Contra Costa County is looking for people who would like to serve on its civil grand jury.
The civil grand jury has 19 members who serve for a year. Board of Supervisors chairperson John Gioia’s office said in a statement that the county wants the grand jury to reflect the geographic, racial, ethnic and gender diversity of Contra Costa.
“Among the important roles of citizens in a democracy is serving on a civil grand jury,” the statement said. “Civil grand juries are often referred to as the ‘citizen watchdogs’ of local government, with the crucial role of monitoring and reviewing city and county governments, special districts and school districts.”
Superior Court judges will interview approximately 75 applicants, with the selections coming June 16. The deadline to apply is March 24.
For more information, including how to apply, go to www.cc-courts.org/civil/grand-jury.aspx.
Here it is:
Q. Are grand jurors entitled to compensation for their service and reimbursement for expenses they might incur?
A. Yes. Grand jurors are entitled to $15 per diem for the meetings they attend and reimbursement for mileage at the rate paid to county employees, unless higher rates are authorized by county ordinance. (PC §890 and §890.1) Jurors are also entitled to reimbursement for authorized expenses in accordance with the rules established by their individual county.
BTW- Here is a link that works: https://www.courts.ca.gov/civilgrandjury.htm
linky no worky.
should remove the period at the end of the link
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The link worked for me.
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According to the 2021 census for the racial breakdown of contra costa county, per 10 grand jurrors there should be for the largest races 4 white (40.8%), 3 hispanic/latino (26.8%), 2 asian (19.3%) and 1 black or African (9.5%), and half women half men. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/contracostacountycalifornia#
May caucasians apply? Actual gender or identify gender? Asking for a friend.
May Caucasians apply? Does it say they can’t?
Actual gender or identify gender? That’s none of your business.
Those traits will be of supreme importance to the defense attorney. My friend would hate to sit through that whole selection process only to be booted off for appearing to be of a certain race or orientation. Lawyers can be so judgmental.
We’re judging people by the color of their skin, not the content of their character… Dr. King would be appalled.
You are 100% Correct. – thank you for that Dr. J
I had a friend that was on it – All liberal except for the very few former cops that were on it.
It did some good for Juveniles at County Hospital that were exposed to crazy people when that
should not have happened & the County should be ashamed for that.
@Fred. Sorry, but your ‘friend”s” characterization of Grand Jurors’ political inclination as “liberal” is highly suspect. In fact, I would go so far as to say it’s baloney. I’ve served twice. In neither term were any of the jurors’ political inclinations or voter registrations requested or volunteered. And, for what it’s worth, while I had the pleasure of serving with many other similarly motivated, conscientious, well qualified jurors, none happened to be “former cops.” While they, too, would be welcome to apply, Grand Jury members are not sought or selected based on their prior work experience.