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Item Type: Consent Calendar
Approved forOctober 7, 2025 calendar
AGENDA ITEM
CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Report: Acceptance and Appropriation of California Department of Justice Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant
1. Motion to accept the California Department of Justice Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant and authorize the City Manager, or a designee, to execute the necessary agreements, certification, and other documents required to accept the Grant.
2. Resolution of Appropriation to appropriate $125,000 in California Department of Justice Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant funds.
COUNCIL ACTION
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Glendale Police Department requests approval to accept $125,000 in grant funds from the California Department of Justice (CA DOJ) for personnel, testing, and equipment maintenance costs to be used within the grant period of April 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028.
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2 RECOMMENDATION
Accept the CA DOJ Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant (SAESG) award in the amount of $125,000, authorize the City Manager, or a designee, to execute the necessary agreements, certification, and other documents required to implement the grant, and adopt a resolution of appropriation in the amount of $125,000.
ANALYSIS
Effective January 1, 2020, California Senate Bill (SB) 22 requires law enforcement agencies to submit and test sexual assault forensic evidence collected on or after January 1, 2016. SB 464, enacted in 2024, builds on this mandate by requiring agencies to audit untested sexual assault kits in their possession and in accordance with Penal Code Section 680.4, report specific information to the California Department of Justice (DOJ) by July 1, 2026.
In response to SB 22 and SB 464, the Glendale Police Department (GPD) has identified approximately 50 sexual assault kits that require testing to meet the state’s reporting and compliance standards. The grant allows for the reimbursement of expenditures related to the testing, maintenance, and equipment-related service contracts necessary to complete this work. As such, GPD will utilize the Sexual Assault Evidence Submission grant for contractual services related to testing, personnel costs, supplies, and equipment maintenance. The grant funding will be able to provide the resources needed for GPD to ensure full compliance with the state mandate. Once the grant funding is exhausted, GPD will seek additional grant funding and/or absorb the ongoing costs of testing sexual assault kits in the Police Department’s general fund. The grant period is from April 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028.
STAKEHOLDERS/OUTREACH
Grant funds will be used to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic testing services provided to customer agencies and the public.
FISCAL IMPACT
The California Department of Justice Sexual Assault Evidence Submission Grant award in the amount of $125,000, which was not included as part of the FY2025-26 approved budget. Therefore, staff is requesting an appropriation of $125,000 from grant revenue.
The appropriation request is outlined below:
Requesting Appropriation
Amount From (Account
String)
To (Account String) Funding Source
$24,000 GL: 32610-2610-
GPD-0020
PL: GPD01489AG
GL: 41100-2610-
GPD-0020
PL: GPD01489AG
Police Fund - Labor
$100,000 GL: 32610-2610-
GPD-0020
GL: 43110-2610-
GPD-0020
Police Fund –
Contractual
PL: GPD01489AG PL: GPD01489AG Services
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3 $1,000 GL: 32610-2610-
GPD-0020
PL: GPD01489AG
GL: 45350-2610-
GPD-0020
PL: GPD01489AG
Police Fund –
General Supplies
Department Cost Center Program
Police Projects
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW (CEQA/NEPA)
This item is considered a ministerial activity and therefore, not subjected to CEQA/NEPA review. There is no possibility that the acceptance of this award may have a significant effect on the environment. (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3)).
CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE
This item is exempt from campaign disclosure requirements.
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION
1. Deny the Police Department’s request in which case, expenses related to the testing of the sexual assault kits to be in compliant with SB 22 would be absorbed by the Department.
2. The City Council may consider any other alternative not proposed by staff.
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION
Submitted by:
Manuel Cid, Police Chief
Prepared by:
Catherine Nguyen, Lab Director
Approved by:
Roubik R. Golanian, P.E., City Manager
EXHIBITS/ATTACHMENTS
None.