Challenges in County Capital Projects Hill, Elizabeth G. “Design-Build: An Alternative Construction System”. California

Recommendations 5

• R1

  Page 111
  “The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney (DA) should coordinate the development of uniform written policies and procedures for local law enforcement agencies to make requests of the court for appropriate bail increases.” The DA, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff (Sheriff) and chiefs of police for each of the seven cities of Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Grover Beach, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach, Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo (Seven Cities) were required to respond. The DA partially agreed with this recommendation and is already providing guidance in this area. The Sheriff also partially agreed, and already has written policies and training in place. Most cities agreed, noting these policies and procedures are in place and well documented. A detailed table showing response by agency is found in Appendix A.
• R2

  Page 111
  “The District Attorney should coordinate formal training programs for the local law enforcement agencies in the process of obtaining bail increases.” The DA, Sheriff and Seven Cities were required to respond. The DA and Sheriff disagreed with this recommendation, both stating that the training of law enforcement professionals remains the responsibility of the local law enforcement agency. With the exception of Paso Robles which disagreed, the cities responded that the required training is already in place, with some cities noting that the DA has provided the templates and that it is up to their local management to make sure the proper training is in place.
• R3

  Page 111
  “Local law enforcement agencies should work with the District Attorney in the development of the above policies and programs within the resources of their respective departments.” The DA, Sheriff and Seven Cities were required to respond. 2016-2017 San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury Final Report 100 Continuity Report With the exception of the DA and Paso Robles, respondents said the proper policies are in place.
• R4

  Page 112
  “Local law enforcement agencies should rely only on California state law when considering whether a bail increase is appropriate.” The Sheriff and Seven Cities were required to respond. All responding agencies state they are currently following California law.
• R5

  Page 114
  “The Department should increase public notification above what is required by the State of California as the MUP tier levels increase as follows: a. The fee tier level and estimated cost of the project should be on the mailer to allow the public to gauge the scope of the project. b. The distribution area of the mailer should be appropriately increased in accordance with the tier level. c. The type size of the newspaper notice should be increased in accordance with the tier level. d. On-site signage containing the project information should be reinstated. e. The applicant should be charged for all costs.” The Board, CAO, and Department were required to respond.