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File Number: 17-478 <br />below. The full text of each of the resolutions and related analysis is also provided as an <br />attachment to this report. <br />1. Resolution Calling upon the Governor and Legislature to enter into discussion with the <br />League and other Public Safety Stakeholders to Identify and Implement Strategies that <br />will Reduce the Unintended Negative Impacts of Existing Criminal Law <br />Background: During the past several years, State legislative changes have made fundamental <br />alterations to the fabric of California’s criminal justice system. Some changes have been <br />needed, as not all crimes should be punished with jail sentences. These changes included AB <br />109 as well as Propositions 47 and 57. <br />Analysis: This resolution seeks to address increases in crime in the wake of AB 109 (2011), <br />Proposition 47 (2014), which reclassified a host of felony offenses as misdemeanors, and <br />proposition 57 (2016), which revised the rules of parole for what are designated “non-violent” <br />offenders under the California Penal Code, but in fact comprise a number of criminal acts that are <br />violent in nature, or may be committed to facilitate a violent outcome. <br />Summary: Adoption of this resolution would support the amendment of sections of AB 109 to <br />revise the definition of violent crime and to change the criteria justifying the release of non-violent, <br />non-serious, non-sex offender inmates to include their total criminal and mental health history <br />instead of only their last criminal conviction. <br />Staff Recommendation: Support <br />2. Resolution in Support of Legislation Amending the Government Code to Clarify the <br />Definition of Local Control to Provide Broad Statutory Authority for Local Officials to <br />determine Emergency Service Levels and Direct Medical Response Within their <br />Jurisdiction <br />Background: In 1980, the State Legislature enacted the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Act <br />in response to the development of paramedic services and a concern that there was a lack of <br />medical oversight and coordination of emergency medical services. THE EMS Act contains 100 <br />different provisions in nine separate chapters of the California Health and Safety Code. The EMS <br />Act created a two-tiered system that established a State EMS Agency to coordinate state-wide <br />EMS activities and to develop state-wide minimum EMS policies and a local tier (Local EMS <br />Agency) to plan, implement and evaluate and EMS system. <br />Analysis: This resolution calls for the Governor and the Legislature to work with the League and <br />other stakeholders to amend Government Code Section 38611 clarifying the definition of local <br />control, providing broad statutory authority for local officials to determine emergency service <br />levels and direct emergency medical response within their jurisdiction. <br />Summary: Support for the Resolution would support amendments to Government Code Section <br />38611 to provide broad statutory authority for local officials to determine emergency service <br />levels and direct emergency medical response within their jurisdiction. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/28/2017 <br />362