ANTONIO R. VILLARAIGOSA MAYOR
February 2, 2009
Honorable Members of the City Council clo City Clerk Room 395, City Hall
RE: Notification of Application and Request for Authority to Accept Grant Award for the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the Foothill Pacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program
Honorable Members:
Pursuant to Section 14.6 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code, the Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety is notifying the City Council of the submission of an application under the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award to the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). Administrative Code Section 14.6(b) states that applications for grants may be submitted without prior Council approval where the Notice of Available Funding or Request for Proposal (RFP) was published less than 61 days in advance of the date of the application deadline. The U.S Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, issued a RFP for the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award on May 13, 2008. Such notice was provided twenty-nine (29) days in advance of the application deadline of June 11, 2008. The performance period is from September 1, 2008 through February 28, 2010. We received the award letter from the Department of Justice on August 21, 2008.
Transmitted herewith for consideration by the City Council is a request to accept grant funds for the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the FoothililPacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program in the amount of $178,870.
Background On May 13, 2008 the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) invited the City of Los Angeles to submit an application for the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for $178,870 to support the CLEAR Program in Foothill. The earmark is through the offices of Congressman Howard Berman and Senator Diane Feinstein. The application does not require City General Funds or matching funds. The Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety will administer the program.
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The Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) program is the suppression component of the Mayor's Gang Reduction Strategy that was introduced in April 2007. The primary purpose of CLEAR is to facilitate the recovery of gang-infested communities. This is accomplished by decreasing the criminal activity of targeted gangs in designated communities through an effective collaboration with City and County criminal justice agencies. CLEAR sites are chosen based on Part I Crime statistics. The CLEAR Team includes the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney, California Department of Corrections Parole, and the Los Angeles Mayor's Office.
The Foothill/Pacoima FY 2008 Congressionally Mandated Award will support the CLEAR program in the Foothill Division. Specifically, the award will go to support the salary and fringe benefits of one Deputy City Attorney III for the period of February 1,2009 through January 31, 2010 in this CLEAR site. The other CLEAR positions (Deputy District Attorney and Deputy Probation Officer) for the Foothill site are being funded by Justice Assistance Grants FY 07 and FY 08. The LAPD Detective and Sergeant salaries and benefits and all staff overtime are funded through the California State Supplemental Law Enforcement Service Fund (SLESF), a state block fund devoted to the reimbursement of law enforcement salaries. The Police Officers' salaries are paid for by the LAPD General Fund.
The Mayor's Office has proposed a comprehensive, collaborative, and community-wide approach to reduce gang violence by providing essential services for prevention, intervention, re-entry, and suppression. Although this grant will not fund prevention and intervention, the Pacoima/Foothill Gang Reduction and Youth Development Zone receives funding from a variety of sources, including federal and state grants, as well as the City's General Fund. In addition, a formal evaluation of the prevention and intervention programs are built into other grant-funded programs.
Five percent of the total grant award will go towards management and administration, which will support the salaries and fringe benefits of staff members in the Mayor's Office who spend various portion of their time on grant administration.
Below is a summary of the approved budget:
Budget __ Cost Ga!li!~ory - - CLEAR Citv Attorney salarv and benefits $170,036 Operatinq Costs-Mayor Salaries, Fringe Benefits $8,834 TOTAL AWARD $178.~70
IT IS THEREFORE requested that the City Council:
1. AUTHORIZE the Mayor or his designee to accept the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the Foothill/Pacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program 2008-DD-BX-0204 in the amount of $178,870 for the period effective from September 1, 2008 through February 28, 2010; Honorable Members of the City Council February 2, 2009 Page 3
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor or his designee to negotiate and execute the Grant Award Agreement on behalf of the City and submit any other necessary agreements and documents relative to the grant award, subject to the approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality;
3. APPROVE the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the Foothill/Pacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program budget and authorize the Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety to expend the grant in accordance with the approved budget;
4. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:
a. CREATE an interest-bearing Fund, FY 08 Earmark CLEAR Foothill, establish a receivable in this new Fund in the amount of $178,870, and create new Appropriation Accounts within the new Fund XXX, Department 46 as follows:
Appropriation Account Name Amount Number E112 City Attorney - Salaries $129,000 E146 Operating Costs-Mayor Salaries $6,171 E299 Fringe Benefits- Mayor and City Attorney $43,699 TOTAL $178,870
b. EXPEND funds upon presentation of proper demands from the Office of the Mayor.
