Meeting Minutes  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Juvenile Justice  
Coordinating Council  
3:30 PM  
Wednesday, August 27, 2025  
50 Douglas Dr., 2nd Fl. Martinez, CA  
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Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the  
Committee  
Chief Ehmen-Krause called the meeting to order at 3:39 p.m.  
1.  
Roll Call and Introductions  
Devon Bell, Craig Brooks, Tumani Drew, Esa Ehmen-Krause,  
Fatima Matal Sol, Ishaan Savla, Owen Spishock, Julius Van Hook,  
Nick Berger, and Phil Bradley  
Present  
Steve Albanese, Steven Blum, Raymond Chimezie, Denise  
Coleman, Lynn Mackey, Sefanit Mekuria, Shanelle Scales-Preston,  
and Priya Moorkoth-Phelps  
Absent  
Rojan Habon, and Jonathan Laba  
Late  
2.  
Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda  
(speakers may be limited to two minutes).  
No public comment  
CONSIDER approving the Record of Action from the June 18, 2025  
3.  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Meeting  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Brooks  
Second:  
Van Hook  
Aye:  
Bell, Brooks, Drew, Ehmen-Krause, Laba, Matal Sol, Savla,  
Spishock, Van Hook, Berger, and Bradley  
Absent:  
Albanese, Blum, Chimezie, Coleman, Mackey, Mekuria,  
Scales-Preston, and Moorkoth-Phelps  
Late:  
Habon  
Passed  
Result:  
YOP Report and Presentation  
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5.  
Attachments:  
Discussion  
Recap: 2021 Report on Juvenile Justice Programs & Services  
Attachments:  
Discussion  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Request for Future Agenda Items  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 15, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.  
Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m. by Chief Ehmen-Krause.  
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Deborah Caldwell, Executive Secretary