To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Add one District Attorney Senior Inspector position
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 26638 to add one (1) District Attorney Senior Inspector (6KVA) (represented) at salary plan XJX and grade 1970 ($11,016.28 - $15,250.13) in the District Attorney's Office.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This request is to leverage the grant funding currently being used for the temporary DA Sr. Inspector position to fund a regular DA Sr. Inspector position, with a net increase in cost of approximately $84,000 per year for the benefit cost of the regular position. The estimated annual cost of salaries and benefits for 1.0 FTE DA Sr. Inspector position is approximately $223,540 but will be 100% offset by increased state grant revenue from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Program. There is no net county cost impact.
BACKGROUND:
The District Attorney's Office has been awarded the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Program from the California Department of Insurance consistently for over 10 years. This is a stable source of funding that the Department anticipates continuing to receive long-term. Only a District Attorney’s Office can perform the insurance fraud investigation and prosecution work with the funding from CDI. The Department has used this grant for several years to fund a temporary District Attorney Senior Inspector position. However, a dedicated full-time DA Senior Inspector would be more appropriate to fulfill the purposes and ongoing needs of the program. This specific work assignment has a high learning curve, and there are many complex investigations requiring retention of organizational memory. Therefore, the Department would like to request to leverage the grant funding currently being used for the temporary DA Sr. Inspector position to instead fund a regular position to continue to provide dedicated support to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Program.
In July 2026, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) increased the annual grant funding for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Program, allocating approximately $1,476,000 to the District Attorney’s Office for the fiscal year 2026-2027. The increased benefit cost for the use of grant funding from the temporary Sr. Inspector position to a regular position is $84,602 and will be entirely offset by the increased state grant revenue allocation in FY26-27.
The Department is committed to fully funding the position with this dedicated state revenue. If external funding discontinues in future years, the Department will re-evaluate and, if necessary, eliminate the position, as the General Fund is not expected to absorb future costs.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If unapproved, the District Attorney's Office will be unable to provide the dedicated staff to support the investigation and prosecution of workers’ compensation fraud cases and will need to return unused grant funding to the California Department of Insurance.