Santa Cruz County

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Elected Office

85
Reports
22
Jury Terms
4%
Response Rate

Assigned Findings & Recommendations (85 reports)

Year Report Findings Recs Response
2025-2026 Human Trafficking in Santa Cruz County Voices Unheard, Signs Unseen 10 7 Responded
2024-2025 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Rainbow the Reports 7 3 Response Pending
2024-2025 The Challenges Facing the Management of High-Cost Beneficiaries in the Health Services Agency 2 3 Response Pending
2025-2026 Navigating the Building Permit Process Again “Site Plans, Septics, and Plan Checks, oh my!” 10 8 Response Pending
2024-2025 New Recruiting Ideas for the Personnel Department Residents Deserve a Fully Staffed Workforce 17 9 Response Pending
2023-2024 Victims of the Czu Wildfire – Four Years Later The Flame Still Burns “And the flame still burns 0 0 Response Pending
2024-2025 Honoring Commitments to the Public Review of 2020-21 Grand Jury Report Responses 0 1 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? 11 7 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury 2023.6ei Invited response to Grand Jury report was due on Sept. 11, 2023 Monica Morales Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 0 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury 2023.6ei Invited response to Grand Jury report was due on Sept. 11, 2023 Monica Morales Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 0 0 Response Pending
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury Grand Jury 0 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Principal Planner 0 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury Board of Supervisors response to Grand Jury Report Code Compliance Division 3 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Honoring Commitments to the Public 3 2 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury Responses to the findings and recommendations in the 2022-2023 Grand Jury Report, “Envisioning the Future 2 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury Responses to the findings and recommendations in the 2022-2023 Grand Jury Report, “core: the Needs of the 6 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury Revised Board of Supervisors Response to 2022-2023 Grand Jury Report Caitlin Smith Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 2 2 Response Pending
2023-2024 Grand Jury Responses to the findings and recommendations in the 2022-2023 Grand Jury Report, “core: the Needs of the 6 0 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 Housing Our Workers Essential Workers Need Affordable Housing! 1 0 Response Pending
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 0 0 Response Pending
2023-2024 Cyber Threat Preparedness Phishing and Passwords and Ransomware, Oh My! 1 2 Response Pending
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 0 0 Response Pending
2021-2022 How a Community Center Became a “Library” The Transformational Power of Measure S Funds 0 0 Response Pending
2021-2022 Words Matter Did Measure G Mislead Voters? “The problem [with ballot proposals] is that local officials are so vested in 1 0 Response Pending
2021-2022 Reducing Community Wildfire Risk in Santa Cruz and San Mateo 10 6 Response Pending
2020-2021 Justice in the Jail “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” – 3 3 Response Pending
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 0 0 Response Pending
2019-2020 Homelessness: Big Problem, Little Progress It's Time To Think Outside The Box 0 1 Response Pending
2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Voter Registration Data Security 2 6 Response Pending
2020-2021 Honoring Commitments to the Public Review of 2016–17 Grand Jury Report Responses 0 0 Response Pending
2019-2020 The Tangled Web 5 4 Response Pending
2020-2021 Fail in the Jail No Lights, No Camera, No Action? 7 5 Response Pending
2018-2019 Santa Cruz County’s Public Defense Contracts How Complex Contracts Misled County Leaders 0 0 Response Pending
2018-2019 2018–2019 Detention Facilities Inspection Report 4 5 Responded
2020-2021 Fire and Safety Inspections in Santa Cruz County 4 5 Response Pending
2017-2018 “Assessing the Threat of Violence in our Public Schools: Is 0 0 Response Pending
