“Climate Change: How Will Marin Adapt?” is the recently released Marin County Civil Grand Jury report urging the county to adopt a central strategy to address the coming impacts of climate change. The Marin IJ front page article “Watchdog Calls
2019-2020 Grand Jury term extension
Statement from Lucy Dilworth, Foreperson 2019-2020 Marin County Civil Grand Jury: Since March 2020, the 2019-2020 Marin Civil Grand Jury has worked entirely remotely but despite this it continues to function in its role as an independent watchdog that monitors
Golden Gate Village Concern Voiced in IJ
On August 6 the Marin IJ sections, Editorial and Marin Voice, both raised concern for the longstanding need of a workable improvement plan for the deteriorating Golden Gate Village in Marin City. This Marin Housing Authority low-income property, built in
Seven Development Updates on 2018-2019 Reports
The July 30th Marin IJ article, Panel sees good response to its views on issues , highlights the investigative work by the current Marin County Civil Grand Jury on seven reports by prior year’s civil grand jury. The objective of
Body Cameras for all Marin Cities and County Police Departments
The 2018 Grand Jury follow up report, Body-worn Cameras and Marin Law Enforcement, found with the exception of Sausalito, all county law enforcement agencies were following the 2013-14 Marin Civil Grand Jury’s recommendation that body-worn cameras be used. Today’s Marin
Articles on the Grand Jury Report on Cyberattacks
Within three weeks of the May 11 release of the Grand Jury report Cyberattacks: A growing Threat to Marin, the Marin IJ published two articles on this perturbing issue and another article appears in the online Marin Post. The report’s
CGJA Annual Conference Postponed
The California Grand Jurors’ Association, our parent organization, had asked our chapter to host their annual conference in San Rafael this coming October. Unfortunately, due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the conference had to be postponed. While we’re disappointed with this temporary decision,
Extension of Nominations for Excellence in Reporting Awards
The CGJA extension for nominations of its Best Grand Jury Reporting and Media Coverage Awards is giving chapter members until July 20 to inform the Board of Directors of their choices…
MCCGJA Chapter Update
The Board of Directors has voted to extended member nominations for the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer elections taking place in the fall.
This will better sync with Judge Sweet’s directive on extending the current Grand Jury’s term and the selection and impaneling of the 2020-2021 Jury…
New Chapter Website Launch
The Communication and Membership committee is very proud to announce the launching of an entirely new and revamped Chapter website. We have been extremely fortunate to have Alan Schaevitz act as our Webmaster. He had been instrumental in remodeling the Marin Coalition’s website