Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County County

108
Reports
26
Jury Terms
6%
Response Rate

Assigned Findings & Recommendations (108 reports)

Year Report Findings Recs Response
2025-2026 Human Trafficking in Santa Cruz County Voices Unheard, Signs Unseen 5 3 Response Pending
2024-2025 The Challenges Facing the Management of High-Cost Beneficiaries in the Health Services Agency 5 5 Response Pending
2025-2026 Navigating the Building Permit Process Again “Site Plans, Septics, and Plan Checks, oh my!” 10 8 Response Pending
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Invited Responses 17 9 Response Pending
2024-2025 New Recruiting Ideas for the Personnel Department Residents Deserve a Fully Staffed Workforce 17 9 Response Pending
2024-2025 Honoring Commitments to the Public Review of 2020-21 Grand Jury Report Responses 0 2 Response Pending
2024-2025 County Behavioral Health Services – a State of Mind 7 5 Response Pending
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Local Roads a smooth path through paradise or a hell of a road? 2 1 Response Pending
2023-2024 We Can Do Better with Our Jails! 16 14 Response Pending
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County and City Government Website and Voter Data Security 3 3 Response Pending
2023-2024 Surveillance State in Santa 1 1 Response Pending
2023-2024 Code Compliance Division – Out of Compliance It’s not easy, but it shouldn’t be impossible 7 12 Response Pending
2023-2024 Surveillance State in Santa Cruz County Who surveils those who surveil us? 8 9 Response Pending
2023-2024 Housing Our Workers Essential Workers Need Affordable Housing! 4 2 Response Pending
2022-2023 Envisioning the Future of our Jails 10 4 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 0 3 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 0 3 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 0 3 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 1 3 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 0 3 Response Pending
2021-2022 How a Community Center Became a “Library” The Transformational Power of Measure S Funds 4 1 Response Pending
2021-2022 Words Matter Did Measure G Mislead Voters? “The problem [with ballot proposals] is that local officials are so vested in 5 4 Response Pending
2021-2022 Confidentiality of Library Records and Patron Data Privacy Policy 2 1 Response Pending
2022-2023 Honoring Commitments to the Public County Agency Actions 1 3 Response Pending
2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner's Office Pesticide Notice 4 3 Responded
2020-2021 Justice in the Jail “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – 3 2 Responded
2020-2021 Distance Learning During the Pandemic in Pajaro Valley Unified School District 3 2 Responded
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 0 1 Response Pending
2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Voter Registration Data Security 2 6 Response Pending
2019-2020 The Tangled Web 5 4 Response Pending
2020-2021 Fail in the Jail No Lights, No Camera, No Action? 4 1 Responded
2018-2019 Santa Cruz County’s Public Defense Contracts How Complex Contracts Misled County Leaders 5 1 Response Pending
2018-2019 2018–2019 Detention Facilities Inspection Report 4 5 Response Pending
2017-2018 These Are Our Children Responding to Youth Homelessness in Santa Cruz County 5 5 Response Pending
2018-2019 Our Public Defender System Anticipating Structural Change 2 2 Response Pending
2017-2018 Data-Driven Budgeting New Ways To Get Better Results 5 2 Responded
2017-2018 Board of Education 3 3 Response Pending
2016-2017 Jails in Santa Cruz County Getting Ahead of the Curve 8 8 Response Pending
2016-2017 Every Vote Counts a Look at Our County Elections Department 7 2 Responded
2015-2016 2015-2016 Final Report 59 Very Civil Asset Forfeiture in Santa Cruz County 1 2 Response Pending
2015-2016 Public Program Successes Exceptional Public Service 1 0 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Domestic Violence Commission Missing in Action 5 5 Responded
2016-2017 Very Civil Asset Forfeiture in Santa Cruz County 1 2 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board Revisited 8 8 Response Pending
2015-2016 Agree X Partially Disagree - explain disputed portion below 2 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Jails in Transition 2015­2016 Jail Inspection Report 8 7 Response Pending
2014-2015 Another Death in Our Jail 11 12 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board Revisited 8 8 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz City Council 4 2 Response Pending
2015-2016 Medical Services at the Jails How Does the Sheriff­Coroner Manage Oversight? 6 6 Response Pending
2014-2015 Main Jail Inspection Report No Room at the Inn 2013­2014 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury 2 2 Response Pending
2014-2015 The Juvenile Hall Meal Preparation Program Good Food Equals Love, Concern, and Support 2013­2014 Santa Cruz County 2 1 Response Pending
2013-2014 Transparent, Fair, and Cost Effective? a Review of Contracting Practices in Santa Cruz County Government 5 7 Response Pending
