TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Anthony Mata
AND CITY COUNCIL Jim Shannon
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: March 21, 2022
Approved Date
3/23/2022
SUBJECT: 2021 COLLABORATIVE APPRO ACHES TOWARD PREVENTING AND ADDRESSING HATE – DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
RECOMMENDATION
(a) Adopt a resolution accepting the 2021 B ureau of Justice Assistance Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Grant in the amount of $833,333 and authorizing the City Manager to execute the Grant Agreement and to execute additional amendments and all related documents, including online certifications at time of award acceptance and reimbursement requests, without further City Council action.
(b) Adopt the following 2021-2022 Appropriation Ordinance and Funding Sources Resolution Amendments in the General Fund:
(1) Establish the 2021 Collaborative Approaches Toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Grant City-Wide Expenses appropriation to the Police Department in the amount of $292,458; and
(2) Increase the estimate for Revenue from Federal Government by $292,458.
OUTCOME
Approval of this recommendation provides grant funding to address the increase of reported hate crimes by increasing public safety and improving education to identify and report hate crimes, as well as support investigations and prosecution of these cases.
BACKGROUND
In 1993, the City of San José Police Department (Department) established an Assault Unit Hate Crime Detail to investigate criminal offenses stemming from bias against a person’s race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or national origin. The investigation of hate crimes and hate-motivated incidents is a Department priority. Since the start of the COVID-
COUNCIL AGENDA: 4/5/2022
FILE: 22-440
ITEM: 2.12
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
March 21, 2022
Subject: 2021 Collaborative Approaches Toward Preventing and Addressing Hate – Demonstration Projects
19 pandemic, the Asian American Pacific Islander Community has been experiencing a distressing rise in racist attacks. The State of California 2020 Annual Hate Crime Report reflect a 107% increase in anti-Asian hate crimes jumping from 43 in 2019 to 89 in 2020: a 125% increase in violent hate crimes against the community1. The Department saw a 98% increase in the number of hate crimes reported over the last four years, from 45 in 2017 to 89 in 20202. San José continues to witness attacks on the Asian American Pacific Islander community, most specifically toward the elderly throughout the Bay Area. In an effort, to address the increase in hate crime in San José, the Department researched new grant opportunities.
In June 2021, the Bureau of Justice Assistance released a grant solicitation for FY 2021 Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Crime Grant and the Department submitted a grant application proposal. In December 2021, the application was accepted and approved in the amount of $833,333. This is a three-year reimbursable grant, and the Department will be responsible to ensure the expenditures are allowable as set forth in the Department of Justice Financial Guide and City Policy and Procedures.
ANALYSIS
The Department has been awarded $833,333 for the 2021 Bureau of Justice Assistance Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Crime Grant. The grant term is October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2024. This grant will be used to support outreach, build relationships, and improve education to identify, and report hate crimes, as well as support investigations and prosecution of these cases.
The following list provides information on the three-year Spending Plan for the Bureau of Justice Assistance Collaborative Approaches toward Preventing and Addressing Hate Grant approved by Bureau of Justice. These estimates are subject to reallocation and/or change over the course of the grant term; however, the total grant amount to the City will remain the same.
• $648,957 of the funds will be utilized by the Department for officer’s overtime cost to conduct walking beats, provide safety tips, participate in community educational events, and allow detectives to investigate hate incidents and follow-up on more substantial hate incidents to investigate probable cases for a hate crime investigation, which then can be submitted to the District Attorney’s Office. In addition, funds will be used for crime prevention personnel overtime cost to conduct several educational events in the community, including a hate crime awareness symposium to increase community relations and raise awareness to reducing hate crime.
• $174,330 of the funds will be utilized for crime prevention and education material that include folders, printed brochures, prevention tips and services cards, and other program giveaways. The education material will be printed in four different languages and
1 https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/anti-asian-hc-report.pdf 2 https://www.sjpd.org/records/crime-stats-maps/crime-statistics-annual
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
March 21, 2022
Subject: 2021 Collaborative Approaches Toward Preventing and Addressing Hate – Demonstration Projects
distributed at various educational events in the community to enhance the prevention and education efforts.
• $10,046 of the funds will be utilized for other costs, that include hosting the Hate Crime Awareness Symposium, interpretation services, keynote speaker and facility rental.
The following table illustrates a summary of the three-year spending plan by Fiscal Year.
Budget Category
FY: 2021-2022 FY:2022-2023 FY: 2023-2024 Total
A. Personnel $223,506 $209,989 $215,462 $648,957
B. Supplies $58,906 $56,910 $58,514 $174,330
C. Other Costs $10,046 $0 $0 $10,046
Total City Appropriation
by Fiscal Year
$292,458 $266,899 $273,976 $833,333
CONCLUSION
The grant award provides critical funding to further the Department’s mission to promote public safety; prevent, suppress, and investigate crimes by providing the necessary resources to conduct law enforcement activities that will help to prevent, address, and appropriately respond to hate crimes.
EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
This memorandum will not require any staff follow up.
CLIMATE SMART SAN JOSE
The recommendation in this memorandum has no effect on Climate Smart San José energy, water, or mobility goals.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
This memorandum will be posted on the Council Agenda website for the April 5, 2022 City Council meeting.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
March 21, 2022
Subject: 2021 Collaborative Approaches Toward Preventing and Addressing Hate – Demonstration Projects
COORDINATION
This memorandum has been coordinated with the Office of the City Attorney.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION/INPUT
This memorandum does not require input from a board or commission.
COST SUMMARY/IMPLICATIONS
This project is being funded by Bureau of Justice Assistance – Collaborative Approaches towards Preventing and Addressing Hate – Demonstration Projects Grant. The total grant funds of $833,333 will be expended of a three-year according to the spending plan set forth in this memorandum, with $292,458 estimated to be spent in 2021-2022. The allocation of funds for 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 will be brought forward as part of a future budget process. There is no local match requirement for this grant.
BUDGET REFERENCE
The table below identifies the fund and appropriations recommended to be amended as part of this memorandum.
Fund
#
Appn.
#
Appn. Name Current
Appn.
Recommended
Budget Action
2021-2022
Adopted
Operating
Budget Page
Last Budget
Action (Date,
Ord. No.)
001 R110 Revenue from Federal
Government
$9,060,380 $292,458 131 03/01/22; Ord.
No. 80395
001 NEW 2021 Collaborative
Approaches Toward
Preventing and
Addressing Hate
Grant
N/A $292,458 N/A N/A
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
March 21, 2022
Subject: 2021 Collaborative Approaches Toward Preventing and Addressing Hate – Demonstration Projects
CEQA
Not a Project, File No. PP17-004, Government Funding Mechanism or Fiscal Activity with no commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
/s/
ANTHONY MATA JIM SHANNON
Chief of Police Budget Director
I hereby certify that there will be available for appropriation in the General Fund in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 monies in excess of those heretofore appropriated wherefrom, said excess being at least $292,458.
JIM SHANNON
Budget Director
For questions, please contact Lisa Perez, Division Manager, at (408) 537-1624 or Jennifer Otani, Administrative Officer, at (408)537-1625.