Memorandum
Date: June 7, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Brian L. Martin, Sheriff/Coroner
Subject: Public Hearing regarding AB481, California Government Code 7070-7075, Military Equipment use presentation and adoption of Sheriff's Office military equipment use policy
Executive Summary: On September 30, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 481 (“AB 481”), which became effective on January 1, 2022. AB 481 stated goals are to provide legally enforceable safeguards to protect the public’s welfare, safety, civil rights, and civil liberties before military equipment is funded, acquired, or used.
Section 7071 requires each law enforcement agency to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by adoption of a military equipment use policy, by ordinance at a regular meeting held pursuant to specified open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, use, or collaboration with another agency in the use, of military equipment. The section requires similar approval for the continued use of military equipment acquired before January 1, 2022, with May 1, 2022 as the deadline for an agency to begin a governing body approval process.
A law enforcement agency seeking the approval of the governing body must submit a proposed military equipment use policy to the governing body and make those documents available on the agency’s website at least 30 days before any public hearing concerning the military equipment at issue.
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Recommended Action: Public Hearing regarding AB481, California Government Code 7070-7075, Military Equipment use presentation and adoption of Sheriff's Office military equipment use policy