ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager Item No: C8
Prepared by: Johannah Knieff, Management Analyst Meeting Date: September 9, 2025 Approved by:
Imelda Huerta, Assistant City Manager
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar SUBJ
ECT: ACCEPT OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FROM NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENTS RECO
MMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2025 - , amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Years 2025/26 and 2026/27.
CORRE
LATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Homelessness and Housing.
PR
IOR ACTION: On June 24, 2025, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-138 approving an agreement with Green Oak Ranch Ministries for the disbursement of National Opioid Settlement Funds to operate a residential recovery program (Vote 5-0).
On
June 24, 2025, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-139 amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 (Vote: 5-0).
On
May 28,2024, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2024- 70 amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Years 2023/24 and 2024/25 (Vote: 5-0).
On N
ovember 9, 2021, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2021-192, authorizing joinder in the National Opioid Settlement and Authorizing the City Attorney to Execute the Necessary Joinder Documents (Vote: 5- 0).
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ATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: On November 9, 2021, City Council authorized participation in the National Opioid Settlement, potentially receiving up to $1.1 million over an 18-year period. In alignment with the City Council’s adoption of the Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness (March 20, 2020) , funds from the settlement are being directed towards initiatives that prevent and reduce opioid use disorder (OUD), support recovery, and improve overall community health outcomes.
On
March 19, 2025, the City released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) inviting proposals that address the opioid crisis through evidence- based treatment, prevention, housing stabilization, and outreach strategies. The NOFA emphasized High Impact Abatement Activities (HIAA), including recovery housing, harm reduction, and justice diversion.
Ci
ty Council recognized $10,144.16 in Opioid Settlement Funds on May 28, 2024, and $323,063.57 on June 24, 2025. If approved, this item will appropriate an additional $109,107.81, bringing the total amount received to date to $442,315.54. These funds will support the programs outlined below, consistent with the direction AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-166. Vote: 4-0 (Councilmember Fox recused himself from this item)