Category: Civil Grand Jury News

Writing for The Press Democrat (6/20/24), Phil Barber reported that a recent Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury, after an investigation, found that “county elections are free of bias, undue influence, corruption, or other irregularities that could or potentially have altered election outcomes.” Read the ful account here. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-county-elections-integrity/

Bob Brownne of the Tracy Press reported on a recently issued San Joaquin Civil Grand Jury Report that exposed issues within the Tracy City Council, including violation of the Brown Act, California’s open meetings law; creating a toxic work environment “within City Hall by spreading accusations of corruption and alleged illegal activities by upper management […]

Hannah Workman ofThe Stockton Record reported on a recently issued San Joaquin County grand jury report that detailed Stockton city employees being harassed by the social media site 209 Times. The civil grand jury’s comprehensive report began as a review of potential Brown act violations. Read the full article here: San Joaquin Grand Jury warns […]

David M. Greenwald, Executive Editor of the Davis. Vanguard reported on 6/22/24 that the Yolo County Civil Grand Jury found the status of homelessness it “to be a multifaceted problem that is being dealt with, and funded by, a myriad of federal, state, county, city, and private organizations.” Yet, many needs are left unmet. Read […]

Ezra David Romero wrote in KQED on June 21, 2024 that “the latest San Francisco Civil Grand Jury report, [found] that a fractured approach to city infrastructure and a lack of fiscal transparency leave critical public safety assets vulnerable to climate change…The jury discovered a need for more transparency in how San Francisco agencies, primarily […]

Briana Mathaw wrote in Kion 46 News Channel on June 21, 2024 that “According to the report, many found themselves under-insured to the degree that they simply could not bear the cost to rebuild. Others were unable to rekindle their dreams because they found themselves unable to navigate a lengthy and often bewildering permitting process.” […]

Richard Halstead wrote in The Marin Independent Journal on June 13, 2024 that “A new Marin County Civil Grand Jury report calls for increased oversight of tax revenues being used to help purchase agricultural easements….The grand jury estimates the county provided MALT with an additional $15.7 million for agricultural easements dating back to 1988, with […]

Carolyn Stein wrote in The San Francisco Chronicle on June 21, 2024 that San Francisco has a lot of commissions — so many that the city doesn’t even have a comprehensive list of all of them, a new report by the city’s Civil Grand Jury found. The report  said that …’that San Francisco has approximately […]

Bay City News staff wrote in Patch on June 20, 2024 that “Last week, a Santa Cruz County civil grand jury released a report exploring mental health care in county jails. It alleges that corrections staff abuses the use of solitary confinement intended for people having a mental health crisis and that the private medical […]

Yahoo!finance included an article on June 20, 2024 that “San Francisco’s Department of Public Works is not publicly transparent in how it builds and maintains city assets worth nearly $19 billion and does not know the true costs of restoring degraded assets to working condition, a new Civil Grand Jury report has found. Read the […]