Category: Civil Grand Jury News

Heather Shelton wrote in The Times-Standard on January 18, 2024 that “One hundred years ago this week, the Humboldt County Grand Jury released a partial report strongly recommending ‘the acquirement of auto parks by the county and also the retention of many of the old roads which have been superseded by the modern highways.’” Read […]

Annie Song-Hill wrote in The Marin Independent Journal on January 6, 2024 that “Things run so smoothly in Marin County government that you rarely hear about it…According to the Marin County Civil Grand Jury report published two years after the pandemic started, Marin’s rate of 120 infections per 1,000 residents was far lower than other […]

PK Hattis wrote an article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on December 14, 2023 at 2:39 p.m. noting that Dignity Health Dominican Hospital … has pledged $750,000 to support the county’s response to youth in crisis. “A report this summer from the Santa Cruz County civil grand jury painted a challenging picture when it comes […]

Brooks Jarosz wrote an article published December 5, 2023 by KTVU FOX 2 that “despite a staffing crisis that has left Oaklands 911 system in disarray, the city failed to review hundreds of applications from people looking to fill empty positions….Councilmember Janani Ramachandran requested the information in October in response to this year’s scathing Alameda […]

Max Chun wrote an article in the Lookout Santa Cruz [County] on December 5, 2023 that “five inmates are on a hunger strike in the Santa Cruz Main Jail, and their complaints mirror many of the issues cited in a civil grand jury report earlier this year. Read the full article here: https://lookout.co/sheriffs-office-confirms-hunger-strike-in-santa-cruz-jail-as-inmates-say-we-are-treated-abominably/

Jean Yamamura of the Santa Barbara Independent (12/5/23) reported that five deaths in the Santa Barbara County prompted a series of civil grand jury reports earlier this year to illuminate the provision of medical care in the jail. Read the full report at: https://www.independent.com/2023/12/05/supervisors-to-dialogue-on-grand-jury-report-on-mental-health-in-the-santa-barbara-county-jails/

On Dec. 5, 2023, the Editorial Board of The Highlander, UC Riverside, opined that voter fraud is a fictional problem that has been blown out of proportion on a national scale that Sheriff Chad Bianco is now facilitating. Read the full story here: https://www.highlandernews.org/88796/the-riverside-county-sheriffs-investigation-into-voter-fraud-is-a-transparent-voter-intimidation-tactic/

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 […]

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.” […]

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 […]