2018-2019 Honoring Commitments to the Public Review of 2015-16 Grand Jury Report Responses 0 0 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 0 Responded
2017-2018 Mental Health Crisis Seeking An Integrated Response 0 1 Response Pending
2016-2017 Jails in Santa Cruz County Getting Ahead of the Curve 7 6 Response Pending
2016-2017 Every Vote Counts a Look at Our County Elections Department 4 1 Response Pending
2017-2018 “Assessing the Threat of 1 1 Response Pending
2015-2016 Public Program Successes Exceptional Public Service 0 0 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Domestic Violence Commission Missing in Action 5 5 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board Revisited 8 8 Response Pending
2016-2017 Reporting Santa Cruz County Retirement Costs and Obligations 1 2 Response Pending
2014-2015 Another Death in Our Jail 3 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Recipe for Failure: Shrinking Budgets and Increasing Needs for Emergency Homeless Shelters 7 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Recipe for Failure: Shrinking Budgets and Increasing Needs for Emergency Homeless Shelters 0 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz City Council 0 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Recipe for Failure: Shrinking Budgets and Increasing Needs for Emergency Homeless Shelters 0 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Retirement Costs and Obligations in Santa Cruz County 2 3 Response Pending
2015-2016 Needs for Emergency Homeless Shelters Santa Cruz County 1 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury 2014-2015 Response Packet Funded for the Future? 0 1 Response Pending
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury 2014­2015 Response Packet Funded for the Future? 2 2 Response Pending
2015-2016 Recipe for Failure: Shrinking Budgets and Increasing Needs for Emergency Homeless Shelters 7 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 Funded for the Future? Retirement Costs and Obligations in Santa Cruz County 3 3 Response Pending
2015-2016 Composting Organic Waste in Santa Cruz County: Time for a Regional Solution 6 4 Response Pending
2015-2016 b. Has Not Yet Been Implemented but Will Be Implemented in 0 0 Response Pending
2014-2015 The Juvenile Hall Meal Preparation Program Good Food Equals Love, Concern, and Support 2013­2014 Santa Cruz County 1 1 Response Pending
2014-2015 Main Jail Inspection Report No Room at the Inn 2013­2014 Santa Cruz County Grand Jury 2 2 Response Pending
2013-2014 • Has Not Yet Been Implemented but Will Be Implemented in 0 0 Response Pending
2012-2013 Sharper Solutions a Sticky Situation That Won’t Go Away 0 0 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? 5 4 Response Pending
2012-2013 Instructions for Respondents California law Pc § 933.05 requires that those responding to the Grand Jury report must 0 0 Response Pending
2011-2012 2014­15 Jail Inspection Report 1 1 Response Pending
2011-2012 Santa Cruz County Correctional Facilities: Are They Effectively Utilized and What Are the Options? 7 8 Response Pending
2011-2012 Penal Code § 933.05 1. For purposes of subdivision (b) of § 933, as to each Grand Jury finding, the responding person 0 0 Response Pending
2011-2012 Back to the Future: Regional Gridlock and Local Planning Paralysis 0 0 Response Pending
2011-2012 • Has Not Yet Been Implemented but Will Be Implemented in the Future, with a timeframe or expected date for 0 0 Response Pending
2010-2011 How to Catch the RecoveryWave RecoveryWave.com 3 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
2007-2008 Automated External Defibrillators in Santa Cruz County 6 1 Response Pending
2005-2006 Water Planning in Santa Cruz County Synopsis 1 1 Response Pending
2004-2005 PDF of complete 2004-05 Grand Jury Final Report 0 0 Response Pending
2004-2005 Planning and Building Departments’ Relationship to Illegal Building Synopsis 25 14 Response Pending
2003-2004 Recycling Programs in Santa Cruz County Synopsis 27 8 Response Pending
2003-2004 Review of Options to Improve Transportation in Santa Cruz County 0 0 Response Pending
2001-2002 Heather Old Century Times New Roman Mt… 3 1 Response Pending
2000-2001 Grand Jury Report - 2000-2001 0 17 Response Pending

