This ordinance allows the Office of the District Attorney to receive and use a $1,192,890 grant from the California Department of Insurance to support the Organized Automobile Fraud Activity Interdiction Program from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027. It also adds one grant-funded investigator position to the District Attorney's office for the same period.
Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend a grant from the California Department of Insurance to fund the Organized Automobile Fraud Activity Interdiction Program in the amount of $1,192,890 for the grant period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027; and amending Ordinance No. 191-24 (Annual Salary Ordinance File No. 240596 for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2024-2025 and 2025-2026) to provide for the addition of one grant-funded position in Class 8550 District Attorney’s Investigator-SFERS (FTE 1.0) for the grant agreement period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a grant awarded to the Office of the District Attorney by the California Department of Insurance to fund the Organized Automobile Fraud Activity Interdiction Program.
The Office of the District Attorney received notice of the grant award amounting to $1,192,890 for the Organized Automobile Fraud Activity Interdiction Program.
The department completed its internal administrative review of the grant application and began preparing the necessary documentation for Board submission.
The City Attorney's office completed its review of the grant documents, allowing the process to move forward.
The Office of the District Attorney submitted the proposed ordinance to the Board of Supervisors to accept and expend the grant funds.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended the ordinance for approval to the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors finally passed the ordinance, authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, finalizing the authorization for the grant.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
