Council File: 01-2082
Title
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK FORCE
Subject
Motion - An act of physical abuse is committed against a woman every 15 seconds in the United States and approximately 6,000 women die each year as a result of domestic violence. The Los Angeles Police Department receives over 40,000 domestic violence calls each year. Even after receiving a police response, many victims of domestic violence, out of fear or unawareness, often fail to access available services that may help them break the cycle of violence.
Domestic Abuse Response Teams (DART) provide valuable programs in various parts of the City by instituting community policing programs which pair specially trained domestic violence advocates with police officers and emergency room personnel to provide a coordinated response on Domestic Violence related calls. These response teams provide valuable on-site intervention that includes linking victims with resources such as shelter, medical attention, counseling and other related services. These programs also work to increase the number of investigations and arrests for cases involving domestic violence, rape, stalking and elder abuse. Some Domestic Abuse Response Teams programs are also able to provide law enforcement personnel with training on domestic violence response and investigation techniques. Domestic Abuse Response Teams teams are only operational in a limited number of locations in the City, and the need for Domestic Violence services is Citywide in scope.
THEREFORE MOVE that the Police Department, with the assistance of the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) and City Administrative Officer (CAO), and in consultation with existing Domestic Abuse Response Teams teams report to the City Council in 30 days detailing geographic areas that are currently covered by existing Domestic Abuse Response Teams programs, and areas of the City which do not have Domestic Abuse Response Teams programs.
FURTHER MOVE that the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force, Domestic Abuse Response Teams service providers, Los Angeles Police Department, Community Development Department, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, and other City Departments as appropriate report to the City Council in 90 days with recommendations for potential sources of funding for expansion of Domestic Abuse Response Teams services to cover police responses to domestic violence calls Citywide. The sources identified should not include monies already committed to existing Domestic Violence services.
FURTHER MOVE that the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Administrative Officer, in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force, Domestic Abuse Response Teams service providers, Los Angeles Police Department, Community Development Department, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, and other City Departments as appropriate report back to the City Council in 90 days with recommendations for coordinating efforts to ensure proper response for domestic violence victims. The recommendations should include, but not be limited to, potential funding sources for a new full-time City position to serve as a liaison between Domestic Abuse Response Teams service providers, Los Angeles Police Department, and community members. This report should include recommendations for the appropriate placement of this new position in the City's workforce.
Date Received / Introduced
09/28/2001
Last Changed Date
06/28/2005
Mover
ERIC GARCETTI
Second
CINDY MISCIKOWSKI
DENNIS ZINE
File History
28-01 - This day's Council session
9-28-01 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
10-5-01 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
10-12-01 - File in files
2-27-02 - For ref - Transmittal from Chief of Police relative to response to request for information on geographic Areas that did not have Domestic Violence Response Teams also referred to as Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
2-28-02 - Ref to Public Safety Committee
3-1-01 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
11-14-02 - For ref - Transmittal from the Chief Legislative Analyst / City Administrative Officer 0220-03506-0003 relative to the proposed expansion of the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program.
11-18-02 - Ref to Public Safety Committee - to Committee Clerk
12-11-02 - File to Miscikowski for signature per Public Safety Committee Clerk
12-13-02 - This day's Council session - Communication from Chair, Public Safety Committee to:
1. REQUEST the Los Angeles Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee within 90 days regarding any confidentiality and/or liability issues concerning the responsibilities of the police officers and the domestic violence (DV) community advocates.
2. ESTABLISH a Domestic Violence Working Committee, with the Community Development Department as lead, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Office of the Mayor, the Office of the City Attorney, the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and a representative from the Domestic Violence (DV) Task Force to address the following components needed for an assessment of the current Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program:
a. Identify the resources and criteria needed to conduct an assessment of the current Domestic Abuse Response Teams program, in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force as needed, within 90 days.
b. Consider the findings of the City Attorney?s Office relative to protocols that should be followed by the Los Angeles Police Department and domestic violence advocates.
c. Consider the results of the West Los Angeles Domestic Abuse Response Teams evaluation for comparison to the other current Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
d. Recommend the City's role in administering a Citywide Domestic Abuse Response Teams program, or a similar coordinated response.
e. Instruct all City departments that fund current Domestic Abuse Response Teams to provide information to the Domestic Violence Working Committee relative to the status and balance of all fund sources related to Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
f. Identify resources that would be required to expand the Domestic Abuse Response Teams Program or a similar immediate response program on a Citywide basis in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force Committee when appropriate.
3. REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to seek additional funding for domestic violence programs through legislation in the City's 2003-2004 Legislative Program
12-13-02 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
12-18-02 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Public Safety Committee communication recommendations.
12-26-02 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk OK
12-31-02 - File in files
3-21-03 - This day's Council session - Motion - Miscikowski Mover 2003 / Garcetti - The Los Angeles Police Department has been funded by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning since 1997 to provide a specialized law enforcement unit domestic abuse response team program. Originally targeted at the West Los Angeles Police Area, the program was co-located in the police station and aimed to increase the number of investigations and arrests for cases involving domestic violence, rape, stalking and elder abuse. In addition, the program provided law enforcement personnel with training on response and investigation techniques, and provided victims with immediate intervention that included information on existing resources and shelters and other related services. Grant funding, that had already been extended one additional year, was going to expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2001-2002.
In July 2202, the Los Angeles Police Department was notified by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning that a fifth-year of funding in the amount of $135,000 would be again available to provide a specialized law enforcement unit domestic abuse response team program. Before a new domestic abuse response team program could commence, the City Attorney ruled that a new Request for Proposals process would need to be approved by the City Council and Mayor. Time did not allow for the Police Department to execute a competitive bid process and the money was to be sent back to the State Office of Criminal Justice.
Concurrently, the Los Angeles Police Department was notified by the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office that funding for the Family Violence Prevention Initiative would terminate on December 31, 2002. Begun in July 2001 and funded through an earmark in the Federal 1999-2000 Budget to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, this program was implemented to build a partnership between law enforcement, community agencies, and the City Attorney Domestic Violence Unit to reduce family violence through the establishment of Family Violence Response Teams. Four targeted areas of the City were selected by a competitive bid process, each with a lead community agency and an associated Los Angeles Police Department area. The goals and objectives for this initiative were similar in scope to those established for the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning specialized law enforcement unit Domestic Abuse Response Team Program. Continuation of City funding for the four Family Violence Response Teams is now pending and awaiting the identification of resources to expand the domestic abuse response team or similar immediate response programs on a citywide basis. This recommendation was contained in the November 14, 2002 report prepared, as the City Council directed, by the Offices of the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Administrative Officer (Council File 01-2082).
Recognizing the critical need to continue funding of these four Family Violence Response Teams, the Los Angeles Police Department is recommending that the $135,000 of the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning specialized law enforcement program funding be utilized. The State Office of Criminal Justice Planning has been informed of this recommendation and is supportive of this decision, and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office advises that the contracts for these four programs, now in a closedown mode, can be amended to incorporate the additional funding. This will service as an intermediate, stopgap measure as attempts to identify new funding sources are redoubled. It should not, however, be regarded as a commitment for ongoing support of these programs. With the specialized law enforcement funding for domestic violence anticipated for Fiscal Year 2003-2004, the Los Angeles Police Department is preparing a Request for Proposals with selection of provider(s) and implementation expected by July 1, 2003.
THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor, take the following actions relative to the specialized law enforcement program funding available from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning:
1. ACCEPT the additional grant award in the amount of $135,000 for a total grant amount of $855,000 from State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for program implementation ending June 30, 2003;
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to negotiate, execute and submit the necessary documents, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality, relative to the grant award to the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning;
3. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office to negotiate and execute contract amendments with the four organizations listed below, to extend the Family Violence Prevention Initiative for a cumulative total not to exceed $135,000, and change the termination date from December 31, 2002 to June 30, 2003, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality;
Account No. Name Amount
T-201 African Community Resource Center $33,750
T-202 California Hospital Medical Center $33,750
T-203 Haven Hills, Inc. $33,750
T-204 Project: PeaceMakers, Inc. $33,750
4. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office, or designee, to prepare any necessary Controller instructions and/or make any technical adjustments that may be required consistent with this action, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer, and instruct the Controller to implement these instructions
3-21-03 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
3-28-03 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
4-1-03 - File to the Mayor FORTHWITH
4-3-03 - Mayor's message concurred in Council Action of March 28, 2003
4-4-03 - File to Calendar Clerk
4-11-03 - File in files
4-18-03 - For ref - Transmittal from Community Development Department relative to report back on Domestic Abuse Response Team Program expansion.
