DATE:
September 30, 2025
06
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
RATIFY GRANT APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FOR THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM, ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE GRANT AGREEMENTS WITH THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS, ESTABLISH APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZE SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENTS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) has funding available under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, a federal program of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice, that supports states, local governments, and tribes in implementing a broad range of public safety initiatives. Currently, the BSCC is administering $30.6 million in federal funding through the JAG Equipment and Training Program, a one-time funding opportunity for counties through a formula-based, non-competitive grant process. San Diego County has been allocated $2,578,468 for the grant period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The JAG Equipment and Training Program funds equipment, supplies, and training initiatives related to specific JAG Program Purpose Areas (PPA) and priority areas of need, which include law enforcement programs related to violent crime reduction, drug enforcement and pre-arrest interventions to treatment, prosecution and court programs focused on violent crime prosecution and innovative indigent defense, and prevention and education programs for "at promise" youth.
Through this grant, the Public Safety Executive Office would serve as the County's lead agency for the grant and would work with County public safety departments and offices to fund a variety of one-time needs, including crime lab and drug detection and investigation enhancements in the Sheriff's Office, vehicles to support youth vocational programs in the Probation Department, investigative technology i...
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