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District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Office staff to electronically submit, on behalf of the Chair, the revised Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-25 Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certification for Federal Asset Forfeiture with the United States Department of Justice and United States Department of the Treasury, contingent upon review and approval by County Counsel; and
2) Approve and authorize the Board Chair to sign FY 2025-26 budget transfer increasing transfers out within the District Attorney’s Equitable Sharing Special Revenue Fund and increasing transfers in within the Sheriff’s Office Equitable Sharing Special Revenue Fund by $77,122 (4/5 vote required).
FUNDING: Equitable Sharing (Asset Forfeiture).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On September 16, 2025, with Legistar file 25-1540, the Board approved and authorized staff to electronically submit the FY 2024-25 Equitable Sharing Agreement and Certifications for both the District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office. Following the submission of both certifications, reporting fund revenue and expenditures, and review by the Department of Justice (DOJ) administration, it was noted that funds received were under-reported by the Sheriff’s Office and over-reported by the District Attorney’s Office, each in the amount of $77,122.
Based on the discrepancy noted by DOJ, County staff discovered that funds resulting from an asset forfeiture distribution were deposited via ACH into the District Attorney’s Special Revenue Fund (Equitable Sharing account) in the amount of $77,122 instead of the Sheriff’s Office Equitable Sharing fund. The deposit was mis-coded and therefore requires a correction journal.
The enclosed budget transfer increases operating transfers out under the District Attorney’s Equitable Sharing account and increases operating transfer in under the Sheriff’s Equitable Sharing account. Following the postin...
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