4-18-03 - Ref to Public Safety Committee
4-21-03 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
6-3-03 - Council Action - Verbal Motion - Zine Mover 2003 / Holden - ADOPTED - HEREBY MOVE that Council ADOPT the following recommendation of the Community Development Department (CDD) (Item No. 23, Council File 01-2082) relative to a request for an extension for the Domestic Violence Working Group to report back on Domestic Abuse Response Team Program expansion:
APPROVE the request to extend the deadline for the Domestic Violence Working Group to report back on the status of its work to September 2003. (Public Safety Committee waived consideration of the above matter).
6-10-03 - File in files
9-26-03 - This day's Council session - Motion - Miscikowski Mover 2003 / Parks - On March 28, 2003, the Council adopted (Council File 01-2082) a Motion that provided for the execution of contract amendments and continuation funding for four Family Response Teams. These programs, originally begun in July 2001 and expected to terminate on December 31, 2002, were implemented to build a partnership between law enforcement, community agencies, and the City Attorney Domestic Violence Unit to reduce family violence. Funded initially through an earmark in the Federal 1999-2000 Budget to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, a recommendation was approved to continue the programs, utilizing $135,000 in funding from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the Specialized Law Enforcement Unit Grant (aka the Safe Women's Project). Sufficient funding was available to continue the programs through June 30, 2003.
The Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office was authorized to negotiate and execute the contract amendments, each for $33,750, with the African Community Resource Center, California Hospital Medical Medical Center, Haven Hills, Inc. and Project PeaceMakers, Inc. However, it was not anticipated that since the Los Angeles Police Department was the recipient of the grant funds from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning, the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office would encounter difficulty in reimbursing the four contractors.
To mitigate this situation, THEREFORE MOVE, that the City Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor:
1. ADD the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office as a sub-recipient of the Specialized Law Enforcement Unit Grant; and,
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office to process a Journal Voucher to transfer the reimbursement from the Los Angeles Police Department to their office in order to honor invoices from the four contractors.
9-26-03 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
10-3-03 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
10-7-03 - File to Mayor
10-16-03 - Mayor's message concurred in Council Action of October 3, 2003
10-16-03 - File to Calendar Clerk
10-24-03 - File in files
6-11-04 - For ref - Communication from the Domestic Violence Working Committee relative to a report on Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program expansion.
6-15-04 - Ref to Public Safety and Housing, Community and Economic Development Committees
6-15-04 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
4-26-05 - File to Housing, Community and Economic Development Committee Clerk per Public Safety Committee Clerk
6-3-05 - Council Action - CONTINUED TO June 17, 2005.
6-17-05 - Council Action - Public Safety Committee report ADOPTED to:
1. APPROVE the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program Citywide. Existing and future DARTs will be required to abide by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) protocols and have established relationships with shelters and other community-based social service agencies prior to delivering DART services in the City. The LAPD would be responsible for performing this approval process. A separate designated City department would be responsible for performing administrative and implementation responsibilities, assist in security funding (City and non-City), and coordinate with the LAPD to ensure compliance with protocols and other requirements.
2. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Community Development Department (CDD), to work with the LAPD and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office (MCJPO) to prepare a DART Program funding package for consideration in the deliberation of the 2005-06 Budget to include all necessary administrative, operational and staffing needs.
3. INSTRUCT the General Manager, or designee, of the CDD, and the Chief of the LAPD, or designee, and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor, to seek federal and state funds for the continuation and expansion of the DART Program.
4. INSTRUCT the CDD and City Administrative Officer (CAO) and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to consider funding a DART Program with Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan program savings.
5. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report to Council in 30 days on sponsorship of federal and state legislation to fund the DART Program. (Housing, Community and Economic Development Committee waived)
6-22-05 - File to Calendar Clerk
6-17-05 - Council Action - Public Safety Committee report to:
1. APPROVE the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program Citywide. Existing and future DARTs will be required to abide by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) protocols and have established relationships with shelters and other community-based social service agencies prior to delivering DART services in the City. The LAPD would be responsible for performing this approval process. A separate designated City department would be responsible for performing administrative and implementation responsibilities, assist in security funding (City and non-City), and coordinate with the LAPD to ensure compliance with protocols and other requirements.
2. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Community Development Department (CDD), to work with the LAPD and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office (MCJPO) to prepare a DART Program funding package for consideration in the deliberation of the 2005-06 Budget to include all necessary administrative, operational and staffing needs.
