1. Setting the Stage in California Danielle Wildkress, Chief Program Officer

2. California Context 1980’s and 90’s “tough on crime” policies
Changed in the 2010’s due to:
Series of court cases
Rising costs of mass incarceration
Changing public opinion

3. Court Ordered Change 2011: U.S. Supreme Court upheld Brown vs. Plata
Part of a series of cases which first started in 1990
Prison overcrowding and lack of access to appropriate medical care = violation of the 8th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution & the Americans with Disabilities Act
Required California to reduce prison population down to 137.5% of ”design capacity”
At the time, that meant reducing from 150,000 inmates to 110,000 inmates

4. Public Safety Realignment
2011: Governor Brown signs Public Safety Realignment
Sometimes called AB109 for short
For “less serious” inmates, serve state prison and parole sentences in county jail and probation
Gave counties block grants funded through vehicle registration fees and state sales tax
Prop 30 guaranteed funding to counties via state constitutional amendment

5. Voters Approve Change 2012: Prop 36 repeals the 3 strike law
2014: Prop 47 reduced drug possession and similar crimes from felonies to misdemeanors
Directed “savings” to be used on community-based programs
2016: Prop 57 allows some state prisoners to apply for earlier release

6. Office of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
Justice Reform in
Los Angeles County
Molly Rysman
Office of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
July 2017

7. Background Homeless In-Reach in jails started in 2008
Term Limits take effect in 2014 – two Board seats turn over
Prison overcrowding at State causes low felony offenders to serve time in County jails
Jail abuse scandals call into question jail as rehabilitative environment

8. Jackie Lacey
2014 – District Attorney Jackie Lacey establishes the Mental Health Advisory Board to look at reducing incarceration of individuals suffering from mental illness
Mental Health Advisory Board releases “A Blue Print for Change”

9. Men’s Central Jail
2015 – Board takes up $2 billion Men’s Central Jail replacement

10. Office of Diversion & Reentry
2015 – Board establishes Office of Diversion and Reentry (ODR)
Diversion Fund created with $40 million in ongoing annual funding plus $80 million in one-time funds; 40% dedicated to housing
Commitment to providing permanent housing for 1,000 diverted and formerly incarcerated individuals

11. Decriminalization
Both LAPD and LASD passed Decriminalization of Homelessness Policies

12. Therapeutic Policing
As street homelessness increases LA struggles with what the roles and responsibilities of the police should be in addressing homelessness
We have more questions than answers

13. Larger Justice Reform New Sheriff and Chief of Probation
New approaches to juvenile justice
New structure for medical and mental health treatment in jails
Civilian Oversight Commission
Props 36, 47, and 57
Bail reform

14. Contact Info
Molly Rysman
Housing and Homelessness Deputy
Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

15. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Community Transition Unit

16. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Statistics
Personnel 17,926 Sworn 9,972 Professional 7,954 Los Angeles County Population 10.1 million* Sheriff’s Stations 23 Contract Cities 44 County Jails 6 Daily Population 16,084* In-custody Homeless Population 2197 (13.5 %)* (self reported) * 2016 averages

17. Community Transition Unit services:
Affordable Care Act Medi-Cal Vital Records Birth Certificates California Identification Cards Department of Public Social Services General Relief Cal-Fresh Cal-WORKs Jail In-Reach coordination Veteran Programs Alternative to Custody Coordinated Release Program Community Re-entry and Resource Center

18. Community Re-entry and Resource Center
Established in May 2014 in the Inmate Reception Center lobby
Consists of eight resource windows
Offers direct support for newly released inmates, their families, and/or their support system members
Partners
Departments of Public Health, Mental Health, and Public Social Services, County Probation Department, Veteran Affairs, Volunteers of America, and Salvation Army

21. Mission
To develop and implement countywide criminal justice diversion for persons with mental and/or substance use disorders, including persons who are homeless.
Office of Diversion and Re-entry (ODR), a division within the Department of Health Services (DHS)

22. Systems Change in LA

23. Sequential Intercept Model

24. ODR Program Map System Overdose Prevention ODR Housing MIST
In-Patient Psych Diversion
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion
Sobering Center
Overdose Prevention
Clinical Services – Probation
Reentry Service – Probation

25. Permanent Supportive Housing
ODR Housing Programs
Bridge Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Rapid Rehousing
Higher Levels of Care

26. Coordinated Entry System
Rapid Rehousing
Coordinated Entry System
Probation Officers
Bridge Housing
Permanent Housing
Dept Health Services

27. PSH Program Design Criminal Justice System Interim Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing
Jail Clinicians
Diversion Courts
Jail In-Reach Providers
In-Reach Services Begin
Coordinated Discharge/ Release
Bridge Housing
Permanent Supportive Housing

28. The Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool
In February of 2014, HFH launched a new and innovative way to provide rental subsidies in LA County.

29. The Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool

30. Number Diverted from LA County Jail
MIST-CBR
Since Aug 2015
367
ODR Housing
Since Aug 2016
570
# Diverted
As of April 2017
937

31. sys·tem
noun
a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular.
a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method.