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21 <br /> <br />that “Our Residents Come First” and with the charge to treat all residents and all County 1 <br />employees with fairness, respect, and understanding; and 2 <br /> 3 <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners have made tremendous investments 4 <br />in public education, affordable housing, human services, economic development and public 5 <br />safety to enhance the quality of life for all County residents; 6 <br /> 7 <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT we, the Orange County Board of 8 <br />Commissioners, do hereby proclaim April 2018 as County Government Month and encourage 9 <br />all County officials, employees, schools and residents to participate in county government 10 <br />celebration activities. 11 <br />This the 17th day of April, 2018. 12 <br /> 13 <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner McKee for the 14 <br />Board to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation. 15 <br /> 16 <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS 17 <br /> 18 <br />e. Resolution in Support of 3DaysCount™ 19 <br />The Board considered voting to approve a Resolution in Support of 3DaysCount™ – A 20 <br />Nationwide Effort To Make Communities Safer And Ensure Better Outcomes For All By 21 <br />Applying Common Sense Solutions To Widespread Pretrial Justice Challenges. 22 <br />Cait Fenhagen, Criminal Justice Resource Director, reviewed the information below: 23 <br /> 24 <br />BACKGROUND: 25 <br />At the April 3, 2018 Board meeting, the Board voiced an interest in considering a Resolution in 26 <br />Support of 3DaysCount™ – A Nationwide Effort To Make Communities Safer And Ensure 27 <br />Better Outcomes For All By Applying Common Sense Solutions To Widespread Pretrial Justice 28 <br />Challenges. 3DaysCount™ is an initiative of the Pretrial Justice Institute’s. Commissioner 29 <br />Renee Price provided a sample resolution as the basis for the attached resolution for Board 30 <br />consideration. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Nearly 12 million people are booked into United States jails each year, mostly for nonviolent 33 <br />misdemeanors, and a majority is detained before trial largely because they are too poor to post 34 <br />even small money bond amounts – costing local governments a nationwide aggregate of nearly 35 <br />$14 billion annually in incarceration expenses. Pretrial detention is also deeply disruptive to 36 <br />people’s lives and can have serious consequences, from interrupted education and medical 37 <br />treatment to lost jobs, housing, and even custody of children. Research also shows that when 38 <br />people who are most likely to appear in court and stay out of trouble are detained for even three 39 <br />days, they become more likely to be arrested for new criminal activity during the pretrial period 40 <br />compared to similar individuals released within just 24 hours. 41 <br /> 42 <br />The goals of 3DaysCount™ are to help states reduce unnecessary arrests by expanding the 43 <br />use of citations or summons, replace money bail with non-financial, least restrictive conditions, 44 <br />restrict detention to the small number of people for whom no condition or combination of 45 <br />conditions can reasonably assure appearance in court and public safety, and reduce disparity 46 <br />within the pretrial justice system. 47 <br /> 48 <br />Orange County has already implemented many of the recommendations of the Pretrial Justice 49 <br />Institute including: 50