3. INSTRUCT the General Manager, or designee, of the CDD, and the Chief of the LAPD, or designee, and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor, to seek federal and state funds for the continuation and expansion of the DART Program.
4. INSTRUCT the CDD and City Administrative Officer (CAO) and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to consider funding a DART Program with Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan program savings.
5. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report to Council in 30 days on sponsorship of federal and state legislation to fund the DART Program.
6-27-05 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk OK
6-28-05 - File in files
9-28-01 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
10-5-01 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
10-12-01 - File in files
2-27-02 - For ref - Transmittal from Chief of Police relative to response to request for information on geographic Areas that did not have Domestic Violence Response Teams also referred to as Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
2-28-02 - Ref to Public Safety Committee
3-1-01 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
11-14-02 - For ref - Transmittal from the Chief Legislative Analyst / City Administrative Officer 0220-03506-0003 relative to the proposed expansion of the Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program.
11-18-02 - Ref to Public Safety Committee - to Committee Clerk
12-11-02 - File to Miscikowski for signature per Public Safety Committee Clerk
12-13-02 - This day's Council session - Communication from Chair, Public Safety Committee to:
1. REQUEST the Los Angeles Police Department to report to the Public Safety Committee within 90 days regarding any confidentiality and/or liability issues concerning the responsibilities of the police officers and the domestic violence (DV) community advocates.
2. ESTABLISH a Domestic Violence Working Committee, with the Community Development Department as lead, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Office of the Mayor, the Office of the City Attorney, the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA), the City Administrative Officer (CAO) and a representative from the Domestic Violence (DV) Task Force to address the following components needed for an assessment of the current Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program:
a. Identify the resources and criteria needed to conduct an assessment of the current Domestic Abuse Response Teams program, in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force as needed, within 90 days.
b. Consider the findings of the City Attorney?s Office relative to protocols that should be followed by the Los Angeles Police Department and domestic violence advocates.
c. Consider the results of the West Los Angeles Domestic Abuse Response Teams evaluation for comparison to the other current Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
d. Recommend the City's role in administering a Citywide Domestic Abuse Response Teams program, or a similar coordinated response.
e. Instruct all City departments that fund current Domestic Abuse Response Teams to provide information to the Domestic Violence Working Committee relative to the status and balance of all fund sources related to Domestic Abuse Response Teams.
f. Identify resources that would be required to expand the Domestic Abuse Response Teams Program or a similar immediate response program on a Citywide basis in consultation with the Domestic Violence Task Force Committee when appropriate.
3. REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to seek additional funding for domestic violence programs through legislation in the City's 2003-2004 Legislative Program
12-13-02 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
12-18-02 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED to APPROVE Public Safety Committee communication recommendations.
12-26-02 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk OK
12-31-02 - File in files
3-21-03 - This day's Council session - Motion - Miscikowski Mover 2003 / Garcetti - The Los Angeles Police Department has been funded by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning since 1997 to provide a specialized law enforcement unit domestic abuse response team program. Originally targeted at the West Los Angeles Police Area, the program was co-located in the police station and aimed to increase the number of investigations and arrests for cases involving domestic violence, rape, stalking and elder abuse. In addition, the program provided law enforcement personnel with training on response and investigation techniques, and provided victims with immediate intervention that included information on existing resources and shelters and other related services. Grant funding, that had already been extended one additional year, was going to expire at the end of Fiscal Year 2001-2002.
In July 2202, the Los Angeles Police Department was notified by the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning that a fifth-year of funding in the amount of $135,000 would be again available to provide a specialized law enforcement unit domestic abuse response team program. Before a new domestic abuse response team program could commence, the City Attorney ruled that a new Request for Proposals process would need to be approved by the City Council and Mayor. Time did not allow for the Police Department to execute a competitive bid process and the money was to be sent back to the State Office of Criminal Justice.
Concurrently, the Los Angeles Police Department was notified by the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office that funding for the Family Violence Prevention Initiative would terminate on December 31, 2002. Begun in July 2001 and funded through an earmark in the Federal 1999-2000 Budget to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, this program was implemented to build a partnership between law enforcement, community agencies, and the City Attorney Domestic Violence Unit to reduce family violence through the establishment of Family Violence Response Teams. Four targeted areas of the City were selected by a competitive bid process, each with a lead community agency and an associated Los Angeles Police Department area. The goals and objectives for this initiative were similar in scope to those established for the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning specialized law enforcement unit Domestic Abuse Response Team Program. Continuation of City funding for the four Family Violence Response Teams is now pending and awaiting the identification of resources to expand the domestic abuse response team or similar immediate response programs on a citywide basis. This recommendation was contained in the November 14, 2002 report prepared, as the City Council directed, by the Offices of the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Administrative Officer (Council File 01-2082).
