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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Yuba County Grand Jury
• 2024-2025
Appendix Photographs of Yuba County Cemeteries Smartsville Cemetery, taken by a member of the 2024-25 Yuba County Grand
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Findings 7 findings
F1
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Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health has not conducted the necessary training to best educate law enforcement and non-law enforcement (e.g., fire, EMT) regarding the availability and value of the new Mobile Crisis Response program.
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Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health has not conducted the necessary public communications for best informing the community regarding the availability and value of the new Mobile Crisis Response program and how it does not require contacting law enforcement.
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Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health has not identified an ongoing funding source for the new Mobile Crisis Response services.
F4
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The city requires strict security protocols with 24/7 monitoring and on-site armed security, correlating to a decrease in reported crime near these two (2) facilities, which has benefited the businesses themselves, as well as the surrounding areas and parking lots.
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Perfect Union offers a Compassion Program for those members of the community who are unable to pay for certain medical marijuana products, provided they meet specified requirements. They also support Weed for Warriors, which provides veterans with an alternative to traditional opioids and assists with peer support.
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Marysville permits one of only twenty-eight (28) cannabis testing laboratories in California. This state-of-the-art facility offers agricultural testing services, including water, soil, and pesticide analysis, as well as targeted and specified product development, such as custom formulation edibles.
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Yuba County Office of Education leverages Proposition 64 grants from revenues derived from state sales tax that are appropriated for public safety and health programs. This grant was offered exclusively to jurisdictions that permit either indoor or outdoor commercial cannabis cultivation or retail sales of cannabis products. 38
Recommendations 7
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R1Page 42Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health should develop and implement a formal and comprehensive training plan for current and future First Responders regarding the availability and value of the Mobile Crisis Response program. 30
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R2Page 43Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health should develop and implement a formal and ongoing community communications plan regarding the availability and value of the Mobile Crisis Response program.
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R3Page 43Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health should identify the available funding sources for the ongoing operation of the Mobile Crisis Response program and if insufficient, formally request additional funding from county, state, and/or federal sources to maintain the service.
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R4Page 51The Grand Jury recommends that security protocols remain in place and that cannabis dispensaries do not attract illicit drugs connected with unwanted addictions, gang or criminal activity, or other operations of drug cartels.
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R5Page 51The Grand Jury recommends that these "compassion programs” be monitored as legitimate business practices in regular reviews of permits.
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R6Page 51The Grand Jury recommends that the city maintain a climate of excellence with these labs so they can achieve the highest standards.
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R7Page 51The Grand Jury recommends that the Yuba County Board of Education be careful not to mingle these programs with other educational programs for children.