SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
ADVISORY BOARD ON ALCOHOL & DRUG PROBLEMS
300 North San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone (805) 681-5440 / Fax (805) 681-5413
Final Meeting Minutes
June 4, 2012 – 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Pea Soup Andersen’s Valley Room, Buellton
Members Present: Chris Burtness, 3rd District; Sharon Byrne, 1st District; Nancy
Jacobs, 3rd District; Les Jones, 3rd District; Jacqueline Martin, 1st District; Dan
Macagni, 4th District; Dave Novis, 1st District; John Richards, Chair, 4th District; James
Rohde, 3rd District; Debra Stanfield, 3rd District; Bob Trimble, 2nd District; Kati
Smith, 4th District; Beth Weinberg, 2nd District
Members Excused: Rick Bendle, 5th District;
Members Absent: none
Staff: John Doyel, ADP; Nathan Post, ADP
Guests: Maureen Brown, SBPD; Keld Hove, SBPD; Wim Verkaik & Eduardo Cue`,
CADA
I.
Call to Order
ƒ Advisory Board Chair, John Richards called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM.
II.
Introductions/Announcements
ƒ Board members and guests introduced themselves.
ƒ The Advisory Board thanked Mr. Dave Novis for reading the Advisory Board
letter to the Board of Supervisors. Mr. Novis felt that the BOS did not allow
him enough time to present the letter and County ADP needs. Mr. Novis
reported that at times the public comment should be longer than 2 minutes.
Advisory Board Chair, John Richards appreciated Mr. Novis’s views and Mr.
Richards reported that he would contact BOS Chair Farr to request more time
in the future.
III.
Approval of Minutes
ƒ The Advisory Board accepted the minutes as written with a minor spelling
correction of Advisory Board member, Sharon Byrne’s name under the
Members Excused section.
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MOTION: Advisory Board member, Chris Burtness moved to approve the May 7,
2012 minutes. Kati Smith seconded the motion. The motion passed with eleven
votes in favor and two abstentions.
IV.
Public Comment
ƒ Limitations on Public comments - ADP Manager, John Doyel noted the need
to focus the public comments on the public comment agenda item, and that
once that agenda item had passed; the board needs to pursue the agenda
without public comments. The public was always welcomed to speak, but this
boundary needed to be established in order that all agenda items could be
addressed in the time allotted.
ƒ Wim Verkaik, CADA’s Director of Administration, invited Advisory Board
members to the opening of the new detox facility at 1020 Placido Avenue in
Santa Barbara. The grand opening takes place on June 29, 2012. The facility
will open on July 1, 2012. The detox facility has no private parking available,
public parking only. So come early, Mr. Verkaik advised. The last client will
be discharged from Casa Esperanza detox on June 22, 2012.
ƒ Project Recovery has had six incidents with Bath Salts over the past week.
Bath Salts were described as “meth on steroids”. Bath salts are a new
designer drug, a psycho-stimulant with acute toxicity and as such a worry.
Currently there is not a drug test for bath salts.
V.
Presentation: Restorative Police
ƒ Keld Hove of the Santa Barbara Police Department, and Maureen Brown, a
volunteer, made a presentation on the Restorative Policing program. The
program is designed to help the chronically homeless. The Restorative
Policing program started 10 years ago under Chief Cam Sanchez. The
restorative program was modeled on a similar program in Santa Monica,
which connects chronic homeless people with necessary social services. The
target is homeless individuals who are chronically arrested for petty crimes
such as open alcohol containers and urinating in public. The hope is to get
them out of the regular court system and connect them directly to agencies
that can help them “get back on their feet”. That includes helping them find
housing and helping them apply for disability benefits.
