REPORT TO SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

BOARD MEETING DATE:  August  22, 2017
CATEGORY:  Regular - Law and Justice-4.

SUBJECT:

Real Estate Fraud Investigation Unit FY 2016-17 Annual Report

Supervisorial District No. :  All

DEPARTMENT CONTACT:  Stephanie Bridgett, District Attorney, 530-245-6310

STAFF REPORT APPROVED BY:  Stephanie Bridgett, District Attorney

RECOMMENDATION

Receive a report on the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Real Estate Fraud Investigations (Unit) and review the effectiveness of the Unit.

SUMMARY

N/A

DISCUSSION

In 2009, the Board of Supervisors established by Resolution the Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Program and the District Attorney subsequently established the Real Estate Fraud Investigations Unit within the District Attorney’s Office.  Government Code section 27388 (d) requires the following:

“The county board of supervisors shall annually review the effectiveness of the district attorney in deterring, investigating, and prosecuting real estate fraud crimes based upon information provided by the district attorney in an annual report.  The district attorney shall submit the annual report to the board on or before September 1 of each year.”

The attached report provides the information required for the annual report using a standard format provided by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and provides an overview of the activities of the Investigations Unit in Shasta County.

ALTERNATIVES

The Board of Supervisors may choose not to review the report.  The Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund Committee shall not expend funds held in the trust fund until the report has been submitted.

OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT

The Real Estate Fraud Prosecution Trust Fund Committee has reviewed the annual report.  The County Administrative Office has reviewed the recommendation.

FINANCING

There is no additional General Fund impact associated with the annual report for the Real Estate Fraud Investigation Unit. Total program expenditures for the Real Estate Fraud Investigation Unit in FY 2016-17 were $42,758.