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October 21, 2025 |
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SUBJECT
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ACCEPT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP PLAN (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On October 1, 2011, the State of California implemented the Public Safety Realignment Act (AB 109). This law fundamentally altered the criminal justice system by changing the definition of a felony; shifting housing for people with lower-level felony offenses from state prison to local county jails; and transferring the supervision of designated people on parole from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to local county agencies. AB 109 requires counties to develop comprehensive plans to effectively implement these modifications to the criminal justice system without compromising public safety.
AB 109 established the role and membership of the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) Executive Committee, which approves a CCP Plan. In 2025, updates to the CCP Plan were provided by the District Attorney’s Office, Sheriff’s Office, Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), the Probation Department, and the Department of the Public Defender. The CCP Plan incorporates input from stakeholders and community members, obtained through ongoing community engagement activities conducted by participating agencies.
The updated CCP Plan shows that San Diego County’s approach to AB 109 and the broader justice system has evolved significantly in the 14 years since passage of AB 109. Additionally, the policy priorities expressed by the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors (Board) are reflected in the plan including a focus on behavioral health, housing, and alternatives to incarceration. The Fiscal Year 2025-26 CCP Plan provides an updated framework for San Diego County justice partners and stakeholders to plan, monitor, and report on the San Diego County criminal justice system.
As part of a public meeting, the CCP Executive Committee voted to accept the CCP Plan on August 21, 2025. Today’s action requests the Board accept the Fiscal Year 2025-26 CCP Plan.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Accept the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Community Corrections Partnership Plan.
EQUITY IMPACT STATEMENT
The Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) Plan was developed with equity as a guiding principle to reduce disparities across the health and justice systems and ensure equitable access to quality prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation services. The CCP Plan includes services designed to minimize barriers in access to care and improve service delivery, thereby reducing disparities in outcomes. The CCP Plan includes services delivered by community members with relevant lived experiences, enabling them to mentor and support individuals as they transition successfully from custody back into the community.
SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT STATEMENT
The proposed action to accept the County’s Fiscal Year 2025-26 Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) Plan contributes to the County of San Diego's Sustainability Goals of engaging the community and providing just and equitable access to services and resources. The CCP Plan reflects community input gathered through ongoing community engagement activities. Furthermore, the CCP Plan outlines linkages and access to treatment, behavioral health care, housing, education, employment, medical and public health care, with the goal of expanding the availability of accessible County services and community resources for justice-involved individuals.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with accepting the Fiscal Year 2025-26 CCP Plan. There will be no change in net General Fund cost and no additional staff years.
BUSINESS IMPACT STATEMENT
N/A
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ADVISORY BOARD STATEMENT
On August 21, 2025, the Fiscal Year 2025-26 CCP Plan was voted on and approved by five of the six members of the CCP Executive Committee. The Court abstained from voting as they typically abstain from voting on matters before the CCP Executive Committee.
BACKGROUND
California’s criminal justice system fundamentally shifted on October 1, 2011, because of the implementation of the Public Safety Realignment Act (AB 109). AB 109 was enacted to address state budget shortfalls and overcrowded conditions in the California prison system. The law fundamentally altered the criminal justice system by changing the definition of a felony; shifting housing for people with lower-level felony offenses from prison to local county jail; and transferring the supervision of designated people on parole from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to local county agencies. AB 109 and its companion bills address four areas of the criminal justice system including felony sentencing, supervision of people with felony level offenses after release from custody, alternatives to custody, and parole revocations.
The shifting of supervision and housing of people from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to San Diego County required a comprehensive plan, known as the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) Plan, to effectively implement these modifications to the criminal justice system without compromising public safety. The State encouraged CCP plans to maximize the investment of criminal justice resources in evidence-based correctional sanctions and programs.
The County periodically updates its CCP Plan to expand on the progress made since the initial plan was developed in 2011, while addressing current and emerging issues and priorities.
Local Planning - Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)
Public Safety Realignment expanded the duties of the CCP, which provides a structure for county departments to collaborate on criminal justice policies and improvements and to determine service needs and priorities collectively for clients reentering the community from jail and prison. Realignment statutes created a CCP Executive Committee composed of:
• Chief Probation Officer (Chair of the CCP)
• Presiding Judge of the Superior Court
• District Attorney
• Public Defender
• Sheriff
• San Diego Community College District Police Chief
• Director of Health and Human Services Agency
The role of the CCP Executive Committee is to approve and present to the Board of Supervisors a CCP Plan that describes the services and programs implemented to meet the goals of AB 109. In developing the CCP Plan for FY 2025-26, representatives from the CCP Executive Committee provided their respective agency updates.
Community Corrections Partnership Plan
The CCP Plan describes system-wide goals that guide the programs and services provided to individuals impacted by AB 109 and the broader justice-system population. The three overarching goals of the CCP Plan are to: (1) Enhance prevention, diversion, and alternatives to custody; reserve jail for individuals posing a serious risk to public safety or sentenced for serious crimes; (2) Enhance reentry interventions through transition from custody to the community; and (3) Provide evidence-based supervision and intervention services to reduce recidivism.
Each goal has objectives that outline the specific strategies and interventions that are being implemented to achieve the goal. The objectives are further broken down into actionable strategies described through programs and services. The CCP plan includes programs and services that address prevention, diversion, alternatives to incarceration, reentry, and supervision services.
The plan is organized to show the alignment between the goals, objectives, programs/services and outputs/outcomes to provide an overview of how the system is progressing on each goal.
The CCP Plan provides an outline of how its programs and services map onto the Sequential Intercept Model (SIM), which provides a framework for understanding how people move through and interact with the criminal justice system. The SIM identifies six criminal justice intercepts where interventions can be implemented to prevent further justice system involvement.
This year’s plan includes information summarizing progress for the Board initiative on Alternatives to Incarceration.
By statute, the County’s CCP Executive Committee is required to recommend the CCP Plan to the County Board of Supervisors, and the plan is “deemed accepted” unless rejected by a four-fifths vote of the Board of Supervisors, in which case the plan returns to the CCP for further consideration.
The CCP Executive Committee voted to approve the CCP Plan on August 21, 2025.
Today’s request is for the Board of Supervisors to accept the Fiscal Year 2025-26 CCP Plan. If the plan is accepted by the Board of Supervisors, it will be available to the public through the Community Corrections Partnership website hosted by the Probation Department.
LINKAGE TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO STRATEGIC PLAN
Today’s proposed action supports the Justice Initiative of the County of San Diego’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan by promoting the implementation of a service delivery system that promotes safety and ensures a fair and equitable justice system in the defense and prosecution of crimes, while contributing to a system of restorative justice.
Respectfully submitted,
ebony n. shelton
Chief Administrative Officer
ATTACHMENT(S)
Note: Due to the size of the attachments, the documents are available online through the Clerk of the Board's website at www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cob/bosa.html. <http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/cob/bosa.html>
Attachment A - County of San Diego Community Corrections Partnership Annual Report FY 2025-26