Supervisor Simitian’s broadside came at the end of a discussion on child welfare reforms the county is considering
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian railed against the California Department of Social Services this week for refusing to release an investigation of the county’s child welfare agency, calling it “mind-boggling” that a state report into the fentanyl overdose death of a San Jose infant is being kept secret.
Santa Clara County’s child welfare agency, revealing that the county’s new mission to keep troubled families together had led to a significant drop in at-risk children removed from unsafe homes. Supervisors were livid last year, when they first learned about that initial report months later in November when this news organization obtained a copy and was set to publish a story.
“I really do find it mind-boggling that the Board of Supervisors – with the responsibility to have just these kinds of hard conversations – can’t access the most relevant piece of information that prompted these conversations in the first place,” he said. “The report may have something to say about County Counsel – it seemed to be an inherent conflict of interest,” Baron said, especially since it took Simitian to prod Williams to take further steps to obtain the state report.Crime and Public Safety |Earlier in the meeting, the Board of Supervisors spent an hour and a half discussing progress on reforms to the Department of Family and Children’s Service,.
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