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Placer County Grand Jury • 2021-2022

2021-2022 Final Report

Published: September 01, 2022 10 pages
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Findings 17 findings

F1 Page 27
The City of Colfax has an incomplete complaint process.
F2 Page 27
The City of Colfax does not provide training on its complaint process to city employees.
F3 Page 27
The Colfax City Complaint Form is not easily accessible on the City of Colfax website and it is not clear on what happens to the complaint once filed.
F4 Page 27
The city manager stated that he lacked knowledge of the city’s citizen complaint process, as he disclosed in his interview with the grand jury.
F5 Page 73
Martin v. Boise mandates that campers cannot be removed from their place of encampment if there are no adequate shelters available to house them, thus facilitating continued growth of hazardous encampments on county property.
F6 Page 73
The creation of low barrier shelters would fulfill the requirements of Martin v. Boise and the Placer County Housing Element 2021 – 2029, HE-41. Low barrier shelters could resolve many of the homeless problems Placer County and local jurisdictions are faced with today.
F7 Page 73
A local non-profit entity proposes a facility that, if approved, might address some of the needs of the homeless in Placer County.
F8 Page 73
The State of California Assembly Bill 2630 if passed, would require all cities and counties to declare all homeless funds received and how those funds were spent, which would force Placer County executives to be transparent about funding received and spent.
F9 Page 73
The approved camping ordinance is inadequate in discouraging the continued use of encampments. As written, the “clean and clear” provision will allow the campers’ homesite to be improved with no cost or responsibility placed on the camper. Allowing the campers to remain without accountability deters them from seeking help through county services.
F10 Page 73
The passing of this revised camping ordinance does not resolve the issue of how to reduce the number of campers and encampments in Placer County.
F11 Page 74
Campers migrate to Placer County due to the lax camping ordinance. Only 55-60 percent of the campers in the PCGC encampment at the DeWitt Center are from Placer County, placing a burden on local taxpayers and public safety.
F12 Page 74
The DeWitt Center encampment is rampant with crime including assaults, batteries, sales and usage of narcotics, domestic violence, and possession of deadly weapons, creating an unsafe environment.
F13 Page 74
Not all homeless individuals make the choice to accept support services or enter shelters due to mental health or behavioral anomalies.
F14 Page 74
There is a lack of leadership, responsibility, and accountability among Placer County officials in dealing with the homeless situation.
F15 Page 74
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office Homeless Liaison Team is doing an effective job interacting with and controlling the situation at the DeWitt Center. The officers have excellent rapport and are caring and compassionate in dealing with the campers.
F16 Page 74
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office Homeless Liaison Team would be strengthened with the addition of more deputies.
F17 Page 74
All three of the previously contracted consultant reports, across nearly three decades and costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, address the same issues and appear to have similar findings and recommendations, and have been ignored by previous and current county officials.

Recommendations 9