DATE:
December 5, 2023
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - REQUEST TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANTS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The District Attorney's Office (DAO) has a long history of utilizing grant funds to support the operation of the Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Homicide Unit and impaired driving prevention activities since 2014. This is a request to authorize the DAO to submit a grant application, and if awarded, to accept the grant funding for the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) DUI grant through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024-2025. The estimated grant amount of $2.5 million would be for the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. In addition to continuing vertical prosecution of DUI cases, the grant would also support community education on impaired driving and provide training for local law enforcement on DUI investigations.
This is also a request to authorize the DAO to apply for and accept grant funding from OTS in subsequent years provided there are no material changes to the grant terms and funding levels. If authorized, the DAO will return to the Board of Supervisors for authorization to appropriate awarded funds as necessary.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1. Waive Board Policy B-29, Fees, Grants, Revenue Contracts - Department Responsibility for Cost Recovery which requires full cost recovery of grants and to the extent it requires separate applications for authority to apply for and accept grants.
2. Authorize the District Attorney to apply for and accept grant funds in the estimated amount of $2.5 million for the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 from the California Office of Traffic Safety for the Driving Under the Influence program and apply for and accept grant funds in subsequent years provided there are no material changes to the grant terms or fu...
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