LA County Board

25.\nJail Closure Implementation Team: Closing Men’s Central Jail Through\nDepopulation, Accountability, and Other Key Strategies\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Hahn: Instruct the Executive\nDirector of the Community Safety Implementation Team, Chief Executive Office,\nto immediately reinstate their former name as the Jail Closure Implementation\nTeam (JCIT) to better align with the Board’s priority of safely closing Men’s\nCentral Jail. Instruct the Executive Director of the Community Safety\nImplementation Team, henceforth known as JCIT to:\nReport back to the Board in writing in the April 2026 quarterly report\ntimelines on when the next steps in their most recent January 16, 2026\nreport will be expected to be completed, but not limited to and every\nreport thereafter, on timelines with specific dates on when the next steps\nare expected to be completed, including the identification of the lead\nDepartments, and what actional steps JCIT is taking to assist. Timelines\nshould be provided for the next steps in the most recent January 16,\n2026 report which include, but are not limited to:\nBarrier: Post-Release Community Supervision - A timeline on\nwhen the memorandum of understanding between the Probation\nDepartment and the Justice Care and Opportunities Department\nwill be signed.\nBarrier: Delays in expert appointments - A timeline on when the\nActing Chief Executive Officer will have the identified option for\ndeveloping recommendations including the list of potential funding\nsources.\nBarrier: Service Navigation Gaps - A timeline on when JCIT and\nthe Public Defender’s office will have completed refining\nperformance targets to guide implementation of the Holistic Early\nAssessment and Linkage Program.\nBarrier: Electronic evidence: A timeline on when JCIT and the\nCase Prosecuting Workgroup will have developed strategies to\nmaximize efficiency in sharing and reviewing electronic discovery\nmaterials.\nBarrier: Increase the number of early releases - A timeline on\nwhen JCIT and justice partners will identify the appropriate metrics\nto measure the impact of the San Fernando Courthouse pilot.\nProvide monthly updates at the Public Safety Cluster meeting on the\nprogress of the work, but not limited to, timelines and public outreach,\nstarting March 2026.\nInstruct the Executive Director of the Jail Closure Implementation Team to\ninclude in subsequent reports to the Board a list of all the contracts, as allowed,\nit has entered since its existence, contracts in progress, and plans for future\ncontracts, and include information about, but not limited to, the vendor, length of\ncontract, cost, need, and status. (26-1246)\nMotion by Supervisor Hahn\nMotion by Supervisor Hahn (Updates Following Cluster)