ƒ Officer Hove was our lone restorative police officer until recently. The city of
Santa Barbara awarded the Restorative Police program $350,000 dollars for
three years to cover the expense of hiring an additional officer, three outreach
specialists, and six community liaisons. The grant improved restorative
policing immediately. Restorative police do not focus on individuals who are
involved in serious crimes, but rather focus on public nuisance charges
perpetrated by individuals who “cannot handle life”. Officer Hove said that
the first thing that Restorative Police asks the homeless is “what they need to
get out of the mess they are in”. Tickets and arrests have not worked. The idea
is to help the client move in a more positive direction.
ƒ The statistics for last year’s restorative court were as follows.
o 107 clients processed
o 27 on vulnerable index
o 22 obtained recovery and reunited with their family
o 26 opted out
o 50 program placements i.e. Royal Palms Los Angeles
o 14 housed off the street
Ann Detrick, PhD
Director
ADMHS
John Doyel, MA, CADC-II
Program Manager
ADP
John Richards
Les Jones
Chair
Vice Chair
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o 15 cases dismissed after 6 months. They completed their agreement
with the courts. This is considered a success.
According to Officer Hove, Restorative Police must perform tasks other
agencies refuse to do or do not do. Diapers for incontinent clients are an
example. Housing for clients who own a dog is another example. Restorative
Police are willing to go almost anywhere to help people and stabilize. Santa
Barbara’s Restorative Police use several Santa Barbara providers including
Salvation Army, Casa Esperanza, Willbridge, Sanctuary, Phoenix House, and
Millennium House (dual diagnosis), the latter being located in Porter Ranch in
Los Angeles. They also utilize the Royal Palms in Los Angeles, which offers
residential substance abuse recovery services to homeless men and women
throughout Southern California.
Several client profiles were given to provide a context for Restorative
Policing.
o A wanderer, with four hundred and forty seven citations and arrests in
the last 15 or 20 years. He was moved into the Faulding hotel and
developed a back problem. He moved to the floor and his backache
disappeared, as he was used to sleeping outside. He no longer requires
case management. He needs to be checked in with periodically for a
total of two hours a month.
o A woman with some sort of mental issue. She was divorced, lost her
home. She said that they steal her teeth at night, and bring them back
the next day.
o A man scared of his own shadow. Depression, job loss, apartment lost.
He said that he preferred jail to being homeless. He is also suicidal. He
was staying at Salvation Army and did not want to move. Solutions
may include SSI, Salvation Army ($300 a month), Affordable Housing
pending.
o A young man has been homeless since age 17. Has a history of
substance abuse. Fifty-four encounters with police.
Advisory Board member Jim Rohde, was part of the original training for the
Restorative Police program. Attendees learned to deal with persons in parks.
According to Mr. Rohde, restorative policing has reached a completely new
level.
Advisory Board member Sharon Byrne serves on the Salvation Army Board.
She noted that you have to be completely sober to live there. Salvation Army
has 70 beds. Of those, two are dedicated to Restorative Policing. It makes it
easier on Restorative Police knowing they have a bed available. There are also
beds at the Faulding Hotel. ADP is part of that.
According to Keld, the detox lag is a real problem. Restorative Policing had
no money originally. Now they have some money. Younger police officers
think the program has always existed.
VI.
Site Visits – none. Jenaro Valdez will visit Coast Valley Lompoc this month.
Please contact Jenaro Valdez. Date to be announced.
VII.
Chair’s Report
ƒ Tabled until next meeting
Ann Detrick, PhD
Director
ADMHS
John Doyel, MA, CADC-II
Program Manager
ADP
John Richards
Les Jones
Chair
Vice Chair
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VIII. Program Manager’s Report
ƒ Grants Update
o ADP took the lead in submitting an application for a new SAMHSA
grant called the Offender Access to Recovery Services (OARS) grant.
The grant will provide $400 thousand dollars a year for three years.
