Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jeniffer Alacantra, Court Executive Officer
Subject: Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the appointment of Aniket Garg as a Youth Commissioner to the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2028.
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BACKGROUND:
For the efficient and effective statutory compliance of the review of juvenile operations in this county, the Court and the Board have agreed that the appointees by the Court to the Juvenile Justice Commission are appointed concurrently by the Board of Supervisors to the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission. Historically, the County’s practice has been to have candidates for Commission membership identified by the County or by the Commission membership. The Court then reviews, appoints, and recommends concurrent appointment by the Board of Supervisors.
DISCUSSION:
This is a request that the Board of Supervisors appoint the above-recommended commissioner to the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission.
With the recommendation of the Juvenile Presiding Judge, Susan Jakubowski, Presiding Judge Stephanie G. Garratt does not object to and recommends to the County of San Mateo the appointment of Aniket Garg as a Youth Commissioner to the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Commission for the term prescribed by law.
This appointment is for an initial partial term effective upon approval of this memorandum and ending on December 31, 2028. Aniket Garg is being recommended to a seat formerly held by Enya Yaun, who resigned prior to her December 2028 term expiry.
Aniket Garg is a sophomore at Crystal Springs Uplands School. He has lived in San Mateo County his whole life and currently lives in Atherton. Aniket is a Cadet with the San Mateo Police Department. He graduated from the Peninsula Law Enforcement Explorer Academy in 2025 and volunteers with the department every month. His experience as a Cadet led him to seek out the San Mateo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commissions (JJDPC) and apply. He also volunteers at the San Mateo Public Library, where he helps run the Summer Reading Challenge and “Story Times”.
At Crystal Springs, Aniket is on the Finance and Community Engagement Committees and has been stage manager for three school plays. He has competed in Model United Nations for several years, including conferences at Stanford and MIT, where he researches issues and writes policy proposals. He speaks Mandarin fluently, made the Distinguished Honor Roll on the American Mathematics Competition, and plays junior varsity tennis. He has also spent the last two summers interning at PlayerZero, an artificial intelligence company, where he helped plan the company’s launch and worked with its product and customer teams.
The San Mateo County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commissions are pleased to recommend Aniket Garg for appointment as a Youth Commissioner. His work with the San Mateo Police Department has given him a practical understanding of how the juvenile justice system affects young people and their families, and we are confident he will bring a thoughtful youth perspective to our work.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.