1 City Council Meeting: September 22, 2026 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $92,673 FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANT
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE ALCOHOLIC POLICING PARTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the “City) desires to reduce alcohol related crimes of all types in Santa Monica and stem the access of youth to alcohol in Santa Monica by using a comprehensive program of enforcement and education strategies with a focus on prevention
WHEREAS, in furtherance of these goals, the City desires to undertake an alcoholrelated crime reduction and prevention program to be funded in part by grant funding made available through the Alcohol Policing Partnership Program (“APP”) administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”), and WHEREAS, the opportunities afforded to the City by the grant funding provided by ABC include the support of targeted operations such as the Minor Decoy and Shoulder Tap programs, undercover operations, and IMPACT (Informed Merchants Preventing Alcohol-Related Crime Tendencies) inspections, and
WHEREAS, the City will also use ABC grant funding to provide training to the City’s sworn personnel on ABC’s recommended enforcement and prevention methods and techniques, and
2 WHEREAS, ABC has offered, and the City desires to accept, certain APP grant funds from ABC in an amount equal to Ninety-Two Thousand Six Hundred and SeventyThree Dollars ($92,673) in order to fund such enforcement during Fiscal Year 2026-27.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager, or his or her designee, is authorized to accept the grant, and to negotiate, enter into, execute, and deliver a State of California Standard Agreement (“Standard Agreement”) in the amount of ninety-two thousand six hundred seventy-three dollars ($92,673), and any and all other documents deemed necessary or appropriate to evidence and secure Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC”) Alcohol Policing Partnership Program (“APP”) grant, the City’s obligation related thereto, and any extensions or amendments thereto.
SECTION 2. The grant funds received hereunder shall not be used to supplant expenditures controlled by the City Council.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Heidi von Tongeln, City Attorney