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(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 the City Attorney’s designee in accordance with the purposes of the program.
(d) Expenditures from the Fund shall be authorized by the City Attorney or the City Attorney’s 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.
(a) There is hereby created within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a Trust Fund known as the “Victim Services Trust Fund”.
(b) The purpose of this Fund is the receipt, retention and disbursement of undistributed restitution funds from the Superior Court to be utilized to pay for expenses incurred by victims of crimes prosecuted by the City Attorney’s Office. Covered expenses include, but are not limited to transportation, parking, child care and lodging.
(c) The Fund shall be administered by the City Attorney or the City Attorney’s designee in accordance with the purposes of the program.
(d) Expenditures from the Fund shall be authorized by the City Attorney or the City Attorney’s designee.
(e) Any money earmarked for this Fund, before they may deposited in the Fund, shall first be submitted to the City Attorney 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 shall revert to the Superior Court.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 185,406, Eff. 3-21-18.
(a) There is hereby created in the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a special fund to be known as the “Opioids Settlement Trust Fund”, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Trust Fund”.
(b) The purpose in establishing the Trust Fund is for the receipt, retention and disbursement of funds received through settlement or resolution (including through bankruptcy proceedings) of the City of Los Angeles’s claims against various opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers named as defendants in the action entitled City of Los Angeles v. Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., Case No. 1:18-OP-45601-DAP (the “City’s Opioids Claims”).
(c) The City Controller is hereby authorized to:
(1) Deposit into the Trust Fund any and all monies received by the City through resolution of the City’s Opioids Claims, including monies received through settlement and bankruptcy proceedings;
(2) Create those accounts within the Trust Fund, as determined by the City Administrative Officer, that are necessary to track the various payments obtained through resolution of the City’s Opioids Claims and to ensure that those funds are spent in accordance with the terms of applicable laws, settlement agreements, bankruptcy plans, and directions from the City Council;
(3) Transfer funds among the accounts created in the Trust Fund, as determined necessary by the City Administrative Officer; and
(4) Disburse funds from the Trust Fund, or any account created thereunder, pursuant to a spending plan adopted by the City Council as part of the City’s annual budgeting process, or otherwise.
(d) The monies in the Trust Fund shall be used consistently with the requirements of the settlement agreement, approved bankruptcy plan, or other document giving rise to the payment to the City of Los Angeles. The monies shall also be used consistently with the applicable California State-Subdivision Agreement Regarding Distribution and Use of Settlement Funds, or any similar document or regulation to which the City is bound with respect to the specific funds at issue.
(e) All interest and other earnings attributable to monies in the Trust Fund shall be credited to the Trust Fund and shall be devoted to the purposes of the Trust Fund.
(f) The Trust Fund shall be administered by the City Administrative Officer.
(g) Monies not disbursed in any fiscal year from the Trust Fund, or in any of the accounts within the Trust Fund, shall remain in the Trust Fund and shall be devoted to the purposes of the Trust Fund.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 187,705, Eff. 1-18-23.