CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Committee Meeting Minutes  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council  
12:00 PM  
Thursday, April 9, 2026  
50 Douglas Dr., 2nd Fl. Martinez  
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DJJ Realignment Planning Subcommittee Meeting  
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 12:21 p.m.  
1.  
Roll Call and Introductions  
Steven Blum, Esa Ehmen-Krause, Jonathan Laba, Lynn Mackey,  
Julius Van Hook, and Priya Moorkoth-Phelps  
Present  
Devon Bell, Phil Bradley, and Honorable Rebecca Hardie  
Absent  
2.  
3.  
Review Group Norms  
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 received.  
CONSIDER approving the Record of Action from December 11, 2025, DJJ  
4.  
Realignment Planning Subcommittee Meeting  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Blum  
Second:  
Mackey  
Aye:  
Blum, Ehmen-Krause, Laba, Mackey, Van Hook, and  
Moorkoth-Phelps  
Absent:  
Result:  
Bell, Bradley, and Rebecca Hardie  
Passed  
CONSIDER approving the 2026 DJJ Plan  
5.  
Attachments:  
Discussion was held.  
No public comment received.  
Motion:  
Mackey  
Second:  
Blum  
Aye:  
Blum, Ehmen-Krause, Laba, Mackey, Van Hook, and  
Moorkoth-Phelps  
Absent:  
Result:  
Bell, Bradley, and Rebecca Hardie  
Passed  
6.  
General Announcements  
Discussion was held.  
No public comment received.  
7.  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for October 29, 2026, at 12:00 p.m..  
8.  
Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 1:08 p.m. by Chief Ehmen-Krause.  
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Deborah Caldwell, Executive Secretary