DATE:
April 09, 2024
03
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
DISTRICT ATTORNEY - RATIFICATON OF APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA LABOR COMMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS WORKERS' RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT GRANT PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The State of California Budget Act of 2023 appropriated $18 million to the California Labor Commission's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to implement a Workers' Rights Enforcement Grant Program. This program will provide grants totaling $8,550,000 in 2024-2025 to eligible public prosecutors. The grant funds will defray costs expended on state labor law enforcement and serve the public purpose to assist workers to combat wage theft, prevent unfair competition, and protect state revenue.
This is a request to ratify the submission of a grant application to the California Labor Commission's Department of Industrial Relations for the Workers' Rights Enforcement Grant Program for the project period August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025. This is also a request to authorize the District Attorney to accept funding from the DIR, if awarded, in the estimated amount of $750,000 this year and in subsequent years, and to authorize the District Attorney, and/or her designee, this year and in subsequent years, to review and execute all required grant and grant related documents, including agreements and any annual extensions, amendments, and/or revisions thereof that do not materially impact or alter the services or funding levels.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
1. Waive Board Policy B-29, Fees, Grants, Revenue Contracts - Department Responsibility for Cost Recovery, which requires prior approval of grant applications and full cost recovery for grants, as this grant program does not recover full cost.
2. Ratify the District Attorney's submission of the grant application to the California Labor Commission's Department of Industrial Relations for the Workers' ...
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