c. TRANSFER cash from the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the Foothill/Pacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program, Fund No. XXX, Department 46, Account E112 to Fund 100, Department 12, Account 1020 to reimburse the General Fund in an amount up to $53,750, upon presentation of proper documentation from the City Attorney and approval from the Mayor's Office of such invoices for grant-related expenditures.
d. TRANSFER cash from the FY 08 Congressionally Mandated Award for the Foothill/Pacoima Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program, Fund. No. XXX, Department 46, Account E299 to Fund 100, Department 12, Revenue Source Code 4681 to reimburse the General Fund in an amount of up to $17,098, upon presentation of proper documentation from the City Attorney and approval from the Mayor's Office of such invoices for grant-related expenditures.
e. INSTRUCT the Controller to transfer up to $6,170.72 from Fund XXX, Department 46, Account E146 to the Mayor's General Fund No. 100, Department 46, Account No.1 020, for reimbursernent of grant-funded personnel salaries. Honorable Members of the City Council February 2, 2009 Page 4
f. INSTRUCT the Controller to transfer up to $2,663.28 from Fund XXX, Department 46, Account E299 to the Mayor's General Fund No.1 00, Department 46, Revenue Source 4681, for reimbursement of grant-funded personnel salaries.
5. AUTHORIZE the Mayor, or designee, to prepare Controller's instructions for any necessary technical adjustments, subject to the approval of the City Administrative Officer and authorize the Controller to implement the instructions.
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APPLICATION FOR 2. DATE SUBMITTED Applicant Identifier FEDERAL ASSISTANCE June 24, 2008 1. TYPE OF SUBMISSION 3. DATE RECEIVED BY State Application Identifier STATE Application Non-Construction 4. DATE RECEIVED BY Federal Identifier FEDERAL AGENCY
5.APPLICANT INFORMATION Legal Name Organizational Unit
City of Los Angeles Office of the Mayor Address Name and telephone number of the person to be contacted on matters City Hall, 200 North Spring Street involving this application SW Mezzanine RM Ml75 Los Angeles, California Kraim, Julie 90012 (213) 978-4607 6. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) 7. TYPE OF APPLICANT
95-6000735 Township 8. TYPE OF APPLICATION 9. NAME OF FEDERAL AGENCY New Bureau of Justice Assistance 10. CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE 11. DESCRIPTIVE TITLE OF APPLICANT'S PROJECT NUMBER: 16.753 Foothill/Pacoima Community Law CFDA TITLE: Congressionally Recommended Awards Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program 12. AREAS AFFECTED BY PROJECT
City ofLos Angeles 13. PROPOSED PROJECT 14. CONGRESSIONAL Start Date: September 01, 2008 DISTRICTS OF End Date: February 28, 2010 a. Applicant b. Project CA28 15. ESTIMATED FUNDING 16. IS APPLICATION SUBJECT Federal $178,870 TO REVIEW BY STATE EXECUTIVE ORDER 12372 Applicant $0 PROCESS? State $0 Program has not been selected by Local $0
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Other $0 state for review Program Income $0 17. IS THE APPLICANT DELINQUENT ON ANY FEDERAL DEBT? TOTAL $178,870 N 18. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, ALL DATA IN THIS APPLICATION PREAPPLICATION ARE TRUE AND CORRECT, THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNING BODY OF THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH THE ATTACHED ASSURANCES IF THE ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED.
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The CLEAR Program seeks to facilitate the recovery of gang-infested communities. This is accomplished by decreasing the criminal activity of targeted gangs in designated communities through an effective collaboration of several Los Angeles City and County criminal justice agencies, programs, and individuals in targeted communities. Since 1997, the CLEAR Program has operated in the Foothill/Pacoima region of Los Angeles. This area is located in one of the poorest areas in the San Fernando Valley and has endured persistently high crime rates and levels of violence.
Statement of Problem
The City of Los Angeles is home to numerous gangs and gang members. As of July 2007, the
Los Angeles Police Department has identified 430 active gangs, and an estimated 40,800 gang members.' Overall, serious crime declined in Los Angeles in 2007, but violent, gang-related crime increased by 14%.2 The Foothill/Pacoima area located in the San Fernando Valley is particularly notorious for gang activity. Using crime statistics and other demographic indicators, the Pacoima/Foothill area was selected by the Los Angeles Mayor's Office to become a Gang
Reduction and Youth Development (GRYD) Zone. Gang members engage in socially disruptive activities including drive-by shootings, fights, vandalism, drug sales and graffiti. They actively recruit younger members through elementary and middle schools. A community survey conducted by Harder and Company in 2008 indicated that residents perceive gangs and gang- related activity as among the area's most pressing problems.
