CITY OF SAN PABLO
City Council
1000 Gateway Avenue ● San Pablo, CA 94806
Main: 510-215-3000 ● Fax: 510-215-3011
www.SanPabloCA.gov
November 15, 2021
E-TRANSMITTAL/ U.S. REGULAR MAIL
Email: [email protected]
Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors (BOS)
Clerk of the Board
1025 Escobar Street, 1st Floor
Martinez, CA 94553
Re: CCC BOS Agenda Item D.5 – Allocation of Measure X Funding for A3 Contra Costa Community Crisis Initiative
Dear Chairperson Burgis and the Board of Supervisors:
As Mayor of the City of San Pablo, and on behalf of the San Pablo City Council, I am writing to endorse the Contra Costa County Measure X (MX) Expenditure Plan under Agenda Item D.5 under consideration at the forthcoming November 16, 2021 CCC BOS Meeting which recommends allocation of MX funding for the County-wide A3 Contra Costa Community Crisis Initiative (Initiative).
Our San Pablo City Council fully supports the recommendation to develop a County-wide comprehensive crisis response system that is available to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Further, it is imperative that a Miles Hall Crisis Call Center and additional Mobile Crisis Teams, along with a designated Cr isis Services location be established County-wide, with expanded services to address and prevent mental health crisis, within a County-wide integrated mental health crisis response service to serve the entire County, and local cities in partnership.
Recently, the City of San Pablo obtained $2M in State of CA Funding towards supporting community policing and mental health crisis programs in our community. Our City envisions the application of these funds, and future potential ARPA allocation, to supplement the future development of the County-wide Community Crisis Initiative and deployment of future Mental Health Crisis Teams, within a newly proposed $30M San Pablo Police Department and Regional Law Enforcement Training Project to be completed in 2024 in San Pablo.
Therefore, San Pablo supports the efforts of the Contra Costa County Health Services and all local cities, in partnership, to support County-wide integrated mental health crisis response services. We applaud all efforts and collaborative work to date in developing and supporting this Initiative, and urge the CCC BOS to support this ongoing regional partnership as well.
Chair Burgis and Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Re: CCC BOS Agenda Item D.5 – Allocation of Measure X Funding for A3 Contra Costa Community Crisis Initiative
November 15, 2021
Future appropriation of $5,000,000 of one-time, and $20,000,000 of on-going MX funds under your formal consideration will ensure that local essential funding will be designated to successfully implement County-wide integrated mobile crisis services which are conducted in an age appropriate, geographically accessible, and culturally competent manner to all residents of Contra Costa County.
In closing, this ongoing, regional collaborative work between City and County officials, initially launched in September 2020 by the Contra Costa Mayors’ Conference, is just what MX funding was intended to support, especially since all members of our County and all local communities will benefit tremendously from its collective efforts in the near and long-term future.
We urge your immediate consideration of MX funding and support for the County-wide A3 Contra Costa Community Crisis Initiative.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, Mayor
City of San Pablo
cc: San Pablo City Council
City Manager
City Attorney
Chair Burgis and Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Re: CCC BOS Agenda Item D.5 – Allocation of Measure X Funding for A3 Contra Costa Community Crisis Initiative
November 15, 2021