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February 4, 2024 · CGJA News SMART to focus recovery efforts on boosting ridership

Adrian Rodriguez wrote in The Marin Independent Journal on November 23, 2023 that “SMART officials said the best way to win voter support for a sales tax renewal is to keep increasing its ridership….In response to a critical Marin County Civil Grand Jury report, SMART officials said the only viable option to sidestep financial collapse […]

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February 4, 2024
February 2, 2024 · CGJA News Why a Riverside County sheriff’s voter fraud probe worries democracy watchdogs

On November 22, 2023, Jeff Horseman, of the The Press Democrat reported that a civil grand jury probe of the 2020 election found no evidence of fraud in Riverside County despite concerns expressed by some residents. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said investigating election malfeasance “helps assure residents their election should be safe and secure.” […]

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February 2, 2024
January 31, 2024 · CGJA News San Francisco’s hiring process is broken. And it’s dumping your tax dollars in a bonfire

The San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board wrote on November 4, 2023 that “according to San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, getting applicants through his office’s background check process … takes between four to five months. Then … add San Francisco’s glacial civil service hiring process … takes an average of 255 days according to a June report from […]

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January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024 · CGJA News Grand Jury Finds 24/7 Mental Health Care Badly Needed in Santa Barbara County Jail Facilities

July 27, Rebecca Caraway, of Noozhawk, reported that after investigating in-custody deaths, the grand jury found a lack of communication and mental health training in the two county jails. It recommended monthly reports on the number of people in custody with substance abuse and mental health issues, and that the county work with other agencies […]

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January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024 · CGJA News Tsunamis, Sea Level Rise, and Humboldt [County] Bay’s Spent Nuclear Waste Site

The Lost Coast Outpost published a blog in the The EcoNews Report series October 23, 2023 in which Cal Poly Humboldt Assistant Professor Jennifer Marlow and Graduate Research Assistant Alec Brown join Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper to talk about the future risk of climate and coastal hazards to Humboldt Bay. The Humboldt County Civil […]

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January 31, 2024
January 31, 2024 · CGJA News Next stop Petaluma – SMART ok’s north side train station [Marin County report]

Noah Abrams wrote an article in the Northern California Public Media Newsletter on October 20, 2023 that “SMART’s board of directors recently approved a trio of funding measures to get work started on the new stop….A recent report from Marin County’s civil grand jury concludes the agency as a whole faces insolvency without a new […]

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January 31, 2024
January 19, 2024 · CGJA News KC (Kern County) Grand Jury Report and Findings discussed at City Council Meeting

On Oct. 17, 2023, Patti Orr, of the Mojave Desert News, reported that the Kern County Grand Jury investigated a citizen’s “compound complaint” regarding how the city has been managed by city managers, finance officers, public works directors and city council members. The complaint detailed 46 areas of concern including water and sewer issues. The […]

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January 19, 2024
January 7, 2024 · CGJA News Grand Jury Finds 24/7 Mental Health Care Badly Needed in Santa Barbara County Jail Facilities

July 27, Rebecca Caraway, of Noozhawk, reported that after investigating in-custody deaths, the grand jury found a lack of communication and mental health training in the two county jails. It recommended monthly reports on the number of people in custody with substance abuse and mental health issues, and that the county work with other agencies […]

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January 7, 2024
December 31, 2023 · CGJA News Tsunamis, Sea Level Rise, and Humboldt [County] Bay’s Spent Nuclear Waste Site

The Lost Coast Outpost published a blog in the The EcoNews Report series October 23, 2023 in which Cal Poly Humboldt Assistant Professor Jennifer Marlow and Graduate Research Assistant Alec Brown join Jen Kalt of Humboldt Waterkeeper to talk about the future risk of climate and coastal hazards to Humboldt Bay. The Humboldt County Civil […]

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December 31, 2023
December 27, 2023 · CGJA News KC (Kern County) Grand Jury Report and Findings discussed at City Council Meeting

On Oct. 17, 2023, Patti Orr, of the Mojave Desert News, reported that the Kern County Grand Jury investigated a citizen’s “compound complaint” regarding how the city has been managed by city managers, finance officers, public works directors and city council members. The complaint detailed 46 areas of concern including water and sewer issues. The […]

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December 27, 2023

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