How does the community prosecutor improve the quality of life in the community?

The Community Prosecution Unit conducts a number of programs to improve the quality of life in Sacramento neighborhoods. Those include the following:

Needs Assessment Survey
Now available online, this survey is distributed at community meetings and through the Neighborhood Watch Program. The survey is a useful opportunity for the community to voice their concerns regarding the quality-of-life issues in their local communities, so that our community prosecution attorneys can respond to these neighborhood issues.

Landlord Survey
This survey enables the community prosecution attorney to gain insight into the needs of landlords. This survey is helping the unit to determine what kind of help he or she can give to local-area landlords who may be unaware of resources and information that are available.

Sacramento Rental Housing Improvement Partnership (SHRIP)
Code enforcement, law enforcement, District Attorney and Human Rights and Fair Housing regularly meet to discuss what landlords can do to screen for better tenants, so that their property can be a safer environment.

Agencies participate regularly in this low-cost training for rental property owners within Sacramento County.

Landlord Deferred Entry of Judgment Program
This program arose out of the need to hold irresponsible landlords accountable for the nuisances that are created by their properties and the tenants that they allow in. By entering a "no contest" plea to a criminal complaint that is filed, sentencing for the landlord is deferred in order that they may successfully complete a Landlord Training program and any other reasonably related conditions. If they complete all of the imposed conditions, then at sentencing, the case is dismissed in the interest of justice.

Nuisance Response Team (NRT)
The Nuisance Response Team is a monthly collaboration between a number of agencies, including: Adult Services, Animal Care and Regulations, Building Inspections, Business Licensing, Children Services, Code Enforcement, Environmental Health, Human Assistance, Housing and Urban Development, Probation, Public Works, Sacramento Mediation Center, Sacramento Metro Fire, SHRA, State Dept. of Housing and Community Development, State Dept. of Industrial Relations Labor Standards Enforcement, State Fish and Game, State of CA Emp. Enforcement Task Force.

Agencies discuss issues regarding nuisance abatement in Sacramento County. The general purpose of this collaboration is to keep agencies informed of what each other is doing, so that these separate agencies can more closely work and respond together.

Dumping Response Team (DRT)
Agencies involved on this team are: Business Licenses, Code Enforcement, County Counsel, County PIO, CUBS, District Attorney, District Engineering, EMD, Public Works, SSD, Transportation, and Waste Mgt/Rec.

This team meets for monthly meetings for policies and guidelines.

Community Forum
Meetings and Symposiums with the community.

Long-term Projects
Identified by any agency where the agency formulates a long-term plan.

Click here for brochure of additional community prosecution programs.