CHAPTER 96E
[DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATA REPORTING]*

 

Sec. 96E.1.	Definitions.
Sec. 96E.2.	Quarterly Domestic Violence Data Reporting.
Sec. 96E.3.	Undertaking for the General Welfare.
Sec. 96E.4.	No Conflict with Federal or State Law.
Sec. 96E.5.	Severability.

 

*Editor’s Notes:

   This chapter was enacted as Chapter 96D, but to avoid duplication with Chapter 96D (“Presentation of Youth Cases”), it has been redesignated as Chapter 96E, and its component sections and internal cross-references have been renumbered with 96E accordingly.

   Ordinance 213-21, establishing Chapter 96E, did not provide a chapter name. The current chapter name was added by the editor as a placeholder and is not official.

SEC. 96E.1. DEFINITIONS.

   For purposes of this Chapter 96E:

   “Domestic Violence” means the crime defined in Section 273.5 and the crimes punishable under Section 243(e)(1), of the California Penal Code.

   “Personal Identifying Information” means any information that can, on its own or in combination with other information, be used to contact, track, locate, identify, or reasonably infer the identity of, a specific individual.

(Added by Ord. 213-21, File No. 210605, App. 11/24/2021, Eff. 12/25/2021)

SEC. 96E.2. QUARTERLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DATA REPORTING.

   (a)   On a quarterly basis (the first Tuesday in February, May, August, and November), the Police Department and the District Attorney shall each transmit a written report to the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, the Office of Racial Equity, the Human Rights Commission, the Department on the Status of Women, and the Police Commission. The Police Department and District Attorney shall post their reports on their respective department websites. The reports shall contain the following information:

      (1)   The Police Department shall report:

         (A)   The number of calls for service for Domestic Violence that the Police Department received from the Department of Emergency Management in the prior quarter (quarters commencing January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1); and

         (B)   The number of Domestic Violence cases that the Police Department presented to the District Attorney for investigation and/or prosecution in the prior quarter, and of those cases, the number in which a child or children were present and/or a firearm or firearms were present.

      (2)   The District Attorney shall report:

         (A)   The number of Domestic Violence cases that the District Attorney charged in the prior quarter, and what charges were filed in those cases; and

         (B)   The number of Domestic Violence cases resolved in the prior quarter, and the outcome of those cases, including disposition by dismissal, diversion, acquittal, conviction, release to another court or agency, or other means.

   (b)   In addition to the reports required by subsection (a), above, the Police Department and the District Attorney shall report the same information for the period September 1, 2019 to September 1, 2021 to the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, the Office of Racial Equity, the Human Rights Commission, the Department on the Status of Women, and the Police Commission, and shall post the reports on their respective department websites, no later than December 31, 2021.

   (c)   The reports shall not include Personal Identifying Information.

   (d)   The reporting obligations under this Section 96E.2 are in addition to, and do not supplant, any reporting obligations under Administrative Code Chapter 96A.

   (e)   This Section 96E.2 shall not be interpreted to require the Police Department or the District Attorney to collect data but instead requires only that the Police Department and District Attorney report available data.

(Added by Ord. 213-21, File No. 210605, App. 11/24/2021, Eff. 12/25/2021)