Los Angeles

City Council

(34) 26-1171 AD HOC COMMITTEE ON UNARMED CRISIS PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES REPORT relative to the use of Opioids Settlement Trust Fund monies to support the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response Program, Recommendations for Council action, pursuant to Motion (Blumenfield - Jurado), AS AMENDED: 1. DIRECT the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to utilize opioid settlement funds to support the continued expansion of the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response (UMCR) and CIRCLE, including to amend the program design to enable the use of the Opioid Settlement Trust Fund, develop opioid-related crisis response trainings and curriculum, document specific opioid- related incidents, and fund the deployment of specialized mobile teams to deliver opioid remediation services, including hiring outside consultants to assist the City. 2. DIRECT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report back in 30 days on how other jurisdictions are utilizing opioid settlement funds for crisis response and opioid-related deployment of mobile teams, to assist the CAO in designing future remediation activities. Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the CLA has completed a financial analysis of this report.