The Penal Code requires the Grand Jury to:

- inquire into the condition and management of the detention facilities within the County

- investigate and report on the operations, accounts and records of county and other local

  public agencies, officers, departments or functions

- inquire into the willful or corrupt misconduct in office of public officers, and,

- submit a final report of its Findings and Recommendations no later than the end of its

  term to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court.  

The local governmental agency to which a report is directed is required to answer both the Findings and Recommendations in writing and within a specified period of time after the issuance of the final report (60 days for officials or agency heads; 90 days for governing bodies).