Notes for Board Meeting May 11 at 9:00 PM

Board of Supervisors Meeting May 11 at 9:00 AM

Contra Costa Budget Fact Sheet Data Citations/Sources
Data on Sheriff Spending:
? Total spent on Covid relief is $228 million (rounded up from 227.8)
? Total for detention is actually $72 million (71.99), or 32% of total (rounded up from 31.6);
this includes juvenile hall as well
? FYI, the Sheriff also got $2.4 million for emergency services (this is not included in
detention #’s). Total for Sheriff = $54.2 million
*Detention funding: 23% for Sheriff Department; 8.3% for Detention Health; 0.3% for Juvenile Hall
Source: Chief Administrator’s Office
Data of COVID-19 Impacts on Community:
Housing Impact:
? 11,200 Contra Costa County Households behind on rent – $58.8m in estimated rental debt, approx $5,233 per household
Source: Bay Area Equity Atlas analysis of Census Household Pulse Survey (Table: Last Month’s payment status of renters) and American Community Survey data on rent by household income
COVID Infection Rate:
COVID-19 cases and deaths relative to the White Population: Contra Costa, Dec. 2020
? Latinos – Cases: 6x more, Deaths: 1.7x more
? Black/African American – Cases: 2.5x more, Deaths: 1.3x more
? Asian: – Cases: 1.4x more, Deaths: 0.9x more
Source: Contra Costa County COVID-19 Coordinating Body: December 19th, 2020 Equity Presentation Summary
Food Insecurity Data:
? Households on CalFresh by year:
? 2021 = 43,854
? 2020 = 44,344
? 2019 = 29,104
Source: California Department of Social Services, CalFresh Dashboard, Contra Costa
? Demographics of Food Insecure Households:
? 1 in 12 White, non-Hispanic individuals (8.1%) lived in food-insecure households.
? 1 in 6 Latino Individuals (15.8%)
? 1 in 5 Black Individuals (19.3%)
? 1 in 4 Native American Individuals (23.5%)
Source: Feeding America, Impact of the Coronavirus on Food Insecurity in 2020 & 2021, updated analysis of food insecurity levels on a national level