LA County Board

39. 2023 State Homeland Security Program Grant Funds\nRecommendation: Accept $9,481,457 in Department of Homeland Security\n(DHS) Grant funds under Assistance Listing No. 97.067 from the 2023\nState Homeland Security Program (SHSP) Grant funds as distributed\nthrough the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)\nwith a performance period of September 1, 2023 through May 31, 2026,\nand the allocation of a portion of such funds to County Departments;\nauthorize the Chief Executive Officer to enter into subrecipient agreements\nwith cities providing for use and re-allocation of these funds, and execute all\nfuture amendments, modifications, extensions and augmentations relative\nto the subrecipient agreements, as necessary; approve the County activities\nto be funded with 2023 SHSP Grant funds; authorize the County’s\nPurchasing Agent to proceed with the solicitation and purchase of capital\nasset items in excess of $250,000 with two weeks advance notice to the\nBoard; and find that the County activities to be funded with the 2023 SHSP\nGrant funds from the DHS do not constitute projects under the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act (CEQA) or, in the alternative, are exempt from\nCEQA. (24-3615)