Grand Juror Application - Santa Barbara County Grand Jury

Court is Seeking Grand Jury volunteers for the 2024 – 25 Civil Grand Jury! Click the link below for more information.
2024-2025 CGJ Press Release

Apply to be a Grand Juror

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Fill Out and Submit the Online Application Below

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Call (805) 882-4530 or (805) 614-6464 to start your application

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Write to:

JURY SERVICES
1108 Santa Barbara Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

JURY SERVICES
312 E. Cook Street, Bldg F.
Santa Maria, CA 93454

2024-2025 Grand Jury Online Application

This form will record your name, please fill in your name.(Required)

1) Please enter today's date(Required)

Month

Day

Year

2) Name(Required)

First Name Middle Last

3) Enter your Supervisorial District

Visit http://sbcassessor.com/ElectionDataLookup/Default.aspx to check your supervisorial district.

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

4) Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code

5) Email

6) Phone

7) Date of Birth

Month

Day

Year

8) Enter your employment status

Employed

Unemployed

Retired

9) What is your current or former occupation?

10) List all occupations, jobs (paid or volunteer), or experience, including prior grand jury experience, that you believe qualifies you for service on the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury

11) The Civil Grand Jury actively engages in gathering data, and investigations can become taxing in terms of energy as well as time. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being best, how would you rate your health?

12) Grand jurors must devote an average of 20-25 hours per week to Grand Jury Service for the entire year of service. Some weeks jurors might need to devote more than that amount. Are you able to devote that amount of time, understanding that much of that time will need to occur during normal business hours?

Yes

13) Do you have reliable transportation to attend grand jury meetings?

Note: many meetings are currently being held by videoconference while COVID-19 is prevalent.

Yes

14) Do you meet the requirements to be a civil grand juror?

Please visit https://sbcgj.org/become-a-grand-juror/ to review requirements.

Yes

15) Are you able and willing to evaluate issues and topics without expressing personal bias?

Yes

16) Are you able and willing to investigate county and local government issues and prepare written reports on those issues?

Yes

17) The work of the grand jury is confidential. Would you be able to keep confidential, even from friends and family, the subjects of your investigation for as long as you shall live?

Yes

18) Do you have plans to be absent from Santa Barbara County for more than four continuous weeks during the civil grand jury term?

July 1 through June 30 the following year.

Yes

19) Have you ever held public office or have you been employed by a public agency?

Yes

19a) If you answered "Yes" above, please tell us about your experience either as a public officer or public employee. (i.e., position held, dates, location, etc.)

20) Please tell us why you want to be a civil grand juror.

21) What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

Some High School (but did not graduate)

High School

Junior College

Some College (but did not graduate)

College (Bachelor's Degree)

College (Advanced Degree)

Trade School

None of the above

22) Are you active in any fraternal, civil, professional, service or social organizations or clubs?

Yes

22a) If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please tell us which organizations.

23) Please indicate in which of the following areas you have experience and ability. (Select all that apply)

Word Processing Software

Spreadsheets

Accounting

Auditing

Budget Analysis

Management

Interviewing/Investigating

Research

Writing

Ability to use email

Presentation Software (e.g., PowerPoint)

Videoconferencing applications (e.g. Zoom, Microsoft Teams)

24) Are you proficient using a computer and would you be comfortable learning new computer skills?

The grand jury uses several computer- based programs to communicate as well as to conduct its investigative work.

Yes

25) What licenses, certificates, or credentials do you possess?

These are not required to be a grand juror.

26) Please list any areas of interest and/or experience (choose all that apply).

Audit and Finance

Criminal Justice

Health & Social Services

Cities, Joint Powers

Editorial

Natural Resources

Housing

Education

Planning & Development

Special Districts

Other

26a) If you selected other above

27) Have you previously served as a grand juror?

Yes

27a) If you answered "Yes" to the previous question, please tell us what year(s) you served.

28) Would you be interested in serving as Foreperson of the Grand Jury?

The Foreperson conducts weekly meetings, attends committee meetings, handles all media contacts, prepares agendas and will spend significantly more time than 25 hours per week.

Yes

Maybe

29) Do you declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information that you have provided is true and correct to the best of your knowledge?

Yes, I so declare

No, I am not willing to declare

Applicant Demographics

The California Rules of Court, Rule 10.625 requires that all trial courts to collect the following data from prospective grand jurors and that this information be made available to the public. (This information is not used in the selection process of jurors and it will be used anonymously.)

30) What is your age range?

18-25

26-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75 and over

31) What is your gender?

Woman

Man

Non-binary

Prefer not to say

32) What is your race or ethnicity?

American Indian or Alaskan Native

Asian

Black or African American

Hispanic/Latino

Native Hawaiian of Pacific Islander

White

Other

Decline to Answer

33) How did you learn about the opportunity to become a civil grand juror?

Newspaper

Social Media

Court Website

TV News

Community Organization

TV Advertisement

Nextdoor.com

Other