HomeMy WebLinkAbout20A - AA - LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDINGREQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
DECEMBER 16, 20'14
TITLE:
APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT FOR
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND
COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS LAW
ENFORCEMENT FUNDING
(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 3B)
(� CITY MANAG R
RECOMMENDED ACTION
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❑ As Recommended
❑ As Amended
❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading
❑ ordinance on 2nd Reading
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $642,464 in Board of State and Community
Corrections Local Assistance law enforcement funds from the California Board of State and
Community Corrections in the Police Block Grants revenue account and appropriate same to the
grant expenditure account.
DISCUSSION
Legislation associated with the California 2011 Budget Act established the Board of State and
Community Corrections (BSCC) as an independent entity, effective July 1, 2012. The BSCC
assumed the previous functions of the Corrections Standards Authority, as well as other public safety
programs previously administered by the California Emergency Management Agency.
As part of the 2013 State Budget Act, $27.5 million for Local Assistance was appropriated for city
police departments, with the allocation formula to be developed by the BSCC in consultation with the
Department of Finance. The 2014 allocation is $40 million, a 45 percent increase. The California
Police Chiefs Association (CPCA), on behalf of local law enforcement agencies, presented to the
BSCC an allocation formula based upon the regional needs in each county. In its proposal, the CPCA
proposed that the funds could be used regionally and in cooperation with other agencies, and with a
focus on serious, violent crimes and habitually non - compliant offenders. The Santa Ana Police
Department will use its appropriation to support these efforts. Orange County agencies were
allocated a total of $2.39 million, with the Santa Ana Police Department receiving $642,464.
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Appropriation Adjustment for BSCC Funds
December 16, 2014
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STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of these items assists the City in meeting Goal #1 Community Safety, Objective #3
(promote fiscal accountability to ensure financial responsibility at all levels of the organization),
Strategy B (promote ongoing efforts to obtain grant funding for activities that will assist in preventing,
enforcing and reducing criminal activity and traffic collisions).
FISCAL IMPACT
The appropriation adjustment will recognize $642,464 in Local Assistance law enforcement funds
from the California Board of State and Community Corrections in the revenue account (no. 12814002
52027) and appropriate same to expenditure account (no. 12814413 - various).
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Carlos Rojas
Chief of Police
Santa Ana Police Department
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
Francisco Gutierrez j T
Executive Director
Finance & Mgmt. Services Agency
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