Legislative Analyst's Office, May 1998

California Counties

A Look at Program Performance

Part V

Appendix: Information Needed to Assess Performance

Throughout the report, we identify information gaps that impede California's ability to evaluate county program performance. Some of these information gaps pertain to programs of primarily local interest, such as libraries and roads. In other cases, however, additional information is needed to assess county performance in implementing programs of significant statewide interest. Below, we list information (in addition to that contained in this report) that--if collected in a consistent manner--would significantly improve the Legislature's ability to assess county performance in administering programs of statewide interest.

We note that, in some cases, imposing new county reporting requirements would create a state-reimbursable "mandate" under Article XIII B of the California Constitution. In other cases, however, the Legislature could require additional information from counties as a condition for the receipt of state funding, such as funds for operation of juvenile detention "camps," child support incentive payments, or subventions under the California "Citizens Option for Public Safety" program.

Children's Programs

Social Services and Health

Criminal Justice

Data Supplement

The following four tables display the data used to generate the figures in this report. Whenever possible, the tables include comparable data for the state's small counties.

County Data Supplement-Children's Programs

  Figure Number
County 1 2 3 4
Alameda 63% 50% 16% 60%
Alpine 100 NA 8 NA
Amador 83 NA 6 NA
Butte 81 NA 19 NA
Calaveras 90 NA 18 NA
Colusa 46 NA 18 NA
Contra Costa 77 52 20 59
Del Norte 65 NA 11 NA
El Dorado 64 NA 21 NA
Fresno 64 55 16 61
Glenn 73 NA 10 NA
Humboldt 80 NA 18 NA
Imperial 83 NA 21 NA
Inyo 85 NA 0 NA
Kern 68 58 17 62
Kings 78 NA 20 NA
Lake 71 NA 5 NA
Lassen 66 NA 28 NA
Los Angeles NA NA 18 NA
Madera 64 NA 12 NA
Marin 82 NA 19 NA
Mariposa 75 NA 13 NA
Mendocino 64 NA 17 NA
Merced 91 41 12 71
Modoc 50 NA NA NA
Mono 60 NA 9 NA
Monterey 74 NA 17 NA
Napa 67 NA 22 NA
Nevada 76 NA 25 NA
Orange 71 45 14 63
Placer 77 NA 10 NA
Plumas 75 NA 38 NA
Riverside 78 45 14 65
Sacramento 71 47 21 55
San Benito 53 NA 16 NA
San Bernardino 74 55 17 62
San Diego 81 40 12 69
San Francisco 60 70 10 80
San Joaquin 73 48 13 68
San Luis Obispo 75 NA 19 NA
San Mateo 89 65 8 98
Santa Barbara 77 NA 21 NA
Santa Clara 86 54 12 75
Santa Cruz 80 NA 15 NA
Shasta 82 NA 25 NA
Sierra 100 NA 15 NA
Siskiyou 75 NA 25 NA
Solano 75 NA 17 NA
Sonoma 70 NA 21 NA
Stanislaus 80 NA 20 NA
Sutter 74 NA 14 NA
Tehama 86 NA 18 NA
Trinity 77 NA 15 NA
Tulare 81 NA 20 NA
Tuolumne 41 NA 21 NA
Ventura 76 NA 14 NA
Yolo 79 NA 17 NA
Yuba 86 NA 24 NA

NA: Data is not available, not applicable, or otherwise not suitable for inclusion within the supplement.



