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 City of Hermosa Beach --- 03-09-99
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE RELEASE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT (JAIBG) TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council:
BACKGROUND
Each year the Office of Criminal Justice Planning of the State of California makes available grant monies to cities and counties in the State for the purposes of developing programs to reduce and combat juvenile crime. This particular grant has designated grant amounts to individual cities and counties that can be applied for if an acceptable proposal is submitted. The City of Hermosa Beach has funds allocated in the amount of $7245. The District Attorney's Office of the County of Los Angeles has approached many of the South Bay Cities with the proposal of pooling these grant funds for the purpose of funding the assignment of an additional district attorney to the juvenile office at the Inglewood Courts Building. This district attorney would be utilized to conduct vertical prosecution cases against juvenile offenders. A vertical prosecution attorney not only reviews and files the case but will then handle the case through the court process from start to finish. This attorney will also be available to work with local schools in preventing juvenile delinquency. The other South Bay Cities that are considering participation in the program are El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Hawthorne and Gardena. In order to release these funds to the County for their use the Office of Criminal Justice Planning requires each participating City must approve a resolution to release these funds.
RESOLUTION NO. 99-59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE RELEASE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY INCENTIVE BLOCK GRANT (JAIBG) TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
WHEREAS the City of Hermosa Beach declines to directly accept funds made available through the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grant (JAIBG) Program administered by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (hereafter referred to as OCJP).
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Hermosa Beach waives its right to its entire direct sub-grant award and authorizes the funds to be expended by the County of Los Angeles for the purpose of hiring a Deputy District Attorney for the vertical prosecution of juvenile offenders in the Inglewood Juvenile Court. This will be accomplished through the Community Law Enforcement and Recovery Program (CLEAR).
IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of this Grant Award Agreement, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency. The State of California and OCJP disclaim responsibility for any such liability.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by this body.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 9th day of March, 1999 .
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