Consider recommendations regarding the Grant Agreement with the California Board of State and Community Corrections for Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act Grant for Justice and Healing Collaborative with Behavioral Wellness and Public Defender for Fiscal Years 2025-2029, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designated representative, to execute the California Board of State and Community Correction Standard Agreement No. 1416-25 for the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act Program to provide pre-trial services to individuals with behavioral health challenges for a total grant maximum amount of $8,000,000.00 for the term of October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029: i) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute any amendments to Board of State and Community Corrections Standard Agreement No. 1416-25 and any and all other documents required or deemed necessary to secure these funds and participate in the Proposition 47 Cohort 5 Program without having to return to the Board for approval, subject to the Board’s authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and ii) Direct the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to obtain concurrence from Risk Management, Auditor-Controller, and County Counsel before exercising the delegated authority for the above recommended action; b) Adopt an amendment to the Salary Resolution (No. 07-207), effective December 22, 2025, to add one (1.0) full-time equivalent [FTE]) Deputy Public Defender III and one (1.0) FTE Alcohol and Drug Mental Health Services (ADMHS) Case Worker to the Public Defender’s Office; c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010896, to increase appropriations of $1,320,725.00 in Behavioral Wellness Mental Health Service Act Fund for Salaries and Benefits ($185,525.00), Services and Supplies ($974,370.00), and other Financing Uses ($160,830.00) funded by unanticipated revenue Intergovernmental Rev-State ($1,320,725.00); increase appropriations of $160,430.00 in Public Defender General Funds for Salaries and Benefits ($153,694.00), Services and Supplies ($6,736.00) funded by unanticipated revenue from Intergovernmental Rev-State ($160,430.00); increase appropriations of $400.00 in Probation General Funds for Services and Supplies ($400.00) funded by unanticipated revenue from Intergovernmental Rev-State ($400.00); and d) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a “Project” that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that these actions are a governmental funding mechanism and/or fiscal activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced December 4, 2025

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