To: Board of Supervisors
From: Diana Becton, District Attorney
Report Title: Budget Amendment to Appropriate New Revenue from State Grant for Workers Rights Enforcement
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE Budget Amendment No. BDA-24-00763 authorizing revenue appropriations from the California Department of Industrial Relations in the amount of $720,000 to the District Attorney's Office to fund the Workers’ Rights Enforcement Grant Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State funding, matching funds are not required. This action will increase Fiscal Year 2024-25 revenue appropriations by $720,000 and increase corresponding expenditure appropriations by the same amount.
BACKGROUND:
The District Attorney's Office received Board of Supervisors’ approval and authorization on March 26, 2024, to apply for and accept grant funding from the California Department of Industrial Relations in an amount not to exceed $750,000 to fund a Wage Theft Prevention Unit. On May 16, 2024, the California Department of Industrial Relations, Labor Commissioner’s Office announced that the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office has been awarded $720,000 for the Workers’ Rights Enforcement Grant Program for the funding period of August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025. The purpose of this board order is to appropriate revenues and expenditures consistent with the acceptance of the grant as previously approved by the Board.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The District Attorney's Office will not be able to appropriate revenues and expenditures consistent with acceptance of the grant as approved by the Board.