City Council

(48)\n20-0021-S2\nECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS and BUDGET AND\nFINANCE COMMITTEES’ REPORT relative to a grant acceptance\nfrom the California Board of State and Community Corrections for\nimplementation of the Cohort 5 Proposition (Prop) 47 Pathways to\nHealing and Recovery Program.\nRecommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL\nOF THE MAYOR:\n1. NOTE and FILE the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety\n(MOCS) report dated December 11, 2025, attached to the\nCouncil file.\n2. AUTHORIZE the MOCS to:\na. Accept the Prop 47 Grant in the amount of $8,000,000\nfrom the California Board of State and Community\nCorrections (BSCC) to support the Pathways for Healing\nand Recovery (Pathways) Program for the period from\nOctober 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029.\nb. Submit any other necessary grant agreements and\ndocuments relative to the implementation of the Pathways\nProgram, subject to the review and approval of the City\nAttorney as to form and legality.\nc. Negotiate and execute a contract with the RAND\nCorporation to provide data evaluation services for the\nPathways Program for a period of 45 months within the\ngrant performance period in an amount not to exceed\n$800,000, subject to the review and approval of the City\nAttorney as to form and legality, compliance with the City’s\ncontracting requirements, and the availability of funds.\nd. Negotiate and execute contract amendments with the\nseven community-based organizations listed below for a\nperiod of up to 36 months within the grant performance\nperiod, for a total amount not to exceed $5,950,000, to\nimplement the Pathways Program, subject to the review\nand approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality,\ncompliance with the City’s contracting requirements, and\nthe availability of funds:\ni. Service Provider: St. John’s Community Health\n1. Regional Center Services; Central Service\nArea: Amount: $1,000,000\n2. Housing Services; Citywide Service Area;\nAmount: $1,715,000\nii. Service Provider: Tarzana Treatment Center;\nRegional Center Services; Valley Service Area;\nAmount: $870,000\niii. Service Provider: Arming Minorities Against\nAddiction and Disease; Regional Center\nServices; South Service Area; Amount: $1,000,000\niv. Service Provider: El Proyecto del Barrio;\nEmployment Services; Valley Service Area; Amount:\n$255,000\nv. Service Provider: Center for Employment\nOpportunities; Employment Services; Central\nService Area; Amount: $255,000\nvi. Service Provider: Watts Labor Community Action\nCenter; Employment Services; South Service Area;\nAmount: $255,000\nvii. Service Provider: Legal Aid Foundation Los Angeles;\nLegal Services; Citywide Service Area;\nAmount: $600,000\n3. APPROVE the funding allocation of the Prop 47 grant award to\nimplement the Pathways Program for the period from October\n1, 2025 through June 30, 2029 for the following categories in\nthe total amount of $8,000,000:\na. Salaries and Benefits; Amount: $1,200,000\nb. Service Provider Contracts; Amount: $5,950,000\nc. Evaluation/Data Collection; Amount: $800,000\nd. Other Administrative Costs; Amount: $50,000\n4. REQUEST the Controller to:\na. Establish a new interest-bearing fund entitled “Fiscal Year\n25 Proposition 47 Cohort 5 BSCC (FY25 Prop 47 Cohort\n5) Grant Fund” No. XXX/46, for the receipt and\ndisbursement of Prop 47 grant funds, to be administered\nby the MOCS.\nb. Establish new appropriation accounts within the FY25\nProp 47 Cohort 5 Grant Fund No. XXX/46 as follows for a\ntotal amount of $8,000,000:\n​\ni. ​Account No. 46C146, Mayor; Amount: $780,031.16\nii. Account\nNo.\n46C299,\nRelated\nCosts;\nAmount: $419,968.84\niii. Account No. 46C304, Contractual Services;\nAmount: $6,750,000.00\niv. Account No. 46C602, Other; Amount: $50,000.00\nc. Increase appropriations in the amount of $780,031.16\nwithin the Mayor’s Fund No. 100/46, Account No. 001020,\nGrant Reimbursed, for the reimbursement of grantfunded\nsalary costs.\nd. Transfer up to $419,968.84 from the FY25 Prop 47 Cohort\n5 Grant Fund No. XXX/46, Account No. 46C299, to the\nMayor’s Fund No. 100/46, Revenue Source Code 5346,\nfor the reimbursement of grant-funded fringe benefits.\n5. AUTHORIZE the MOCS to prepare Controller instructions\nand/or make technical adjustments as necessary to implement\nthe actions approved by the Mayor and City Council, subject to\nthe approval of the City Administrative Officer (CAO); and\nREQUEST the Controller to implement the instructions.\nFiscal Impact Statement: The CAO reports that the proposed grant\nactivities, including partial salary costs of five positions in the Mayor’s\nOffice, will be funded by the Prop 47 Cohort 5 Grant. There is no\nmatch requirement associated with the grant. There is no additional\nimpact to the General Fund.\nFinancial Policies Statement: The CAO reports that the\nrecommendations in the report are in compliance with the City's\nFinancial Policies in that all grant funds will be utilized for grant-\neligible activities.