I Los Angeles Police Department 2 Los Angeles Times
Page 1 of9 The Pacoima/Foothill area has endured persistently high crime rates and levels of violence. From
2005 to 2006, the area had a 65% increase in gang-related crimes. According to the LAPD, in
2007, the Pacoima/Foothill OR YD Zone suffered 134 violent gang-related crimes and 162 gang- related crimes. This zone has an estimated population of 54,440 of which eighty-seven percent is Latino, six percent is Black, four percent is Caucasian, and two percent is Asian. In 2007, an estimated 18,544 people under the age of eighteen lived in the Pacoima/Foothill GRYD Zone, representing thirty-four percent of the total population. Fifteen percent of households identified as single parent families.
This GRYD Zone also has a disproportionably large percentage of low-income residents when compared to the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County. According to the most recent statistics collected in 2007, unemployment is moderately high at eleven percent. Twenty-eight percent of households in the Pacoima/Foothill GRYD Zone earned less than $25,000 per year with thirty-three percent earning between $25,000 and $50,000. The median income of residents of the Pacoima/Foothill area is $43,626 compared to the median income of the City of Los
Angeles of $51 ,406.
This Zone also has lower levels of educational attainment compared to both the City and County of Los Angeles. Forty percent of the population in this region has less than a ninth grade education. In addition, sixty percent of adults over the age of twenty-five do not have a high school diploma and forty percent did not complete the ninth grade. A combined seven percent of adults over the age of twenty-five had obtained either an Associate's, Bachelor's or advanced degree; thirty percent of residents in the City and County of Los Angeles hold these degrees.
The Academic Performance Index (API) Scores measure performance and growth of schools
Page 2 of9 based on test scores in grades two through twelve. The California State Board of Education released a target goal of an 800 API Score for schools to be considered performing. None of the schools in the Pacoima/Foothill GRYD Zone are above 800; rather, the elementary school scores range from 652-740, the middle schools range from 588 to 643 and the high schools from 561 to
672?
The Pacoima/Foothill GRYD Zone is home to numerous gangs. The most active include the following: Brownstone Locos, Latin Time Pacoima, Project Boys, Crazy Boys, Criminals, Every
Woman's Fantasy, Humphrey Boys, Knock Knock Boys, Cayuga Street Locos, Pacas Trece
(13), Paxton Street/Paca Flats, Piru Bloods, Pacoima Southside Locos (PSSL), Sun Valley
Diablos, Terra Bella Street, Toonerville, Vaughn Street, Vineland Boys. (Los Angeles Police
Department)
The Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program has been operating in
Pacoima/Foothill since 1997. As will be described in greater detail later in this proposal, the
CLEAR Program is the suppression component of the Mayor's Gang Reduction Strategy and involves multiple law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles Police Department, City
Attorney, District Attorney and Department of Probation.
Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures
The goal of CLEAR is to facilitate the recovery of gang-infested communities through a comprehensive program that removes hard-core gang members from the streets. Outcomes will be measured through incident-level crime data that have been and will continue to be collected
3 The demographic statistics used for this section were obtained by healthycity.org.
Page30f9 from the LAPD in each of the demonstration sites. Data will be analyzed for changes in serious gang violence over time and through spatial distributions.
The City of Los Angeles will continue to work with an outside evaluator to measure the success of CLEAR. On a quarterly basis, gang crime data will be obtained and analyzed including the number of arrests, prosecutions, and other related activities. On a monthly basis, the evaluator will collect data reflecting site activities, including an annual implementation study. The evaluator will also compare site gang crime statistics to division-wide gang crime statistics.
Goal: Reduce criminal activity of gangs by' reducing gang-related crime and Part I crimes
(homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assaults, burglary, personal/other theft, auto theft, and burglary theft from vehicle)
Objective I: Increase law enforcement presence within the Foothill/Pacoima CLEAR site.
Objective 2: Identify and target the top ten most active and violent gang members.
Objective 3: Aggressively enforce civil gang injunctions within the Foothill/Pacoima CLEAR
site.
