Category: Civil Grand Jury News

Giana Magnoli, in Noozhawk, April 17, 2024, reports that this week the civil grand jury found that the Sheriff-Coroner’s Office’s review of in-custody deaths constitutes a conflict of interest. Another county agency should provide an independent or parallel investigation. Read the full article here: https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-county-civil-grand-jury-calls-for-independent-investigators-for-jail-deaths/

The Lost Coast Outpost published a report by its staff on April 30, 2024 citing a press release: The Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury has released the first report of their 2023-2024 term, entitled: “Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office: Is a Lack of Oversight Due to a Lack of Foresight?” Read the article here: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/apr/30/first-report-year-grand-jury-recommends-civilian-o/

Cameron MacDonald wrote in The Marin Independent Journal on April 30, 2024 that “The Marin County Civil Grand Jury is calling on local governments to closely regulate the use of electric bikes by youths. In a new report, the investigative panel recommends that minors under age 16 should be prohibited from operating class 2 e-bikes […]

Tom Molanphy wrote in 48 Hills on APRIL 1, 2024 that “the plan to clean-up and reuse the Hunters Point Shipyard has been contentious from the moment the 900-acre base closed in 1974…Contentions were on display at the HPS Citizens Advisory Committee Monday. March 25….The 2022 Civil Grand Jury Report warned that contaminants all over […]

Richard Halstead wrote in the Marin Independent Journal on April 1, 2024 that Residents at the Marin Valley Mobile Country Club in Novato might form a limited-equity housing cooperative to purchase the city-owned lots their homes sit on. The city intended the neighborhood to be financially self-sufficient with revenues coming entirely from tenants’ pad rental […]

Dennis L. Taylor wrote in The Monterey Herald on March 27, 2024 that “Some recommendations from a 2023 Monterey County Civil Grand Jury report aimed at improving county government have been implemented. Others just aren’t going to happen….The jury focused on four county departments.” Read the article here: https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/03/27/many-civil-grand-jury-recommendations-accomplished-some-wont-be/

Tim Redmond wrote in 48hills.org on March 24, 2004 that “The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury pointed out in 2022 a major time-bomb of an issue at the Hunters Point Shipyard, which developers still want to turn into housing….The US Navy now agrees it’s a problem.” Read the article here: https://48hills.org/2024/03/can-sf-get-an-independent-study-of-toxic-risk-at-hunters-point/

On 3/19/2024, Brittany Maldonado, CaliforniaCityNews, reported that contract negotiations with a new city manager had failed. A grand jury report released this month referred to the city’s dysfunction, citing the constant turnover in management. Read the full article here: https://www.californiacitynews.org/2024/03/california-city-hires-another-manager-after-latest-contract-negotiations-break-down.html

On 3/2//9/24, Patti Orr, Mojave Desert News, reported that a March 7th Kern County Grand Jury report indicated the need to establish and approach consistent cannabis code compliance and enforcement before July 1st of this year including the collection of approximately $500,000 worth of back taxes that is due to the city. Read the full […]

Reporter Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 3/19/24, writes that “a withering grand jury report found that pilots fly in terror of the very tall pine trees that stand uncomfortably close to the runways” at the county’s Georgetown airport. Read the full story at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article286646365.html