§ 26-14.002. Purpose, intent and authority.

(a)

This chapter provides for the establishment of Contra Costa County's Children and Families First Commission to implement the provisions of Proposition 10 adopted on November 3, 1998 and its Division 108 (commencing with Section 130100) added to the Health and Safety Code.

(b)

It is intended that appointments to the commission and any advisory committees established by it should, as deemed appropriate and within the discretion of the appointing body, be diverse and balanced according to race, geography, gender and ethnicity.

(c)

In developing, amending or otherwise revising the strategic plan, the commission should endeavor to ensure that the plan addresses children's needs in all the areas of the county, with special emphasis on areas where service gaps and needs are the greatest.

(Ord. 99-15 § 1, 98-46 § 1).