Objective 4: Reduce nuisance gang activity and abate nuisance locations.
Objective 5: Track and successfully prosecute gang members.
Objective 6: Reduce quality of life offenses and perception of gang influences within the
GRYD Zone.
Performance measures include:
• How many gang investigations occurred? • How many arrests resulted from these investigations? • How many search warrants were issued? • How many probation/parole searches occurred? • How many successful prosecutions resulted from these investigations?
. Page 4 of9 Project Design
The Community Law Enforcement and Recovery (CLEAR) Program began in 1997 as an innovative City of Los Angeles/Los Angeles County partnership to combat gang violence in Los
Angeles. The primary purpose of CLEAR is to facilitate the recovery of gang-infested communities. This is accomplished by decreasing the criminal activity of targeted gangs in designated communities through an effective collaboration with City and County criminal justice agencies. The CLEAR Team includes the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County
Probation Department, Los Angeles City Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney,
California Department of Corrections Parole, Mayor's Office, Los Angeles City Council and Los
Angeles County Supervisory Offices and community stakeholders. The success of CLEAR is remarkable; as of May 2008, overall gang-crime is down 7.2%, gang-related violent crime is down 9.3%, overall Part I Crime is down 1.6% (including property and violent crimes), and Part
I Violent Crime is down 2.6%4
CLEAR has had a verifiable impact on gang activity and on the capacity to maintain that impact.
Statistically significant decreases in gang crime have occurred in the current CLEAR target areas; community members have been meaningfully engaged in the process of community recovery; and government agencies, both within and outside the criminal justice system, have created breakthrough ways to collaborate amongst themselves and with these communities.
Monthly activity reports are created to assist each site with monitoring and revising plans and strategies.
4 Los Angeles Police Department
Page 5 of9 The key to CLEAR's success has been the immediate availability of police officers, district attorneys, city attorneys, probation officers and parole officers in the defined primary and secondary target areas. The role of each team member is outlined below:
• The LAPD deploys officers who are specifically designated to respond to gang-related
criminal activity within their respective jurisdictions in the CLEAR target area;
• The California Department of Corrections provides intensive monitoring and closely
supervises all parolees during their re-entry into society to avert them from engaging in
criminal activity upon their release.
• The Los Angeles County Probation Department works with the City Attorney to ensure
that gang members receive appropriate conditions of probation that prohibit association
with other gang members through curfews and restrictions on returning to designated
areas.
• The District Attorney's Office and City Attorney's Office engage in community-based
and vertical prosecution to ensure effective prosecution of gang-related crimes.
• Other federal, state and local agencies and programs are requested to participate in a
target area as the CLEAR Operational Team identifies additional areas of need.
The Foothill/Pacoima area has been determined as an area with high rates of concentrated gang related crimes. As with other sites, there is a primary target area and a secondary target area identified by LAPD Reporting Districts, which tracks all LAPD crime data. Primary target areas are comprised of up to four reporting districts, which have the highest levels of gang crime in the
Page 6 of9 CLEAR site area. Secondary target areas are comprised of up to nine reporting districts, which have significant level of gang crime, but are lower than the levels in the primary target areas.
Program resources are deployed first to the primary target areas and then to secondary target areas. This approach ensures that resources are efficiently deployed to areas with the most gang related crime.
CLEAR team members collaborate with residents from the neighborhoods through the creation of a Community Impact Team (CIT). The CIT's focus is specifically on quality of life issues such as graffiti, litter and juvenile loitering. The CIT also facilitates a linkage between
CLEAR's suppression efforts and other gang prevention and intervention programs. Residents on the CIT's identify effective community organizations in their area and facilitate a relationship between those organizations and law enforcement agencies which partner to secure support from individuals and businesses within the community.
The CLEAR Executive Committee will serve as the Local Advisory Board made up of a representative from each core agency involved in CLEAR. The Executive Committee provides program policy, management and oversight for all of the CLEAR sites. The Executive
Committee also reviews, evaluates and modifies strategies and ensures efficient deployment of resources within each of the CLEAR target areas. In addition, the Committee is responsible for program implementation within new sites and will monitor the ongoing reduction of gang-related crime in recovered CLEAR target areas.
This FY08 Congressionally Mandated Award will pick up where the FY 07 Justice Assistance
Grant (JAG) grant leaves off. This award will be used to support activities of the City Attorney who functions as a critical part of the CLEAR team in the Foothill region.
