ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF REPORT 8.8
TO: Mayor and Town Council July 21, 2026
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 65-2026, accepting $102,706.06 from the California Highway Patrol for the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program, and authorizing the Town Manager to execute the Grant Program Agreement
BACKGROUND
In November 2016, California voters passed Proposition 64: The Adult Use of Marijuana Act. With the passage of Proposition 64, the California voters mandated the state set aside funding for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to award grants to local governments and qualified nonprofit organizations for the purpose of Driving Under the Influence ( DUI) enforcement, education and prevention.
Per Revenue and Taxation Code Section 34019( F)(3)(B), funds will be disbursed, “ To the Department of the California Highway Patrol to fund internal California Highway Patrol programs and grants to qualified nonprofit organizations and local governments for education, prevention and enforcement of laws related to driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis; programs that help enforcement traffic laws, educate the public in traffic safety, provide varied and effective means of reducing fatalities, injuries and economic losses from collisions and for the purchase of equipment related to enforcement of laws related to driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis.”
The grant program established by Proposition 64 and the California Highway Patrol is referred to as the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program ( CTFGP). The Danville Police Department has participated in the (CTFGP) since 2023. The program has funded numerous projects including training for DUI Field Sobriety Test techniques, twenty- five DUI Saturation Patrol events, and two new traffic enforcement patrol vehicles. DUI Saturation Patrols funded by this grant program have resulted in 404 DUI investigative enforcement stops, and seventeen arrests ( including 16 for DUI related offenses).
The Danville Police Department has received a conditional award for $102,706.06 for the CTFGP 2026- 2027 grant cycle. The award includes overtime funding for Police Officers and Sergeants to conduct twelve DUI Saturation Patrols ($47,520.00) and to purchase and outfit a new traffic enforcement patrol motorcycle ($ 55,186.06). To enter into the Grant Agreement, the Town must adopt a Resolution accepting the award and execute the required documents.
Cannabis Grant Acceptance Resolution 2 July 21, 2026
PUBLIC CONTACT
Posting of the meeting agenda serves as notice to the general public.
FISCAL IMPACT
Positive. The $102,706.06 grant is a non-matching grant and no funds are required to accept and expend grant funding. Funds will be used to deploy Danville Police Department staff to reduce collisions due to impaired driving and to purchase and upfit a new traffic enforcement patrol vehicle.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 65-2026, accepting $ 102,706.06 from the California Highway Patrol for the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program, and authorizing the Town Manager to execute the Grant Program Agreement.
Prepared by:
Kevin Escover
Sergeant
Reviewed by:
Thomas Rossberg
Thomas Rossberg
Chief of Police
Attachments: Resolution No. 65-2026
RESOLUTION NO. 65-2026
ACCEPTING $102,706.06 FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL FOR THE
CANNABIS TAX FUND GRANT PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZING THE TOWN
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville ( Town) is interested in participating in the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program ( the Grant Program), which is made available through the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 ( Proposition 64) and administered by the California Highway Patrol to support local law enforcement for education, prevention and enforcement of impaired driving laws in the Town; and WHEREAS, following the Town’ s submittal of Grant Program application to the California Highway Patrol, the Town was awarded $ 102,706.06 in Grant funds; and WHEREAS, the Town is familiar with and willing and able to comply with each of the terms, conditions and limitations imposed upon the Town pursuant to the Grant in implementing education, prevention and enforcement of impaired driving laws in the Town; and
WHEREAS, to be eligible to receive Grant Program funding, the Town must adopt a Resolution accepting the award and execute the required documents in relation thereto; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Danville Town Council, that the Town Manager is hereby authorized to accept the award of grant funds in the amount of $ 102,706.06 from the State of California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program administered by the California Highway Patrol; and, be it further
RESOLVED, by the Danville Town Council, that the Town Manager or Chief of Police is hereby authorized to execute the Grant Fund Agreement and allocate non-matching grant funds to deploy Police Department staff to reduce collisions due to impaired driving, and to purchase and upfit a new traffic enforcement patrol motorcycle.
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APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on July 21, 2026 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAINED:
ABSENT:
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
CITY ATTORNEY ACTING CITY CLERK
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