Meeting Minutes  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Juvenile Justice  
Coordinating Council  
3:30 PM  
Wednesday, June 18, 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  
1.  
Roll Call and Introductions  
A regular meeting of the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council was called to order by Chief of  
Probation Esa Ehmen-Krause on June 18, 2025, at 3:35 p.m. at 50 Douglas Dr., Martinez, California.  
Craig Brooks, Raymond Chimezie, Denise Coleman, Esa  
Ehmen-Krause, Rojan Habon, Stephanie Kang, Jonathan Laba,  
Lynn Mackey, Fatima Matal Sol, Owen Spishock, Julius Van  
Hook, Phil Bradley, Winnie Huynh, and Priya Moorkoth-Phelps  
Present  
Steve Albanese, Steven Blum, Tumani Drew, Sefanit Mekuria, and  
Maren Shahade  
Absent  
Late  
Shanelle Scales-Preston  
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 April 16, 2025  
3.  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Meeting  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Brooks  
Second:  
Van Hook  
Aye:  
Brooks, Chimezie, Coleman, Ehmen-Krause, Habon, Kang,  
Laba, Matal Sol, Spishock, Van Hook, Bradley, and  
Moorkoth-Phelps  
Absent:  
Albanese, Blum, Drew, Mekuria, and Shahade  
Mackey, and Huynh  
Abstain:  
Late:  
Scales-Preston  
Passed  
Result:  
JJCPA/YOBG FY24 Data Summary  
4.  
Attachments:  
Discussion  
5.  
Subcommittee Discussion  
Discussion  
Fiscal Update  
6.  
Attachments:  
7.  
8.  
9.  
Request for Future Agenda Items  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for August 27, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.  
Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:47 p.m. by Chief Ehmen-Krause. The next scheduled meeting of the  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council will be held on Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.  
The Committee will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend  
the Committee meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any  
disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by  
the County to a majority of members of the Committee less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are  
available for public inspection at 50 Douglas Drive, Martinez, CA, during normal business hours. Staff  
connection malfunctions for any reason, the meeting may be paused while a fix is attempted. If the  
connection is not reestablished, the committee will continue the meeting in person without remote  
access. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day  
prior to the published meeting time.  
For Additional Information Contact:  
Deborah Caldwell, Executive Secretary