San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury
2013-2014
Findings & Recommendations
6 findings
F1:
Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified are not in compliance with California Education Code section 17623 as they are operating without a fee splitting agreement since it expired in 2010.
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R1:
Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts should cooperate and must negotiate a new developer fees splitting contract.
F2:
The fees for development projects in Cayucos might need to be paid at two separate locations since Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified cannot agree on having the fees collected at a single site.
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R2:
Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts should work together, along with the County Superintendent of Schools, to agree on one location for the collection of the fees, so as to not create the need for a developer to travel to two places to pay the respective portion of the fee.
F3:
Coast Unified’s proportion of Cayucos developer fees has been expended at locations other than Coast Union High School in breach of the fee splitting agreement between the school districts, and also it does not meet the reasonable relationship established by Government Code section 66001(a)(3) between the imposition of the fee on a Cayucos development and the benefit within Coast Unified. Cal. Government Code § 65995(e).
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R3:
Coast Unified’s proportion of the fees collected from Cayucos development should be used at Coast Union High School on legally permissible items.
F4:
Neither Cayucos Elementary nor Coast Unified have verified their compliance with Government Code section 66001(d) that mandates five-year audits of the developer fee programs.
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R4:
Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts must complete the five-year audits required under the code.
F5:
Despite the intent within the justification studies to demonstrate student enrollment growth, the increased enrollment projected by both districts has not been realized as Cayucos Elementary and Coast Unified school districts are both experiencing stagnant or declining enrollment and under capacity of maximum enrollment.
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R5:
The County Office of Education should lobby the state legislature for oversight authority of the developer fee program.
F6:
The Education or Government Code does not provide for administrative oversight of developer fees beyond their local school board. Therefore, school districts have the authority to act independently with no oversight, especially from the County Office of Education.
Findings & Recommendations
6 findings
F1:
The Health Agency inspection form, a checklist of 54 items, is too complex for the dining public.
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R1:
The Health Agency should develop an easily visible restaurant rating system that all County food establishments be required to display including how to find restaurant inspection information on-line.
F2:
The Health Agency does not utilize a standardized visible restaurant rating system in San Luis Obispo County.
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R2:
The Health Agency should improve its existing website so the public can easily access County restaurant food safety inspection reports by name or local area.
F3:
The Health Agency’s existing website is not user-friendly in informing the public about restaurant food safety ratings.
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R3:
The Health Agency, using their current database, should develop an additional simple website or webpage solely dedicated to county restaurants.
F4:
The Health Agency currently does not have a simple dedicated website to inform the public regarding restaurant food safety ratings.
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R4:
The Health Agency’s dedicated website or webpage should be linkable to social media.
F5:
The Health Agency does not use social media to inform the public about restaurant food safety ratings.
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R5:
The Health Agency’s Award of Excellence Program should be more effectively promoted.
F6:
The Health Agency’s Award of Excellence Program is not effectively promoted.
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1 findings
F1:
The Crime Lab is housed in a facility that is cramped and over-crowded.
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R1:
The space for the Crime Lab should be expanded or the Crime Lab moved to a larger facility.
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2 findings
F1:
Although it is consistent with generally accepted accounting practices, the unfunded liabilities are recorded in the notes of the financial statements which make it difficult to understand the totality of unfunded obligations for San Luis Obispo County.
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R1:
The Pension Trust administrator and the Auditor-Controller-Treasurer should make available to the Board of Supervisors and the residents of San Luis Obispo County an additional simplified and transparent reporting of the totality of the county’s pension obligations.
F2:
The county has a 30-year plan to fully fund the pension liability. It is unclear where the county currently stands in this planned recovery.
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R2:
A balance sheet report should be provided showing year-to-year changes in the actuarial assets and liabilities to assist in tracking the progress of the plan.
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1 findings
F2005:
5 2011 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Adult Institutions Outcome Evaluation Report, November 2011. 6 The Board of State Community Corrections is currently working on a statewide definition of recidivism that will be reported on by all counties. Increased funding for drug and alcohol treatment programs is a critical factor in reducing recidivism. It appears San Luis Obispo County prepared well in advance of AB 109 and is managing through the current set of challenges it has brought. The state received an additional two-year grace period from a three-judge federal panel to achieve further prison population reductions and it is expected there will be more challenges managing this population. How well the county is doing on reducing recidivism during the AB 109 era is yet to be determined and how we evolve through an unclear future bears continual monitoring.
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