To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Gift Cards for Neighborhood Restorative Justice Partnership Volunteer Community Safety Panelists
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
AUTHORIZE the District Attorney's Office to provide 7 Target gift cards in an amount of $50 each for a total of $350 to seven (7) volunteer community safety panelists for their outstanding services and contribution as part of the Neighborhood Restorative Justice Partnership program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
These gift cards were previously purchased. Funding was from the District Attorney's Asset Forfeiture Fund.
BACKGROUND:
On July 9, 2019, the Board of Supervisors ratified the Office of the District Attorney's purchase of $13,350 Target gift cards for Gun Buy-Back Events from October 2016. The balance of gift cards in the amount of $5,150, is being safeguarded and tracked in accordance with Administrative Bulletin 615, and authorization is being requested for their use.
The District Attorney's Neighborhood Restorative Justice Partnership (NRP) is a community-based program that addresses low-level misdemeanors and other quality-of-life crimes by partnering with members of the community as volunteer safety panelists. Panelists receive training at the DA's Office and are then empowered with the authority to mediate certain types of misdemeanor offenses. NRP also aims to help victims heal and rebuild their lives after suffering from the effects of crime.
The District Attorney's Office will host a convening on December 4, 2024 to express appreciation and gratitude towards the volunteer community safety panelists. These safety panelists are the ones who review the cases and host the panels for NRP, and they have volunteered hundreds of hours to our program. Without these safety panelists, there would be no NRP program nor the tremendous benefits the program provides to the community. The NRP program has ha...
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