ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 22, 2026 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent Misc.
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Greg Terry, Chief of Police
DATE: March 30, 2026
SUBJECT: 2026 SLESF Growth Funds Appropriation.
Appropriate $644,618.71 State Grant Revenues to the Police Operating Budget within the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of this appropriation.
BACKGROUND: Since the passage of the Citizen’s Option for Public Safety in 1996 -97, the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) has received an annual allocation from the State’s Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (SL ESF). The program was designed to provide State funds to local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of addressing current front line law enforcement needs. Pursuant to state law, monies allocated from SLESF to a recipient entity shall be expended exclu sively to provide front line law enforcement services. These monies shall supplement existing services and shall not be used to supplant any existing funding for law enforcement services provided by that entity.
FISCAL IMPACT: Each year’s SLESF allocation is distributed monthly over a 12 -month period, then appropriated into the following year’s Department Operating Budget. The estimated FY2024-2024 SLESF allocation of $631,801.23 was appropriated by the City Council into the Police Operating Budg et within the SLESF fund for FY2024-2025, as part of the annual budget adoption. Since the adoption of the budget, the BPD continues to receive monthly SLESF distributions from the State Department of Finance from the FY2024-25 allocation totaling $644,618.71. The Cumulative total of funds received from the FY2024-2025 State SLESF allocation is $1,276,419.94. Therefore, additional monies are used to augment the amount of funds already budgeted for police activities throughout the city. There is no General Fund impact.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Safety and Resilience
ATTACHMENTS:
Proof of Funds