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San Diego County, CA

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3.10m population • $4.0b budget
Websiteco.san-diego.ca.us
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San Diego County, CA protects homeowners from title fraud with Owner Alert notification system

The county's Real Estate Fraud Unit reported 38 title fraud cases under investigation in October 2022. Owner Alert is a free service for homeowners concerned about losing their properties to fraudulent title transfers. Subscribers provide their email address, name, and Assessor Parcel Number (APN) for targeted notifications. The county clerk's office emails when documents related to the APN are filed. The system allows up to 10 owner names and APNs per email address.

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San Diego County, CA approves the development of a homeless shelter matching app

County supervisors allocated $300,000 for the app's development by Caravan Studios. The app populates the current availability and resources for every shelter in San Diego County. Social workers, police officers, and service providers match unhoused residents with temporary accommodations fitting their needs through the app. This first-in-the-country project is modeled after the Safe Shelter Collaborative, a platform matching victims of domestic violence with safe locations in minutes.

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San Diego County, CA introduces ShakeReadySD mobile app feature for early earthquake warnings

ShakeReadySD was incorporated into the existing SD Emergency app following a collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Seismic activity recorded by the agency's 770 underground sensors triggers alerts to app users. The criteria for activating ShakeReadySD include magnitudes of 4.5 or higher and shaking intensities of 3 or higher. The long-term goal of ShakeReadySD is to improve earthquake safety by alerting residents ahead of seismic waves.

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San Diego County, CA provided specialized training to dispatchers to identify potential hate crimes

San Diego County dispatchers received specialized training from the Deputy District Attorney to identify potential hate crimes. Hate crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute without evidence proving the motive so the training focused primarily on teaching the San Diego County 911 dispatchers the role they can play in gathering key evidence to proving bias.

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San Diego County, CA launches a body-worn camera pilot program for deputies at women's jail facility

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department launched a pilot program for outfitting deputies with body-worn cameras in the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility. The pilot includes 72 deputies at the women's jail, approximately 30% of the deputies working at the facility, making it the first in the regio to use body-worn cameras. Survey feedback from the participating deputies will be used to improve the department's body-worn camera policies and identify the best training practices.

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San Diego County, CA District Attorney's Office mobile app provides police with cultural knowledge

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office developed a mobile app to provide police officers with cultural knowledge during non-emergency incidents. The app lists norms associated with ethnic and religious communities including traditions, beliefs, greetings, general experiences with police and what to expect when visiting their household. The app includes information on Chaldean, East African, Native American, Samoan, and Vietnamese communities along with Black and Latino youth.

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San Diego County, CA "Power Your Drive" program installs 2,000 electric vehicle charging stations

San Diego County enters the second phase of its "Power Your Drive" program which permits the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) public utility company to construct electric vehicle charging stations throughout the region. The California Public Utilities Commission is requiring that SDG&E pay for a third-party audit because the first phase of the program went $25 million over budget. The program will install 2,000 charging stations in 200 locations with 50% located in lower-income communities.

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San Diego County, CA developed "Live Well San Diego" to address chronic health issues

To curb rising rates of chronic health issues, the County developed Live Well San Diego in 2010 using the Collective Impact framework, an innovative and structured approach to measure and address deeply entrenched social problems with the help of regional partnerships.

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San Diego County, CA

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