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Extracted from Consolidated Report

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Fresno County Grand Jury • 2007-2008

Grand Jury Composition This year’s Grand Jury was made up of citizens from diverse backgrounds. Several had Ph.D.s,

Published: November 21, 2008 51 pages
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Note: Missing finding numbers detected: F109, F110, F111, F112, F113, F114, F115, F116, F117, F118, F119, F120, F121, F122, F123, F124, F125, F126, F127, F128, F129, F130, F131, F132, F133, F134, F135, F136, F137, F138, F139, F140, F141, F142, F143, F144, F145, F146, F147, F148, F149, F150, F151, F152, F153, F154, F155, F156, F157, F158, F159, F160, F161, F162, F163, F164, F165, F166, F167, F168, F169, F170, F171, F172, F173, F174, F175, F176, F177, F178, F179, F180, F181, F182, F183, F184, F185, F186, F187, F188, F189, F190, F191, F192, F193, F194, F195, F196, F197, F198, F199, F200

Findings 17 findings

F101 Page 22
Because of low revenues, the Lanare Community Service District is unable to support itself.
F102 Page 22
The Board of Directors violated the Brown Act due to a lack of notification of meetings.
F103 Page 22
The District lacks accounting procedures.
F104 Page 22
The Board of Directors does not have sufficient expertise to manage the district's daily operation.
F105 Page 22
No daily operational records have been maintained, therefore the district is not able to determine a level of service needed for present or future water customers.
F106 Page 22
Current water supplied by the district does not comply with Federal Arsenic Level Standards.
F107 Page 22
Neither the Fresno County Board of Supervisors nor any other county governmental agency has any legal oversight in governing the Lanare Community Service District.
F108 Page 22
A potential emergency exists at the Lanare Community Service District because of insufficient funds, mismanagement, water arsenic levels, and the lack of potable water.
F201 Page 43
The public costs of supporting the unsheltered homeless are very high.
F202 Page 43
The total costs associated with the unsheltered homeless in Fresno County are not quantified.
F203 Page 43
Fresno County, cities within Fresno County, and many non-profit and for-profit non- governmental organizations attempt to address problems of the homeless.
F204 Page 43
There is widespread (almost universal) agreement that the City of Fresno and Fresno County are not coordinating efforts to help solve the problems of the chronic unsheltered homeless.
F205 Page 43
The Fresno-Madera Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) is an on-line computer system that provides information about the homeless to partner agencies.
F206 Page 43
The HMIS system is not receiving data from all agencies that provide services to the homeless.
F207 Page 43
The various efforts currently in place to provide housing for the homeless have not been effective solutions to Fresno’s homeless problem.
F208 Page 43
“Housing First” programs provide permanent transitional housing and support services for the unsheltered homeless.
F209 Page 43
“Housing First,” meaning providing housing and supportive social services for the chronically unsheltered homeless, may cost less public money than leaving the homeless on the streets. COMMENDATION The Fresno-Madera Continuum of Care, and its member organizations are to be commended for the help they have provided and continue to provide to the homeless in Fresno and Madera Counties.

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