Meeting Minutes  
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Juvenile Justice  
Coordinating Council  
3:30 PM  
Wednesday, October 16, 2024  
50 Douglas Dr., 2nd Fl. Martinez, CA  
Meeting ID: 870 3320 3517  
Passcode: 633085  
Call in: 1 669 444 9171 US  
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 October 16, 2024, at 3:35 p.m. at 50 Douglas Dr., Martinez, California.  
This matter was  
Candace Andersen, Raymond Chimezie, Denise Coleman, Tumani  
Drew, Esa Ehmen-Krause, Stephanie Kang, Jonathan Laba, Fatima  
Matal Sol, Mark Rodriguez, Julius Van Hook, Cindy Vogl, Phil  
Bradley, Winnie Huynh, and Nikki Pitcher  
Present  
Steven Blum, Lynn Mackey, and Sefanit Mekuria  
Steve Albanese, and Owen Spishock  
Absent  
Non-voting  
2.  
Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda  
(speakers may be limited to two minutes).  
CONSIDER approving the Record of Action from the August 21, 2024  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council Meeting.  
3.  
Attachments:  
Motion:  
Second:  
Andersen  
Matal Sol  
Aye:  
Andersen, Chimezie, Coleman, Drew, Ehmen-Krause, Kang,  
Laba, Matal Sol, Rodriguez, Van Hook, Vogl, Bradley, Huynh,  
and Pitcher  
Absent:  
Result:  
Blum, Mackey, and Mekuria  
Passed  
4.  
Membership Update.  
The Probation Department's Use of Evidence-Based Practices and  
5.  
Continuous Quality Improvement Efforts.  
Attachments:  
6.  
7.  
8.  
9.  
Committee Report Outs: EPIC Services Subcommittee Report Out.  
Request for Future Agenda Items.  
The next meeting is currently scheduled for January 15, 2025.  
Adjourn  
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m. by Chief Ehmen-Krause. The next scheduled meeting of the  
Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council will be on Wednesday, January 15, 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  
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