Category: Civil Grand Jury News

Santa Clara News Online carried an article on July 18, 2024 by Robert Haugh reporting that ‘the Santa Clara City Council reviewed the most recent [Santa Clara County] Civil Grand Jury report entitled “Outplayed” [at their public meeting on 16 July], [and that Council members] ‘were not happy with the report.’   Councilmember Kevin Park called […]

The San Diego Union-Tribune ran a piece on July 17, 2024 by David Garrick, noting that, ‘Instead of trying to avoid liability, San Diego needs to assess its 4,500 miles of sidewalks more frequently, and spend more on repairs,’ [according to the new report published by the county’s civil grand jury].  ‘The 19-page report says […]

Writing for The Mariposa Gazette on July 13, 2024, Editor Greg Little reported that the [newly-published report from the 2023-2024 Mariposa County Civil Grand Jury] ‘cited [multiple] areas of concern within the county government, including releasing [of] public records.’  Read the full story here: https://www.mariposagazette.com/articles/blistering-report/

In a report recorded for television station KRCR on July 23, 2024, Muna Sadek reported that the ‘Butte County [Civil] Grand Jury is taking aim at Chico’s handling of its shelter crisis.  A report released last week called conditions at the city’s [sanctioned] alternate site [for the area’s homeless]…. “appalling,” adding that the city is […]

The staff of Our Town: Scotts Valley wrote on August 3, 2024 that “The Santa Cruz County Grand Jury investigated affordable housing mandated to be built in the city of Santa Cruz for low-income residents, preferably city workers, and found the city does not track to see who is living in this affordable housing.” Read […]

Reporting in The Appeal Democrat on July 5, 2024 Michaela Harris writes that, ‘after interviewing county officials, observing election procedures and reviewing final voter data, the [newly-published 2023-2024 ] Sutter County Grand Jury report found no evidence of voter fraud in Sutter County.  The Jury’s inquiry focused on ensuring that all legally eligible voters could […]

On July 28, 2024, Roseville Today reported that “The 2023-2024 grand jury examined a variety of topics this term, including election integrity, missile silos in the city of Lincoln, a county contract with Nevada County, cemeteries, a water rate increase, Municipal Advisory Councils and the escape of an inmate.” Read the full account at https://www.rosevilletoday.com/news/roseville/placer-county-grand-jury-report-2023-2024/

In a July 10, 2024 article by Holly Rusch for the San Mateo Daily Journal, the recent “grand jury report on San Mateo County’s Project Homekey endeavors — hotels [being] converted into housing for formerly homeless individuals using state funding” — raised concerns that “the county has “not yet clarified” what [metrics and] data will […]

The Reporter ran a July 12, 2024 article by Lynzie Lowe reporting that, “in a 2024 follow-up to hazardous conditions reported within the building in the [Solano county] grand jury’s 2021-22 and 2022-23 reports….conditions within the Vallejo Police Department continue to deteriorate.  911 Operators and Administrative Staff continue to work in a hazardous and toxic […]