Page 7 of9 Los Angeles City Attorney
The City Attorney's Office has been an integral part of the CLEAR program since its inception, vertically prosecuting misdemeanor gang crimes and focusing on quality of life crimes and nuisance abatement in each of in existing CLEAR sites. With the partner agencies, the City
Attorney has made significant strides in combating gang violence in the City of Los Angeles.
The Foothill/Pacoima CLEAR site will be staffed by one full time dedicated and experienced
Deputy City Attorney III from the City Attorney's Gang Unit. The City Prosecutor assigned to the CLEAR Team will vertically prosecute all misdemeanor offenses and local ordinance violations committed by targeted gang members, focus on gang related nuisance and quality of life issues, work cooperatively with the other Team members, and participate in the respective
Community Impact Teams. He/she will also attend and participate in community meetings and events related to CLEAR operations in the respective sites. The City Attomey also works to suppress gang members through the use of gang injunctions. Gang injunctions restrict gang members of targeted gangs from gathering in public places with other gang members, using weapons and drugs, pro bits trespassing and enforces curfews. The City Attorney files the gang injunctions and then prosecutes gang members who violate them. Currently, there are thrity- three gang injunctions against forty-nine different gangs throughout the City of Los Angeles.
Management and Organizational Capability
The Mayor's Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety will manage the FY 2008
Congressionally Mandated Award. The Office has twenty years of experience in managing grant funds and is responsible for securing and administering the City's State and Federal public safety and criminal justice grants. The annual budget for the Office is 160 million dollars. All
Page 8 of9 operating grant funds require programmatic and fiscal audits, whereby the City has a demonstrated history of grant award compliance. The office is staffed by a Deputy Mayor,
Assistant Director, a Grants Director, a Financial Management Unit Director, three Policy
Directors, two Policy Analysts, six Grant Specialists, two Grant Analysts, a Contract Compliance
Analyst, seven Accountants, and two Administrative Assistants. The Mayor's Office has solid financial management structure and demonstrated history of grant compliance in place to maintain required financial systems, policies, procedures, and delineate staff duties. The Office has a checks and balance system for internal monitoring/audits to be conducted through the City
Administrative Office and Controller's Office.
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A. Personnel - List each position by title and name of employee, if available. Show the annual salary rate and the percentage of time to be devoted to the project. Compensation paid for employees engaged in grant activities must be consistent with that paid for similar work within the applicant organization.
Name/Position Computation Cost Deputy City Attorney III 1 FTE X $126.196 $126.196
TOTAL $126196
B. Fringe Benefits - Fringe benefits should be based on actual known costs or an established formula. Fringe benefits are for the personnel listed in budget category and only for the percentage of time devoted to the project. Fringe benefits on overtime hours are limited to FICA, Workman's Compensation, and Unemployment Compensation.
Name/Position Computation Cost Deputy City Attorney III $126,196 x 34.74% (CAP 29) $43,840 TOTAL $43 840
C. Travel-Itemize travel expenses of project personnel by purpose (e.g., staff to training, field interviews, advisory group meeting, etc.). Show the basis of computation (e.q., six people to 3-day training at $X airfare, $X lodging, $X subsistence).
Purpose of Location Item Computation Cost Travel
TOTAL~
D. Equipment - List non-expendable items that are to be purchases. Non- expendable equipment is tangible property having a useful life of more than two years and an acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit. Expendable items should be included either in the "supplies" category or in the "Other" category. Rented or leased equipment costs should be listed in the "Contractual" category. In the budget narrative explain how the equipment is necessary for the success of the project. Item Computation Cost TOTAL $ 0.00I
E. Supplies - List items by type (office supplies, postage, training materials, copying paper, and expendable equipment items costing less than $1,000, such as books, hand held tape recorders) and show the basis for computation. Supplies include any materials that are expendable or consumed during the course of the project.
Supply Items Computation Cost
TOTAL $0.00
F. Consultants/Contracts Consultant Fees: For each consultant enter the name, if know, service to be provided, hourly or daily fee (a-hour day), and estimated time on the project. Consultant fees in excess of $450 per day require additional justification and prior approval from BJA.
Name of Consultant Service Provided Computation Cost
TOTAL
Contracts: Provide a description of the service to be provided by contract and an estimate of the cost. TOTAL
G. Other Costs - List items (e.g., rent, reproduction, telephone, janitorial or security services, and investigative or confidential funds) by major type and the basis of the computation. For example, provide the square footage and the cost per square foot for rent, or provide a monthly rental cost and how many months to rent.
