Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Kenneth Binder, Sheriff
Subject: FY 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative Interagency Agreements
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Sheriff or Sheriff's designee to execute amendments to interagency agreements with other public agencies in amounts that do not exceed $500,000 each, utilizing solely the $5,857,265 of funding from the FY 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant, for the purpose of reimbursing those agencies for the cost of personnel assigned to the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center.
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BACKGROUND:
The County has previously received federal Department of Homeland Security grant funds through the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) program for which the City and County of San Francisco acts as the regional administrator and contracts with the recipient agencies for the distribution of funds.
On February 11, 2025, through Resolution No. 080926, the Board authorized execution of an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco for the distribution of FY 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) grant funds for the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) in an amount not to exceed $5,857,265, and authorized the Sheriff or Sheriff's designee to execute interagency agreements with other public agencies in amounts that do not exceed $350,000 each, utilizing solely the $5,857,265, for the purpose of reimbursing those agencies for the cost of personnel assigned to the NCRIC.
DISCUSSION:
A Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS-FEMA) Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funding decision targeting "sanctuary jurisdictions" has impacted the operations of the NCRIC. On September 27, 2025, DHS-FEMA reduced approximately $240 million in allocations from areas that DHS had previously identified as "sanctuary jurisdictions."
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