Also Mentioned In (89 reports)

Year Report Mentions
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2023-2024 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Hwy1ontheSlowCoast the Reports 4
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County and City Government Website and Voter Data Security 1
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2022-2023 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury SantaCruzTownClock the Reports 7
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury Pajaro River Mouth in Watsonville the Reports Honoring Commitments to the Public Our 25
2021-2022 Confidentiality of Library Records and Patron Data Privacy Policy 14
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2020-2021 Covid-19 The 2020-2021 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is publishing its 17
2019-2020 Covid-19 The 2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is issuing its reports 14
2019-2020 Covid-19 The 2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury is issuing its reports 14
2017-2018 Encouraging the Flow of Information to the Public 11
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 DVC Main Jail 4
2015-2016 Santa Cruz County Mental Health Advisory Board Revisited 2
2010-2011 The Jail Inspection Reports 27
2010-2011 How to Catch the RecoveryWave RecoveryWave.com 18
2010-2011 Continuity…The Beginning of the Never-Ending Report Follow-up on the 2008-2009 Santa Cruz County 4
2009-2010 Information Services Department Stagnation or Migration? 1
2007-2008 PDF of complete 2007-08 Grand Jury Final Report 1
2006-2007 PDF of complete 2006-07 Grand Jury Final Report 1
2007-2008 Santa Cruz County Assessor's Office Property Assessment 1
2005-2006 Watsonville Municipal Airport: Headed for a Crash? 14
2021-2022 Reducing Our Community’s Risk from Wildfire 5
2005-2006 Water Planning in Santa Cruz County Synopsis 1
2005-2006 The Welfare of Child Welfare: Comparison of Budgets Synopsis 6
2006-2007 Santa Cruz County Jails Review Definitions 59
2004-2005 A Comparison of Business License and Transient Occupancy Tax Policies 19
2004-2005 Santa Cruz County Assessor’s Office And Its Interaction with the Planning Department Synopsis 10
2004-2005 Santa Cruz County Body Art Practices 120
2004-2005 Planning and Building Departments’ Relationship to Illegal Building Synopsis 41
2004-2005 Where There’s Smoke, There’s Funding: Expenditure of Proposition 99 and Proposition 10 Funds in Santa Cruz County 25
2003-2004 Recycling Programs in Santa Cruz County Synopsis 35
2003-2004 Santa Cruz County Jails Review 27
2003-2004 Investigation of Policies Regarding Fire Hazards in Environmentally Sensitive Areas 1
2003-2004 Family and Children’s Services 28
2003-2004 Review of Options to Improve Transportation in Santa Cruz County 7
2003-2004 Investigation of the Impact of Land Use Decisions on Local Government Finances 40
2003-2004 Review of Redevelopment Agencies in Santa Cruz County 19
2003-2004 Grand Jury Investigation of County Procedures for Determining Fees and Assigning Cost of Local Government Services 38
2003-2004 Report on the Rountree Facility 8
2003-2004 Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District Report Synopsis 6
2002-2003 The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency’s Consultants and Indigent Medical Care 16
2002-2003 Obstacles to the Orderly Operation of the Santa Cruz County Planning Department 15
2002-2003 Investigation of the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District 8
2002-2003 Emergency Preparedness 32
2003-2004 Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall 7
2003-2004 Review of the Santa Cruz County Main Jail 7
2003-2004 Blaine Street Women’s Facility 13
2001-2002 Heather Old Century Times New Roman Mt… 7
2001-2002 Heather Old Century Times New Roman Mt… 7
2003-2004 Proposition 36 – The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000 – Will It Work? 27
2000-2001 Schools and Libraries 16
2000-2001 Review of Educational Services Available to Homeless Children 16
2000-2001 Criminal Justice 16
2000-2001 Investigation of Complaint Concerning Central Fire Protection District Board 16
2000-2001 Review of the Organization and Structure of 16
2000-2001 Investigation of Reporting Structure between Capitol City Council and City Manager 16
2000-2001 Special Districts 16
2000-2001 Cities & Other County Agencies 16
2000-2001 Health and Human Services 16