Recommendation R3
The Grand Jury recommends the SMCD create an updated map of the SMC with grave site information that can be protected and visible to the public on site by December 1, 2026. The SMCD should add section and row markers within the SMC that correspond to the new map. The map and physical files should be scanned to a digital location and then stored in a place where they cannot be damaged.
Jury report: A Final Resting Place’s Unrest: Revitalizing Santa Margarita’s Cemetery District · PDF page 9
Permanent linkOfficial response
Santa Margarita Cemetery District Board of Trustees
Agency plans to implementClaims electronic records and markers, with future kiosk, mapping and database work.
Read official response · PDF page 5Agency Recommendations 1–2 refer back to Finding 1 on page 2. Markers are both reported completed July 3 and described prospectively; a kiosk is planned within 60 days or the next few months. The response does not clearly complete the protected public map, scanning and safe-storage scope or provide one consistent timetable for all components.
- Install and maintain cemetery wayfinding markers. Owner: Santa Margarita Cemetery District Board of Trustees. Timing: Within three months, subject to funding and volunteer availability; the same response also reports July 3 marker installation..
- Construct a public kiosk with the cemetery map and proposed grave-search access. Owner: Santa Margarita Cemetery District Board of Trustees. Timing: Within the next 60 days under agency Finding 1; Recommendation 2 describes the next few months..
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.