The ordinance allows the San Francisco Police Department to accept and use a $15.3 million grant to combat organized retail theft and catalytic converter theft from October 2023 to June 2027. It also creates two new full-time positions to support these efforts.
Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Police Department, on behalf of the Board of Supervisors for the City and County of San Francisco, to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $15,326,301 from the Board of State and Community Corrections Organized Retail Theft Grant Program to fund personnel, training, equipment, and other activities in furtherance of combatting organized retail theft and motor vehicle accessory (catalytic converter) theft in San Francisco, for the period of October 1, 2023, through June 1, 2027; approving the associated grant agreement under Charter, Section 9.118; and amending Ordinance No. 145-23 (Annual Salary Ordinance, File No. 230645 for Fiscal Years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025) to provide for the creation of two grant-funded full-time positions in Class 1823 Senior Administrative Analyst (2.0).
How it got here
This ordinance allows the Police Department to use grant money from the Organized Retail Theft Grant Program to buy equipment and services without going through the usual competitive bidding process. It aims to enhance efforts in addressing organized retail theft in the city.
A formal position or approval by the Board: Retroactively allow the Police Department to sign amendment to the grant agreement with the Board of State and Community Corrections for the Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program, extending the grant term from June 1, 2027, for a new grant term of October 1, 2023, through June 1, 2028, with no change to the grant amount of $15,326,301.
This ordinance allows the Police Department to use grant money from the Organized Retail Theft Grant Program to buy equipment and services without going through the usual competitive bidding process. It aims to enhance efforts in addressing organized retail theft in the city.
This ordinance outlines the salaries and positions funded by the city budget for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025. It establishes compensation, work schedules, and authorizes appointments for both permanent and temporary city positions.
