About the Committee

AUTHORITY

Board Order No. 96 of March 17, 1981; Board Order No. 67 of November 29, 1983; Board Order No. 48 of December 15, 1983; and Board Order No. 79 of March 5, 1985.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS

Elected officials from Los Angeles County; the City of Los Angeles; contract and independent cities; the heads of all criminal justice agencies, including numerous chiefs of police; members of the judiciary; and the heads of locally based Federal enforcement agencies.

The Chairman of the Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee is the Chairman of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors.

APPOINTMENT

By Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee.

TERM OF OFFICE

None.

COMPENSATION

None.

MEETINGS

Third Wednesday of each month, at 12:00 noon, in Room 739, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, 90012.

DUTIES

Improve the criminal justice system through greater coordination and cooperation at local level; develop system wide strategies and funding priorities; secure needed State legislation and action; improving day-to-day coordination of local criminal justice agencies; and act as the local coordinating and planning body for the new Criminal Justice Block Grant Program under the Department of Justice.

OATH

Not required.