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Downtown Austin Community Court (DACC) DACC Geographic Service Area (GSA) Options Data Option #1: DACC to Maintain Adjudication of Prop B/Statewide Camping Ban Violations Citywide; Expand Adjudication of Current Charge Codes (all other Class C misdemeanors) Citywide Like Charge Codes at DACC, AMC The table below shows the total number of cases adjudicated at DACC from 2017-2019 in Row 1. In Row 2 (labeled AMC), those same cases cited outside of DACC’s GSA for the same three-year period are shown. Option #1 reflects an expansion of all current DACC cases city-wide. Court DACC AMC 2017 6,026 6,336 2018 2,842 4,649 2019 2,020 3,160 DACC’s average number of total adjudicated cases for the three-year period is 3,629. Average (maximum) number of cases currently adjudicated at AMC that would come to DACC in Option #1: 4,715 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option #1.5: DACC to Maintain Adjudication of Prop B/Statewide Camping Ban Violations Citywide; Expand Adjudication of Current Charge Codes (other Class C misdemeanors) to Other Parts of Austin on a Needs-Based Timeline A needs-based timeline discussed at the staff level would include the initial expansion of DACC’s Top 10 cases. The table below represents the case increase to DACC if DACC absorbed the Top 10 cases cited outside of the current GSA (now going to AMC). DACC Top 10 Cases Adjudicated at AMC from 2017-2019 Court AMC 2017 4,953 2018 3,940 2019 2,853 Average (maximum) number of Top 10 cases that would come to DACC instead of AMC in Option #1.5: 3,915 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option #2: DACC to Maintain Current Charge Codes in Existing Geographic Service Area and Citywide Prop B/State Camping Ban Violations, Expand to Include Any Charge Codes for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Citywide  The chart below shows total people experiencing homelessness with cases adjudicated at AMC from 2017-2019. Court AMC 2017 4,029 2018 2,685 2019 2,248 Average (maximum) number of additional cases for people experiencing homelessness that would come to DACC in Option #2: 2,987. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Option #3: DACC to Drop Current Charge Codes, Adjudicate Only Citywide Proposition B/State Camping Ban Violations, and Any Charge Codes for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Citywide The tables below show the number of cases that would come to DACC, if DACC adjudicated only cases for the Proposition B/Statewide Camping Ban violations and other citations given only to people experiencing homelessness (PEH). Court DACC PEH/ Camping Ban Cases AMC PEH/ Camping Ban Cases Total PEH/Camping Ban Cases Court DACC Current Total Cases 2017 4,366 2018 2,006 2019 994 4,112 2,714 2,261 8,478 4,720 3,255 2017 6,026 2018 2,842 2019 2,020 Additional Cases to DACC per year for Option #3: 2017 2,452 2018 1,878 2019 1,235 Average (maximum) number of additional cases from 2017-2019 that would come to DACC from AMC for Option #3: 1,855 2