Report 2018-117 Recommendation 12 Responses

Report 2018-117: City and County Contracts With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Local Governments Must Improve Oversight to Address Health and Safety Concerns and Cost Overruns (Release Date: February 2019)

Recommendation #12 To: Orange County Sheriff's Department

To ensure that it does not unnecessarily spend county funds to house ICE detainees, Orange County officials should renegotiate its contract per-diem rate with ICE as soon as possible, and at least before renewing the contract in 2020, arrive at an amount that covers all of the county's allowable costs for housing ICE detainees.

60-Day Agency Response

Renegotiation of the contract per-diem rate with ICE is not viable since we have decided to cancel the ICE contract effective August 1, 2019. Notice of contract cancellation was sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement on March 27, 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Resolved

Because Orange County has ended its contract with ICE for housing detainees, the recommendation no longer applies.

All Recommendations in 2018-117

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.