Robert V. Elliott Chairman Board of Supervisors Fifth District Carlos Villapudua 44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 627*

1: Over the last four years, almost all responses by the County and the Cities were approved by unanimous votes after little or no discussion by the elected officials or the public. Response to F2.1: Partially disagree. Each of the three responses from the County Board of Supervisors over the past four years was, in fact, approved by unanimous vote (no Board response was required in 2011). However, in both 2010 and 2013, Board members removed items from the consent agenda in order to ask questions of staff before ultimately voting to approve responses. For example, in 2010, dialogue was held regarding the issue of voting by mail, and in 2013, several questions were posed regarding surplus assets, group homes, and crime impacts. In fact, the Board directed staff to modify language in the proposed response in order to clarify its priorities on criminal justice.