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Every
year each county in California selects a set of jurors to serve on the Civil
Grand Jury which then investigates the operations of county government. The
Civil Grand Jury selects which officers, departments, and local agencies it
will investigate based on prior grand jury recommendations, current juror
recommendations, and citizen complaints.
As
Calaveras County begins its Civil Grand Jury process for 2022, we have an
opportunity to let the jury know which officers, departments, and local
agencies we want them to investigate. This is an important opportunity for
local citizens. Send in a Letter of Concern outlining what you believe needs to
be investigated and provide as much supporting evidence as possible.
Submit
your citizen complaint online at grandjury.calaverasgov.us , or via email to
ccgrandjuryfore@gmail.com , or via U.S. mail to P.O. Box 1414, San Andreas, CA
95249. Your complaint will be kept confidential. It is important to remember
this is a CIVIL Grand Jury examining COUNTY officers, departments, and
agencies.
You
can also review all previous grand jury reports online to see the results of
past investigations. In 2019-2020, the Grand Jury produced seven reports which,
in part, discovered property taxes being collected to build a college in Valley
Springs that has never materialized and that animal control facilities and
operations are severely inadequate and unsafe.
In
2016, an investigation into the sheriff’s department system for filing
complaints against the department revealed a lack of consistency by the
department in investigating the complaints filed, which meant complaints were
not always addressed. Grand jury investigations can also reveal that a
department is operating well, such as the county recycling program, which was
found to be meeting its goals in 2016.
The
Community Action Project and the Calaveras Planning Coalition urge you to stay
involved in local issues. Learn more at calaverascap.com.
Megan
Fiske, Outreach Coordinator
Community Action Project/Calaveras Planning Coalition
Calaveras
Enterprise
October 20, 2021
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