Descriotion Comoutation Cost
TOTAL $0.00
I. Indirect Costs -Indirect costs are allowed only if the applicant has a Federally approved indirect cost rate. Descriotion Cost The Mayor's Homeland Security and Public Safety administers the OJJDP FY08 Earmark Award. The Office serves on the Executive Committee and monitors the Professional Services Agreement with the project evaluator. Additionally, the Office provides fiscal management and oversees the reporting to OJJDP.
Federally Approved Indirect Cost Rate= 157.60%
Indirect Costs- Management & $ 126. 196x 157.60%= $198,885 $8,834 Administration The City of Los Angeles is only requesting a portion of the allowed indirect cost amount be charged to this grant. TOTAL $8 834 Pacoima/Foothill CLEAR Site Budget Summary -Transfer the totals for each category to the spaces below. Compute the total project costs.
Budaet Cateaorv Amount
A. Personnel $126,196 $43,840 B. Fringe Benefits iQ C. Travel iQ D. Equipment iQ E. Supplies iQ F. Consultants/Contracts iQ G. Other Costs .$8,834 H. Indirect Costs
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS ~178,870
Total Request $178,870 Budget Narrative BJA FY 2008 Congressionally Mandated Award City of Los Angeles: Foothill/Pacoima CLEAR site
Budget Narrative A. Personnel Services: List each position by title. Show the annual salary rate and the percentage of time to be devoted to the project. Compensation paid for employees engaged in grant activities must be consistent with that paid for similar work within the applicant organization.
City Attorney The City Attorney's Office has been an integral part of the CLEAR program since its inception, vertically prosecuting misdemeanor gang crimes and focusing on quality of life crimes and nuisance abatement in each of in existing CLEAR sites. With the partner agencies, the Office has made significant strides in combating gang violence in the City of Los Angeles.
The Foothill/Pacoima CLEAR sites will be staffed by one full time dedicated and experienced Deputy City Attorney III from the City Attorney's Gang Unit. The City Prosecutor assigned to the CLEAR Team will vertically prosecute all misdemeanor offenses and local ordinance violations committed by targeted gang members, focus on gang related nuisance and quality of life issues, work cooperatively with the other Team members, and participate in the respective Community Impact Teams. He/she will also attend and participate in community meetings and events related to CLEAR operations in the respective sites.
1 FTE Los Angeles City Attorney X $10,516.30 X 12 months = $126,196
TOTAL PERSONNEL = $126,196
B. Fringe Benefits: Fringe benefits should be based on actual known costs or an established formula. Fringe benefits are for the personnel listed in budget category (A) and only for the percentage of time devoted to the project. Fringe benefits on overtime hours are limited to FICA, Workman's Compensation, and Unemployment Compensation.
City Of Los Angeles - City Attorney I City Attorney@$126,196 X 34.74% (CAP 29) = $43,840
TOTAL MAYOR'S OFFICE FRINGE BENEFITS =$43,840
TOTAL FRINGE BENEFITS = $43,840 C. Travel: Itemize travel expenses of project personnel by purpose (e.g. staff to training, field interviews, advisory group meeting, etc.).
TOTAL TRAVEL == $0
D. Equipment: List non-expendable items that are to be purchased.
TOTAL EQUIPMENT == $0
E. Supplies: List items by type (office supplies, postage, training materials, copying paper, and expendable equipment items costing less than $1,000, such as books, hand held tape recorders).
TOTAL SUPPLIES = $0
F. Consultants/Contracts: Provide a description of the service to be provided by contract and an estimate of the cost.
TOTAL COMMUNITY SERVICE CONTRACTS = $0
E. Supplies: Lists items by type and show the basis for computation. Supplies include any materials that are expendable or consumed during the course of the project.
TOTAL SUPPLIES == $0
G. Other Costs: Lists items by major type and the basis of the computation.
TOTAL OTHER COSTS $0
I. Indirect Costs: Indirect costs are allowed only if the applicant has a Federally approved indirect cost rate.
Federally Approved Indirect Cost Rate = 157.60%
$126,196 x 157.60%= $198,885 The City of Los Angeles is only requesting a portion of the allowed indirect cost amount be charged to this grant.
TOTAL INDIRECT COSTS $8,834