County Data Supplement-Social Services

  Figure Number
County 5 6 7 8 9a 9b
Alameda -23% 61% 15 29 9.5 9.8
Alpine -50 NA 169 0 NA NA
Amador -17 NA 15 0 NA NA
Butte -19 66 43 1 9.6 10.9
Calaveras -18 NA 25 0 NA NA
Colusa -40 NA 30 2 NA NA
Contra Costa -20 64 20 22 7.5 8
Del Norte -17 NA 70 0 NA NA
El Dorado -24 NA 12 13 NA NA
Fresno -25 77 38 45 NA 12.8
Glenn -26 NA 47 0 NA NA
Humboldt -18 NA 15 17 NA NA
Imperial 3 79 24 5 NA NA
Inyo -7 NA 0 NA NA NA
Kern -16 63 39 102 8.3 11.9
Kings -21 NA 15 12 NA NA
Lake -18 NA 23 4 NA NA
Lassen -37 NA 44 0 NA NA
Los Angeles -17 19 16 12 8.1 11.6
Madera -18 NA 29 2 NA NA
Marin -27 NA 17 20 7.5 10.5
Mariposa -18 NA 89 0 NA NA
Mendocino -27 NA 15 41 NA NA
Merced -24 85 19 15 6.4 6.7
Modoc -20 NA 246 0 NA NA
Mono -20 NA 65 0 NA NA
Monterey -34 73 16 131 7.7 10.3
Napa -35 NA 14 0 NA NA
Nevada -34 NA 16 12 NA NA
Orange -29 71 11 6 6 7.9
Placer -30 NA 16 17 4.9 8.2
Plumas -28 NA 59 0 NA NA
Riverside -17 38 13 25 7.5 11.9
Sacramento -14 40 24 7 7.4 11.5
San Benito -32 NA 12 0 NA NA
San Bernardino -20 34 21 8 6.6 13
San Diego -25 56 12 12 8.1 8.7
San Francisco -30 64 54 19 20.4 17.8
San Joaquin -22 54 23 31 10.7 8.9
San Luis Obispo -22 NA 21 18 7.6 10.1
San Mateo -42 80 11 50 6.3 9.7
Santa Barbara -26 86 42 16 9.3 10.4
Santa Clara -38 73 15 32 4.8 7
Santa Cruz -32 NA 21 10 8.9 10.3
Shasta -7 77 17 0 7.2 12.5
Sierra -11 NA 396 0 NA NA
Siskiyou -24 NA 23 0 NA NA
Solano -14 59 11 22 5.4 7.4
Sonoma -27 100 32 24 8.1 11.1
Stanislaus -21 74 13 24 10 10.3
Sutter -24 NA NA NA NA NA
Tehama -21 NA 32 18 NA NA
Trinity -30 NA 90 0 NA NA
Tulare -21 73 24 24 7.4 9.5
Tuolumne -18 NA 19 0 NA NA
Ventura -23 92 12 23 6 9.9
Yolo -22 NA 74 12 NA NA
Yuba -17 NA 20 14 NA NA

NA: Data is not available, not applicable, or otherwise not suitable for inclusion within the supplement.

9a: Drug-related deaths per 100,000 residents

9b: Alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 residents



County Data Supplement-Criminal Justice

  Figure Number
County 10 11 12a 12b 13 14
Alameda 2935% -1% NA 267 61 66
Alpine NA NA NA NA 76 51
Amador NA NA NA NA 19 87
Butte 1,773 -35.1 105 219 9 41
Calaveras NA NA NA NA 17 146
Colusa NA NA NA NA 30 34
Contra Costa 2,063 -14.2 NA 400 33 78
Del Norte NA NA NA NA 13 95
El Dorado 1,401 -20.4 79 451 13 43
Fresno 3,926 7.3 20 1,611 19 108
Glenn NA NA NA 1,719 15 330
Humboldt 2,049 -24.2 NA 1,177 11 30
Imperial 2,564 -4.9 NA NA 19 32
Inyo NA NA NA NA 26 93
Kern 2,396 -27.2 34 707 15 96
Kings 1,958 NA 388 NA 20 61
Lake NA NA NA NA 14 64
Lassen NA NA NA 633 40 81
Los Angeles 3,155 -9.6 43 1,074 21 54
Madera 2,608 NA NA NA 11 51
Marin 1,138 -2.4 NA 582 27 66
Mariposa NA NA NA 918 29 75
Mendocino NA NA NA 1,268 18 45
Merced 2,641 40 47 1,595 9 80
Modoc NA NA 12 2,071 29 76
Mono NA NA NA 8,732 48 94
Monterey 1,871 -8.5 NA NA 31 48
Napa 1,171 -56.3 NA 1,655 22 61
Nevada NA NA NA NA 11 59
Orange 1,727 -4.4 66 807 23 51
Placer 1,641 -40 27 693 23 56
Plumas NA NA NA 325 21 58
Riverside 2,860 -12.6 1 1,259 29 73
Sacramento 3,581 -7.8 12 697 17 80
San Benito NA NA NA NA 12 58
San Bernardino 3,143 -9.7 NA 399 35 67
San Diego 2,279 2.4 318 200 21 32
San Francisco 3,350 0.4 NA 7 NA 115
San Joaquin 2,895 8.2 33 NA 12 223
San Luis Obispo 1,193 28.3 NA NA 25 38
San Mateo 1,110 -46.4 NA NA 43 57
Santa Barbara 1,530 -2.6 0 540 23 47
Santa Clara 1,441 17 NA NA 21 101
Santa Cruz 1,941 27.3 NA 76 8 47
Shasta 2,069 25.7 26 342 23 62
Sierra NA NA NA NA 30 55
Siskiyou NA NA 19 NA 17 48
Solano 2,381 -8.7 19 NA 44 40
Sonoma 1,496 5.8 18 679 26 42
Stanislaus 3,177 41.2 58 NA 17 62
Sutter NA NA NA 554 15 127
Tehama NA NA 20 NA 15 33
Trinity NA NA NA 1,211 15 36
Tulare 2,282 -6.5 67 NA 21 75
Tuolumne NA NA NA 281 10 102
Ventura 1,368 -13.8 NA 1,230 55 75
Yolo 2,078 13.7 24 378 36 96
Yuba NA NA NA 69 11 27

NA: Data is not available, not applicable, or otherwise not suitable for inclusion within the supplement.

