The Administration of Justice (AOJ) Policy Committee met on
Wednesday, November 20 during the CSAC 130th Annual Meeting
in Los Angeles County to discuss human trafficking in California,
the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), and took action on the
committee’s 2025 policy priorities, and the CSAC AOJ Platform,
which is revisited every two years.
The AOJ Policy Committee featured presentations from the
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and Sacramento Regional Family
Justice Center on their efforts to combat the proliferation of
human trafficking within Sacramento County and beyond, as well as
a presentation from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office which
covered the challenges helping vulnerable youth that are
trafficked and straddling systems of care. Lastly, attendees
heard from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Bureau of
Victim Services, who highlighted their wide-ranging programming,
but emphasized the shortage of funding to support adequate
staffing ratios that ensure critical assistance is provided to
victims.
The AOJ Policy Committee approved the 2025 policy priorities,
which include continual focus on the juvenile justice continuum
as counties are responsible for all youth and young adults
formerly under state jurisdiction; reduction in the incompetent
to stand trial (IST) population and policies that help counties
minimize risks for penalties under the state’s growth cap
program; sustainable funding and resources to successfully
implement the CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative (CalAIM JI); and
continual efforts to prioritize stabilization of funding through
the federal VOCA on the state and national level. Lastly, changes
to the AOJ Policy Platform were also approved. A marked-up version of the platform that
reflects the approved changes is available in the AOJ Policy
Committee meeting packet under 2024 Annual Meeting Policy
Committee Packets and Other Meeting Materials as Attachment Four.
Click here to view an unmarked version of the AOJ Chapter, as
adopted in March 2023.
See the CSAC Policies and Procedures, page 10, for additional
information.
CSAC 130th Annual Meeting materials are available on the CSAC
website HERE. Please feel free
to contact CSAC AOJ staff with any questions:
