REPORT TO COUNCIL AND STADIUM AUTHORITY BOARD
SUBJECT
Title
Discussion, Consideration, and Direction to Staff Regarding Actions to be Taken in Response to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report Entitled "Outplayed: Measure J, the City of Santa Clara, and the San Francisco 49ers"
Report
COUNCIL/BOARD PILLARS
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
Ensure Compliance with Measure J and Manage Levi's Stadium
BACKGROUND
On June 13, 2024, the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury published a report entitled "Outplayed: Measure J, the City of Santa Clara, and the San Francisco 49ers" (Civil Grand Jury report). The Civil Grand Jury report includes various findings and recommendations. California Penal Code section 933(c) requires that a governing body of the particular public agency or department that has been the subject of a Civil Grand Jury final report to respond within 90 days on the specified findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body.
This report presents the Civil Grand Jury's findings and recommendations and solicits City Council/Stadium Authority Board input on the desired process for providing the City and Stadium Authority's response. The City and Stadium Authority's responses on the Civil Grand Jury report findings and recommendations are due to the office of the Honorable Beth McGowan, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara by September 11, 2024. For this report, staff is not aware of any requests for individual responses from City Council/Board members.
DISCUSSION
The Civil Grand Jury report made various findings and recommendations; however, only specific findings and recommendations require City/Stadium Authority response. The report included a total of twenty (20) findings and thirteen (13) recommendations. Of these, the Stadium Authority, as an agency, has been directed to respond to all of the findings and 13 recommendations. It should be noted that: 1) so...
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