Recognizing the critical need to continue funding of these four Family Violence Response Teams, the Los Angeles Police Department is recommending that the $135,000 of the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning specialized law enforcement program funding be utilized. The State Office of Criminal Justice Planning has been informed of this recommendation and is supportive of this decision, and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office advises that the contracts for these four programs, now in a closedown mode, can be amended to incorporate the additional funding. This will service as an intermediate, stopgap measure as attempts to identify new funding sources are redoubled. It should not, however, be regarded as a commitment for ongoing support of these programs. With the specialized law enforcement funding for domestic violence anticipated for Fiscal Year 2003-2004, the Los Angeles Police Department is preparing a Request for Proposals with selection of provider(s) and implementation expected by July 1, 2003.
THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor, take the following actions relative to the specialized law enforcement program funding available from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning:
1. ACCEPT the additional grant award in the amount of $135,000 for a total grant amount of $855,000 from State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for program implementation ending June 30, 2003;
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to negotiate, execute and submit the necessary documents, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality, relative to the grant award to the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning;
3. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office to negotiate and execute contract amendments with the four organizations listed below, to extend the Family Violence Prevention Initiative for a cumulative total not to exceed $135,000, and change the termination date from December 31, 2002 to June 30, 2003, subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality;
Account No. Name Amount
T-201 African Community Resource Center $33,750
T-202 California Hospital Medical Center $33,750
T-203 Haven Hills, Inc. $33,750
T-204 Project: PeaceMakers, Inc. $33,750
4. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office, or designee, to prepare any necessary Controller instructions and/or make any technical adjustments that may be required consistent with this action, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer, and instruct the Controller to implement these instructions
3-21-03 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
3-28-03 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
4-1-03 - File to the Mayor FORTHWITH
4-3-03 - Mayor's message concurred in Council Action of March 28, 2003
4-4-03 - File to Calendar Clerk
4-11-03 - File in files
4-18-03 - For ref - Transmittal from Community Development Department relative to report back on Domestic Abuse Response Team Program expansion.
4-18-03 - Ref to Public Safety Committee
4-21-03 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
6-3-03 - Council Action - Verbal Motion - Zine Mover 2003 / Holden - ADOPTED - HEREBY MOVE that Council ADOPT the following recommendation of the Community Development Department (CDD) (Item No. 23, Council File 01-2082) relative to a request for an extension for the Domestic Violence Working Group to report back on Domestic Abuse Response Team Program expansion:
APPROVE the request to extend the deadline for the Domestic Violence Working Group to report back on the status of its work to September 2003. (Public Safety Committee waived consideration of the above matter).
6-10-03 - File in files
9-26-03 - This day's Council session - Motion - Miscikowski Mover 2003 / Parks - On March 28, 2003, the Council adopted (Council File 01-2082) a Motion that provided for the execution of contract amendments and continuation funding for four Family Response Teams. These programs, originally begun in July 2001 and expected to terminate on December 31, 2002, were implemented to build a partnership between law enforcement, community agencies, and the City Attorney Domestic Violence Unit to reduce family violence. Funded initially through an earmark in the Federal 1999-2000 Budget to the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, a recommendation was approved to continue the programs, utilizing $135,000 in funding from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning for the Specialized Law Enforcement Unit Grant (aka the Safe Women's Project). Sufficient funding was available to continue the programs through June 30, 2003.
The Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office was authorized to negotiate and execute the contract amendments, each for $33,750, with the African Community Resource Center, California Hospital Medical Medical Center, Haven Hills, Inc. and Project PeaceMakers, Inc. However, it was not anticipated that since the Los Angeles Police Department was the recipient of the grant funds from the State Office of Criminal Justice Planning, the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office would encounter difficulty in reimbursing the four contractors.
To mitigate this situation, THEREFORE MOVE, that the City Council, subject to the approval of the Mayor:
1. ADD the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office as a sub-recipient of the Specialized Law Enforcement Unit Grant; and,
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office to process a Journal Voucher to transfer the reimbursement from the Los Angeles Police Department to their office in order to honor invoices from the four contractors.
