Grand Jury 19-20 Grand Jury Report Responses 1 message

The City of Santa Cruz Fire Department has not adequately inspected all schools, hotels, apartments, and licensed residential care facilities for fire and safety per California Health and Safety Code sections 13146.2, 13146.3, 13146.4, and 171921(b). AGREE X PARTIALLY DISAGREE – explain the disputed portion DISAGREE – explain why Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): Though the City of Santa Cruz Fire Department may have not adequately inspected all schools, hotels, apartments, and licensed residential care facilities for fire and safety per the Health and Safety code. It is difficult to determine what the accurate accounting is for the number of inspections completed due to the numbers in the Table 4 provided by the Grand Jury being invalidated. If you consider the context of the information contained in the report, the Grand Jury used the same information in Table 3 for Santa Cruz County Fire as they did in Table 4 for the City of Santa Cruz Fire Department. It isn’t clear which is accurate.

Fire Agencies serving the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County have not adequately reported inspection performance and the inherent risk associated with a performance gap to residents and leadership external to the governing body. X AGREE PARTIALLY DISAGREE – explain the disputed portion DISAGREE – explain why Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):