12a: Jail releases per 10,000 residents

12b: Outstanding warrants per 10,000 residents



County Data Supplement-Roads and Libraries

  Figure Number
 
County 15 16 17a 17b 17c 18a 18b
Alameda M NA 12 7 4 4.1 7
Alpine L NA 4 483 25 12.5 10
Amador H NA NA NA NA NA NA
Butte L NA 8 6 1 2.7 2
Calaveras M NA 6 36 2 2.5 3
Colusa L NA 7 31 3 6.8 3
Contra Costa M >25% 26 10 2 3.2 5
Del Norte H NA NA NA NA NA NA
El Dorado M NA 6 12 2 3 4
Fresno M <10 43 9 1 3.6 2
Glenn L NA NA NA NA NA NA
Humboldt M NA 11 20 3 2.4 6
Imperial L >25 NA NA NA NA NA
Inyo L NA 7 86 6 3.5 9
Kern M >10 28 14 2 3.5 3
Kings L NA 6 16 1 2.2 3
Lake H NA 4 19 2 2.7 4
Lassen L NA NA NA NA NA NA
Los Angeles H >25 89 11 3 3.8 4
Madera H NA 5 16 1 3.7 2
Marin L NA 12 26 5 4.3 9
Mariposa H NA 5 55 3 2.9 4
Mendocino L NA 6 19 1 2 4
Merced L NA 16 11 1 2.8 1
Modoc L NA 5 75 7 4.2 8
Mono L NA 7 172 7 4.1 7
Monterey L NA 19 29 3 4.4 4
Napa H NA NA NA NA NA NA
Nevada L NA 4 8 2 1.9 3
Orange L <10 28 10 2 3.1 5
Placer L NA 11 21 3 3.7 5
Plumas L NA 11 71 4 23.3 4
Riverside M >10 NA NA NA NA NA
Sacramento H >25 NA NA NA NA NA
San Benito L NA 2 10 1 2.5 2
San Bernardino M >25 30 10 1 3.1 3
San Diego M NA 34 12 2 2.4 3
San Francisco NA NA 29 14 8 6.7 7
San Joaquin M <10 NA NA NA NA NA
San Luis Obispo L NA 16 16 3 2.5 7
San Mateo M NA 13 19 3 4.9 6
Santa Barbara M NA NA NA NA NA NA
Santa Clara L <10 11 13 6 3 15
Santa Cruz H NA NA NA NA NA NA
Shasta L NA NA NA NA NA NA
Sierra L NA NA NA NA NA NA
Siskiyou L NA 13 51 4 2.7 5
Solano M NA 6 6 2 3 6
Sonoma H >10 NA NA NA NA NA
Stanislaus L NA 13 13 2 3.2 4
Sutter L >10 5 15 2 2.3 4
Tehama L NA 3 12 1 1.8 3
Trinity H NA 3 500 3 2.3 5
Tulare L NA 17 13 1 3.2 2
Tuolumne L NA 7 21 2 3.6 3
Ventura L >10 16 10 2 3 3
Yolo L >25 8 17 3 2.6 7

NA: Data is not available, not applicable, or otherwise not suitable for inclusion within the supplement.

17a: Library Outlets

17b: Weekly service hours per 10,000 residents

17c: Staff per 10,000 residents

18a: Annual expenditures per circulation

18b: Annual circulation per resident



Acknowledgments

Developing this wide-ranging report required the help of many state, county, and academic organizations.

While we know that they do not always agree with our findings, we gratefully acknowledge the help of many counties, particularly Contra Costa, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin, Sacramento, and Santa Clara. These counties reviewed the data included in this report, and helped us interpret the results.

Several state departments provided us information and guidance as we developed the figures in this book, particularly the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, Department of Mental Health, California Department of Justice, Board of Corrections, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, California Highway Patrol, California Department of Transportation, and the California State Library.

Finally, we received significant help and advice from the RAND Corporation and the Child Welfare Research Center at the University of California at Berkeley.

This report was the product of many people at the Legislative Analyst's Office. David Mancuso, Todd R. Bland, and Catherine E. Senderling, under the supervision of Charles Lieberman, wrote the Children's Programs and Social Services and Health chapters. Craig Cornett and Clifton John Curry wrote the Criminal Justice chapter. Michael Cohen and Marianne O'Malley wrote the Roads and Libraries chapter.

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