(a) There is hereby created within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a Trust Fund known as the "City Attorney Community Justice Initiative (CJI) Trust Fund".
(b) The purpose of this Fund is the receipt, retention and disbursement of local, state and federal funding as well as of gifts, contributions and bequests for the support of the City Attorney's Community Justice Initiative, a community based partnership whose purpose is to engage the community in improving the criminal justice process.
(c) The Fund shall be administered by the City Attorney or his/her designee in accordance with the purposes of the program.
(d) Expenditures from the Fund shall be authorized by the City Attorney or his/her designee.
(e) Any local, state and federal funding, as well as of gifts, contributions and bequests to the Fund which do not exceed the sum of $5,000, before they may be deposited in the Fund shall first be submitted to the City Attorney for acceptance or rejection. Any local, state and federal funding as well as of gifts, contributions and bequests to the Fund which exceed the sum of $5,000, before they may be deposited in the Fund shall first be submitted to the City Council for acceptance or rejection.
(f) All interest or other earnings from moneys received into said Fund shall be credited thereto and shall be devoted to the purposes set forth herein.
(g) This section shall sunset on December 12, 2024. All monies remaining in the Fund may be used for related neighborhood or public safety services.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,407, Eff. 3-21-18.