: dated 2008 Los Angeles Penal Code section 888 through 939.91, and Government Code sec- tions 3060-3075, 27100-27101, 68070-68114.10.