APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF
TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO
DOLLARS ($270,942) FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
PATROL (CHP) IMPAIRED DRIVING SECTION FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR 2026-2028, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE OAKLAND POLICE
DEPARTMENT (OPD) CRIME LABORATORY
WHEREAS, In November 2016 California voters approved the "Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act" (AUMA), also known as Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of cannabis in California for people 21 years old and older, and mandated the state set aside funding for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to disperse for the education, prevention, and enforcement of impaired driving laws; and WHEREAS, Grant fundstotaling two hundred seventy thousand nine hundred fortytwo dollars ($270,942) have been awarded from the State of California Highway Patrol for the purchase of Crime Laboratory (Crime Lab) chemicals, supplies, instrument service contracts as well as funding to cover Crime Lab staff overtime; and
WHEREAS, OPD is currently unable to ascertain whether a driver pulled over for driving under the influence has any drugs in their system using the County of Alameda's well-established DUI breath testing program; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to support the Oakland Police Department Traffic Investigations Unit by covering some of the expenses to send blood samples to a private laboratory for toxicology testing; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to purchase chemicals, supplies and instrument service contracts which will help the Crime Lab improve and advance the standardization of practices in support of toxicology analysis related to alcohol and other drugs, including cannabis and cannabis products; and
2 WHEREAS, the CHP grant award period of performance is July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously authorized acceptance of prior CHP grant funds in 2024 by Resolution No. 90449 C.M.S., dated October 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, this grant-funded training will help the Crime Lab's staff develop and validate methods that can be used to examine exhibits related to DUI/DUID investigations, bridge OPD's information gap to better understand how cannabis and other psychotropic compounds usage overlaps with DUls, and to broaden the analytical scope to include other psychotropic compounds RESOLVED: That the City Council does hereby authorize the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant award in the amount of two hundred and seventy thousand, nine hundred and forty-two dollars ($270,942) from CHP; now, therefore, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the grant funds for the CHP Toxicology Crime Laboratories Grant Funds for DUID program shall be maintained in the State of California Other Fund: 2159, Criminalistics Organization: 102610; Criminalistics Program: PS05; in a Project to be determined, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator or designee to act as an agent to conduct all negotiations and related actions and to sign all applications and agreements that may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned grant; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to extend the active grant period beyond the original end date if allowed by the grantor without returning to Council.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, UNGER, WANG, FIFE, RAMACHANDRAN, GALLO, HOUSTON and
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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