The Administration Bureau includes clerical support for case processing and secretarial support for prosecutions, fiscal services, personnel administration, information technology services which includes technical production of courtroom exhibits, facilities management, grants administration and statistical reporting.

Facts about the District Attorney’s Office

Staffing

The office has a total of 105 permanent employees made up of attorneys, investigators, secretarial and clerical positions, information systems positions and administrative positions.  In addition, the office is assisted by two S.T.A.R.S. volunteers and interns from Butte College and Cal Northern School of Law.

Budgets

The budget for prosecutions and investigations of major crimes is $5.8 million from the county general fund and $1.6 million from grants and other revenues for a total budget in the amount of $7.4 million.

The budget for child abduction and recovery is $252,000 and is funded by state funding.

The budget for welfare fraud investigations is $1.4 million and funded by state funding.

In addition to working at the District Attorney's Office, a lot of our employees volunteer or assist with local community or national related events. The following are some of those events:  

     Coats for Kids Event

Every year for the past four years, approximately 100 coats each year were collected and donated by the District Attorney’s Office to “Coats for Kids”.  “Coats for Kids” distributes clean, usable winter coats for kids and adults through out Butte County.   Connie Carter, a member of the District Attorney’s administrative staff has coordinated the event annually.  Connie says, “You should see the kids and parents faces when they get to pick out a new coat for winter.  They are so grateful.”

     Katrina Relief Event

District Attorney Staff joined with Paradise community members in a rummage sale event for Katrina Relief.   The District Attorney’s Office contributed 35 boxes (over 200 pounds) of items for the sale.  Jeanne Seligman, a member of the District Attorney’s staff coordinated this event and personnel helped to sort, box and transport the donations.

     Animal Shelter Assistance Event

When the animal shelter needed to take care of 50 puppies rescued from a puppy mill operation, their resources were quickly depleted.  District Attorney Staff contributed money, puppy food, blankets for bedding and cleaning supplies to the animal shelter.  All of the puppies had to be bathed when taken to the shelter.  One District Attorney Employee contributed time at the end of her normal work day to bathe puppies.