When the Grand Jury reports on an entity, the governing body of that entity is required to respond to the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court within 60 days for elected officials and 90 days for all others. Responses are listed immediately following their respective reports.

NOTE: These reports are in PDF format, which can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat or any other PDF viewer.

PC 933.05 Summary of Law describing how Grand Jury reports are to be responded to.

2008-2009 Grand Jury Reports

1. NOBODY (IS) WAS LISTENING: The Redwood Coast Senior Center
• Backup Documents
• Senior Center Press Clippings
• Responses
• Response from Mendocino County Area Agency on Aging
• Response by the Board of Directors of The Redwood Coast Senior Center
  
2. INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT: OUR Children, OUR Hope, OUR Future
• Responses
• Combined Responses by Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Director Health & Human Services Agency and Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
• Response from Willits Police Department
• Response by the Fort Bragg Chief of Police
  
3. YOUR TICKET TO RIDE! A Grand Jury Report on Mendocino Transit Authority
• Responses
• Response by the General Manager of MTA
  
4. EXCELLENCE PERSONIFIED: Ukiah Police Chief and His Finest Are to be Commended
• Responses
• Response from Ukiah High School Principal
• Response by the Ukiah Chief of Police
• Response by the Ukiah City Manager
• Response by the Ukiah City Council
  
5. BIG CHANGES NEEDED or GET A WHIFF OF THIS: A Report on the Mendocino County Sheriff's Evidence Facility
• Backup Documents
  
• Ukiah Sanitation District Report
• Combined response from Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Mendocino County Chief Executive Officer and Mendocino County Sheriff
  
6. NEAT, CLEAN AND ORGANIZED: A Report on the Fort Bragg Police Department
• Responses
• Combined Fort Bragg City Response
  
7. FORT BRAGG SUBSTATION AND HOLDING CELLS: A Report on the Mendocino County Sheriff's Fort Bragg Substation
• Responses
• Combined response from Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Mendocino County Chief Executive Officer and Mendocino County Sheriff
  
8. BULGING AT THE SEAMS: A Report on the Mendocino County Jail
• Responses
• Combined response from Mendocino County Board of Supervisors,  Mendocino County Chief Executive Officer, Director Mendocino County General Services Agency, and  Mendocino County Sheriff
  
9. MIDDLING THROUGH: A Report on Four Mendocino County Middle Schools
• Responses
• Response from Baechtel Grove Middle School Principal w/attachment
  
• Response from Willits Unified School District Superintendent w/attachment
• Combined responses by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and Director Mendocino County Health and Human Services
• Response from the Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools
• Response from the Ukiah Unified School District Superintendent
• Response from the Principal of Eagle Peak
  
• Response from the Prinicipal of Pomolita
• Response from the Fort Bragg Unified School District Superintendent
• Response from the Principal of Fort Bragg Middle School
  
10. Abdication of Leadership and Disciplinary Breakdowns in Leggett Valley Unified School District
• Responses
• Response from Mendocino County Superintendent of Schools
• Response on behalf of both the Board of Trustees and the Superintendent
• Combined responses by the Mendocino County District Attorney and the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
  
11. OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW: A Report on the New Mendocino County Microwave System
• Responses
• Combined Responses from the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Mendocino Chief Executive Officer, Director Mendocino County General Services Agency and Mendocino County Sheriff's Office
  
12. Another Look at the Health and Human Services Agency
    
• Responses
• Combined Responses by Mendocino County Board of Supervisors, Chief Executive Officer, Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and the Director Health & Human Services Agency
  
13. TIME FOR CHANGE: A Report on the Relationship Between the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District and the City of Ukiah Sewer System
• Responses
• Response from the Ukiah City Manager
  
• Response from the Mayor of the City of Ukiah
  
• Response from the Board of Directors of the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District
• Response from the District Manager of the Ukiah Valley Sanitation District
  

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