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Fiscal Year 2026-27 Regional Threat Assessment Center Program / Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department / California Governors Office of Emergency Services / Memorandum of Agreement / Subaward

Council File 21-0460-S5

Under review — the city is deciding whether to accept a $100,000 federal grant to fund LAPD's role in a six-county threat assessment program through May 2027, with no local cost and reimbursed overtime. It's currently with the Budget and Finance and Public Safety committees.

Introduced
2026-02-11
Last changed
2026-06-12
Status
open
Expires
2028-06-12
Committee
Budget and Finance Committee
Initiated by
Board of Police Commissioners
References
Board Report: 26-025City Administrative Officer Report: 0130-02124-0004

Brief

The Board of Police Commissioners has forwarded a memorandum of agreement and subaward documents from the LA County Sheriff's Department and California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for a Regional Threat Assessment Center. The file proposes City participation in and funding for this joint threat assessment program in fiscal year 2026-27. The matter is pending review in the Budget and Finance Committee and Public Safety Committee, with no council action yet taken.

Full summary

This file asks the Council to authorize LAPD to accept a $100,000 grant subaward from the LA County Sheriff's Department and enter into a funding agreement to participate in the FY2026-27 Regional Threat Assessment Center program. The money flows from federal Homeland Security Grant Program funds, passed through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services to the County, which then subawarded a share to the City. The funding agreement would run through May 31, 2027, and the County would reimburse LAPD overtime costs up to the full $100,000 amount, with no matching requirement and no impact on the General Fund. In practical terms, LAPD's participation obligates the department to assess critical infrastructure facilities, maintain standby availability during evenings and weekends for unplanned incidents, and staff a 24-hour Command Post that provides intelligence support to public safety agencies across a six-county area during major planned events, whether local or national. The program operates through the Joint Regional Intelligence Center, established in 2006 as the Regional Threat Assessment Center for the Central District of California, which focuses on detecting, preventing, and investigating terrorism-related threats and criminal activity. On the financial side, the City Administrative Officer recommends appropriating the $100,000 into the LAPD's grant fund and then transferring roughly $45,500 to cover sworn officer overtime and about $4,500 in related costs into the General Fund. The CAO also recommends placing a Controller transfer action on the Council agenda by July 1, 2026, to formalize that internal movement of funds. The Board of Police Commissioners initiated the file in February 2026, and the City Administrative Officer completed its review and submitted recommendations on June 12, 2026. Both documents were referred to the Budget and Finance Committee and Public Safety Committee, where the file remains pending. No council floor vote has occurred.

Activity (4)

  • 2026-06-12 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Public Safety Committee.
  • 2026-06-12 Document submitted by City Administrative Officer, dated June 12, 2026.
  • 2026-02-13 Board of Police Commissioners document(s) referred to Budget and Finance Committee; Public Safety Committee.
  • 2026-02-11 Document submitted by Board of Police Commissioners, dated February 11, 2026.

Documents (2)

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