Apply for $500,000 state grant to create Office of Violence Prevention

Police & Community SafetyPublic Safety

In Plain English

The city wants to establish a new Office of Violence Prevention focused on reducing juvenile crime and delinquency. If approved, the state grant provides $500,000 in funding from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The office would work specifically on programs to prevent youth from entering the criminal justice system.

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Votes

Adopt Resolution No. 109-06

Moved by: Vice Mayor ViramontesSeconded by: Councilmember Thurmond
Passed