2013-2014 Proposition 63: Money for Mental Health Are We Getting It Right in Santa Cruz? 2013­2014 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury 1 1 Response Pending
2013-2014 To the citizens and employees of Santa Cruz County, The Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury, made up of nineteen of your 9 7 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Retirement Costs and Obligations 1 2 Response Pending
2012-2013 Sharper Solutions a Sticky Situation That Won’t Go Away 1 6 Response Pending
2012-2013 Navigating the Residential Building Permit Process Service, Time, and Money 7 7 Response Pending
2012-2013 Protecting Our Special Districts Is There Any Oversight? 6 4 Response Pending
2011-2012 Santa Cruz County Correctional Facilities: Are They Effectively Utilized and What Are the Options? 7 8 Response Pending
2011-2012 Back to the Future: Regional Gridlock and Local Planning Paralysis 4 3 Response Pending
2010-2011 The Jail Inspection Reports 3 3 Response Pending
2013-2014 Ab 109 - a Year in Review 2 2 Response Pending
2010-2011 Breaking the Circle of Dependence Ab 109 From a Health and Human Services Perspective 4 5 Response Pending
2012-2013 Learning the Lessons of a Tragedy 2 1 Response Pending
2010-2011 Forever Gr n, But Not Transparent: 5 3 Response Pending
2009-2010 Information Services Department Stagnation or Migration? 7 0 Response Pending
2009-2010 For Everything Else There’s CAL-Card 16,800 Rolls Two-Ply Toilet Tissue = $51,597.50 4,660 Economy Storage Files w/Lids 4 7 Response Pending
2008-2009 What’s in Store for Stores? “We have to be competitive in the market. It’s like any other enterprise.” 7 4 Response Pending
2007-2008 PDF of complete 2007-08 Grand Jury Final Report 6 3 Response Pending
2007-2008 Electronic Voting a Strategy for Managing the Voting Process Synopsis 7 6 Response Pending
2007-2008 Santa Cruz County Assessor's Office Property Assessment 3 6 Response Pending
2008-2009 Blaine Street Facility 2 3 Response Pending
2008-2009 Rountree Detention Center 5 5 Response Pending
2008-2009 Code Compliance Enforcement Does it pass inspection 2 0 Response Pending
2006-2007 The Taser: Don’t Be Shocked Synopsis 8 5 Response Pending
2005-2006 Watsonville Municipal Airport: Headed for a Crash? 4 2 Response Pending
2005-2006 Santa Cruz Police Surveillance of First Amendment Activity 9 4 Response Pending
2005-2006 The Welfare of Child Welfare: Comparison of Budgets Synopsis 3 0 Response Pending
2006-2007 Santa Cruz County Jails Review Definitions 9 0 Response Pending
2004-2005 PDF of complete 2004-05 Grand Jury Final Report 3 3 Response Pending
2004-2005 A Comparison of Business License and Transient Occupancy Tax Policies 13 4 Response Pending
2004-2005 Santa Cruz County Assessor’s Office And Its Interaction with the Planning Department Synopsis 12 3 Response Pending
2004-2005 Where There’s Smoke, There’s Funding: Expenditure of Proposition 99 and Proposition 10 Funds in Santa Cruz County 23 2 Response Pending
2003-2004 Santa Cruz County Jails Review 6 4 Response Pending
2003-2004 Family and Children’s Services 7 3 Response Pending
2003-2004 Investigation of the Impact of Land Use Decisions on Local Government Finances 3 2 Response Pending
2003-2004 Review of Redevelopment Agencies in Santa Cruz County 3 4 Response Pending
2004-2005 Transportation Report Synopsis for City of Santa Cruz 3 1 Response Pending
2003-2004 Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District Report Synopsis 1 3 Response Pending
2002-2003 The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s Consultants and Indigent Medical Care 7 7 Response Pending
2002-2003 Investigation of the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District 7 1 Response Pending
2002-2003 Emergency Preparedness 9 0 Response Pending
2001-2002 Heather Old Century Times New Roman Mt… 7 0 Response Pending
2003-2004 Proposition 36 – The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 – Will It Work? 5 0 Response Pending
2000-2001 Homeless Children in Santa Cruz County Schools 5 5 Response Pending
2000-2001 Santa Cruz County Code Compliance Section Findings 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Investigation of Complaint Concerning Central Fire Protection District Board 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Cities & Other County Agencies 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Criminal Justice 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Review of the Organization and Structure of 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Schools and Libraries 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Health and Human Services 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Investigation of Reporting Structure between Capitol City Council and City Manager 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Special Districts 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Review of Educational Services Available to Homeless Children 17 17 Response Pending
2000-2001 Santa Cruz County Fire Departments Review 1 2 Response Pending
2000-2001 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury Final Report 2000-01 6 0 Response Pending