9-26-03 - File to Calendar Clerk for placement on next available Council agenda
10-3-03 - Council Action - Motion ADOPTED
10-7-03 - File to Mayor
10-16-03 - Mayor's message concurred in Council Action of October 3, 2003
10-16-03 - File to Calendar Clerk
10-24-03 - File in files
6-11-04 - For ref - Communication from the Domestic Violence Working Committee relative to a report on Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program expansion.
6-15-04 - Ref to Public Safety and Housing, Community and Economic Development Committees
6-15-04 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk
4-26-05 - File to Housing, Community and Economic Development Committee Clerk per Public Safety Committee Clerk
6-3-05 - Council Action - CONTINUED TO June 17, 2005.
6-17-05 - Council Action - Public Safety Committee report ADOPTED to:
1. APPROVE the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program Citywide. Existing and future DARTs will be required to abide by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) protocols and have established relationships with shelters and other community-based social service agencies prior to delivering DART services in the City. The LAPD would be responsible for performing this approval process. A separate designated City department would be responsible for performing administrative and implementation responsibilities, assist in security funding (City and non-City), and coordinate with the LAPD to ensure compliance with protocols and other requirements.
2. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Community Development Department (CDD), to work with the LAPD and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office (MCJPO) to prepare a DART Program funding package for consideration in the deliberation of the 2005-06 Budget to include all necessary administrative, operational and staffing needs.
3. INSTRUCT the General Manager, or designee, of the CDD, and the Chief of the LAPD, or designee, and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor, to seek federal and state funds for the continuation and expansion of the DART Program.
4. INSTRUCT the CDD and City Administrative Officer (CAO) and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to consider funding a DART Program with Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan program savings.
5. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report to Council in 30 days on sponsorship of federal and state legislation to fund the DART Program. (Housing, Community and Economic Development Committee waived)
6-22-05 - File to Calendar Clerk
6-17-05 - Council Action - Public Safety Committee report to:
1. APPROVE the establishment of a Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Program Citywide. Existing and future DARTs will be required to abide by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) protocols and have established relationships with shelters and other community-based social service agencies prior to delivering DART services in the City. The LAPD would be responsible for performing this approval process. A separate designated City department would be responsible for performing administrative and implementation responsibilities, assist in security funding (City and non-City), and coordinate with the LAPD to ensure compliance with protocols and other requirements.
2. INSTRUCT the General Manager, Community Development Department (CDD), to work with the LAPD and the Mayor's Criminal Justice Planning Office (MCJPO) to prepare a DART Program funding package for consideration in the deliberation of the 2005-06 Budget to include all necessary administrative, operational and staffing needs.
3. INSTRUCT the General Manager, or designee, of the CDD, and the Chief of the LAPD, or designee, and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor, to seek federal and state funds for the continuation and expansion of the DART Program.
4. INSTRUCT the CDD and City Administrative Officer (CAO) and REQUEST the Office of the Mayor to consider funding a DART Program with Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan program savings.
5. INSTRUCT the Chief Legislative Analyst (CLA) to report to Council in 30 days on sponsorship of federal and state legislation to fund the DART Program.
6-27-05 - File to Public Safety Committee Clerk OK
6-28-05 - File in files
Online Documents (Doc)
| Title | Doc Date |
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| Complete Council File | 01/01/2001 |
Council Vote Information (3 Votes)
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Council Vote Information (3 Votes) | |
| Meeting Date: | 06/17/2005 |
| Meeting Type: | Regular |
| Vote Action: | Adopted |
| Vote Given: | (11 - 0 - 4) |
| Member Name | CD | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TONY CARDENAS | 6 | YES |
| ERIC GARCETTI | 13 | YES |
| WENDY GREUEL | 2 | ABSENT |
| JANICE HAHN | 15 | ABSENT |
| TOM LABONGE | 4 | YES |
| MARTIN LUDLOW | 10 | YES |
| CINDY MISCIKOWSKI | 11 | YES |
| ALEX PADILLA | 7 | YES |
| BERNARD C PARKS | 8 | YES |
| JAN PERRY | 9 | YES |
| ED REYES | 1 | ABSENT |
| GREIG SMITH | 12 | YES |
| ANTONIO VILLARAIGOSA | 14 | ABSENT |
| JACK WEISS | 5 | YES |
| DENNIS ZINE | 3 | YES |