https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/11/santa-clara-county-clears-rape-kit-backlog-says-it-has-sped-up-processing/

SAN JOSE — After a loud call two years ago to drive down a backlog of untested rape kits in Santa Clara County, officials here announced that they have not only eliminated the backlog, but are now typically processing rape-kit evidence within two weeks — twice as fast as the one-month turnaround goal they initially set.

The 269 untested sexual-assault evidence kits — collected from victims, suspects, or both following a reported crime — that had been sitting in the county crime lab as of May 2018 have all been examined, according to a report from the county District Attorney’s Office presented Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors.