This resolution allows the San Francisco Police Department to accept and use a $772,507 grant from the California Highway Patrol to enhance their programs related to drug recognition and impaired driving enforcement for the fiscal year 2026-2027. The project will run from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Police Department (SFPD) to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $772,507 and to execute a Grant Agreement from the Department of California Highway Patrol for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program to expand SFPD’s Drug Recognition Expert, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing programs with the project period beginning on July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
How it got here
The legislation originated from the San Francisco Police Department's application for a grant from the California Highway Patrol to enhance impaired driving enforcement programs.
The California Highway Patrol approved the San Francisco Police Department's application for a grant of $772,507 under the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program to support impaired driving enforcement programs.
The San Francisco Police Department submitted a grant application to the California Highway Patrol, seeking funding to expand its Drug Recognition Expert, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing programs.
The Mayor's Office issued a memo to the Board of Supervisors, recommending the acceptance and expenditure of the grant from the California Highway Patrol.
The Budget and Finance Committee scheduled a hearing to discuss the resolution authorizing the Police Department to accept and expend the grant.
The Board of Supervisors introduced a resolution to retroactively authorize the Police Department to accept and expend the grant from the California Highway Patrol.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record