Good Samaritan Services and the Santa Barbara County Department of
Social Services is applying for a Regional Partnership Grant to look at
child welfare services, and the relationship to substance abuse. All of
the current ADP grants are going as planned. Our CAM subcontractor,
Children and Family Futures (CFF) administered a site visit on May
21-22 and left impressed with our CAM continuum of care. Santa
Barbara CAM is ahead on enrollment and completion numbers, but a
little behind on parent numbers. John Berg a new SAMHSA Program
Official will administer the Bridge to Recovery (B2R) grant. The
Clean and Sober Drug Court (CSDC) grant finally met all program
objectives.
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NADCP Conference in Nashville, TN, 5/29 – 6/2.
o Mr. Doyel felt that it was a great conference. Several trends emerged
from the conference including the need to develop national and
international drug court standards. A need was expressed for Veteran’s
treatment, and Veteran’s treatment courts. For the first time, Drug
Court Professionals expressed concern that drug courts were not
performing as well as they should be. Drug Courts do not have
universal standards of practice, and some drug courts are actually
increasing substance abuse and crime. Dr. Douglas Marlowe chastised
NADCP members saying that drug courts must improve and that there
are some well-informed groups seeking to replace drug courts with
different, more cost contained models. The decriminalization
movement is very aware of drug court inadequacies and problems.
Veteran’s Treatment courts are probably the most popular and the
most needed at this time.
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Standardization of Youth and Family Treatment System
o The entire treatment model, Matrix and Best Practice Motivational
Enhancement and Community Reinforcement methods has been
developed. The manuals and accompanying document have been
distributed to treatment providers. When agreement has been reached,
the model will be institutionalized. ADP is also going to provide
regular training and technical assistance.
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Isle Vista Work Group
o The IV Workgroup will now meet on the third Friday of the month.
The work group is looking at messaging that would celebrate Isla
Vista’s positive and healthy aspects. Several issues including crime,
Ann Detrick, PhD
Director
ADMHS
John Doyel, MA, CADC-II
Program Manager
ADP
John Richards
Les Jones
Chair
Vice Chair
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community issues, bicycle awareness and safety campaigns were
discussed.
IX.
Provider Evaluation Committee (PEC)
ƒ Kati Smith met with ADP Providers and told them about the Advisory Board
Provider Evaluation Committee’s work. Ms. Smith distributed drafts of two
documents: “Partial Scorecard” and Exhibit E checklist. ADP manager, John
Doyel said that completing a scorecard four times a year is a reasonable goal.
He noted that when a provider CEO or Executive Director does not attend the
meetings the result could be a great deal of miscommunication. According to
Ms. Smith, the PEC’s next project will focus on youth and family programs.
X.
Ventura County and Prevention (Communication) Committee
ƒ Advisory Board member, Dave Novis has been attending ADP Advisory
Board meetings in Ventura. Mr. Novis said that what was previously referred
to as a “Communication Committee” is actually an, “Education Committee”.
The Education Committee acts as an umbrella for school districts, the
Sheriff’s Department, the Police Department, and Mental Health for
information regarding addiction. Mr. Novis proposed making a presentation at
the August meeting with Mr. Hugo Goerner, chair of the Ventura County
Behavioral Health Education Committee. Mr. Novis requested that the
presentation be placed high on the agenda for the August meeting. Mr. Novis
presumed that Hugo would need 15-20 minutes. It was noted that a guest may
elicit questions. Mr. Novis will come back to the Advisory Board in August
after he has met with Mr. Goerner, and bring a proposal for a committee for
the Advisory Board, surrounding the area of communication and education.
XI.
Planning Session Continuation – tabled till the next meeting
MOTION: Advisory Board member Jim Rohde made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Kati Smith seconded the motion.
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Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 6.03 p.m. The next meeting will be
held on August 6, 2012 at Pea Soup Andersen’s Pavilion Room, Buellton, CA.
Ann Detrick, PhD
Director
ADMHS
John Doyel, MA, CADC-II
Program Manager
ADP
John Richards
Les Jones
Chair
Vice Chair