The California Council on Criminal Justice (CCCJ) is an entity of the government of California that acts as the supervisory board concerning federal grants by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and an advisory board for other requirements of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act of 1968.
[4] The current chair is Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully.
A notable council chair was Mike Carona,[5] former Sheriff-Coroner of Orange County convicted of witness tampering.
[6] Previously there existed the subordinate Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) from 1997 to 2003 which largely controlled the functions of the council,[7][4] but the CCCJ's functions were transferred to the California Office of Emergency Services (OES) in 2003.
[10] The statutory requirements of the OCJP, and hence the OES, are to:[11] It may also: The California Major Narcotic Vendors Prosecution Law is a program of financial and technical assistance for district attorneys' offices,[12] whose funds are administered and disbursed by the executive director of the office in consultation with the CCCJ.