File #: 22-1732    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 12/21/2022 In control: District Attorney
On agenda: 12/22/2022 Final action: 12/22/2022
Title: Acceptance of Grant Funding Made Available by the California Department of Insurance through the Automobile Insurance Fraud Program and Supplemental Budget Approval (4/5 Vote Required)
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Grant Award 22-23, 3. Board of Supervisors Resolution FY2022-23 AF, 4. AF Supplemental Budget 3K, 5. Resolution No. 22-182.pdf
Previous Action/Referral: 23-1623
To: Board of Supervisors

From: District Attorney

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of Grant Funding Made Available by the California Department of Insurance through the Automobile Insurance Fraud Program and Supplemental Budget Approval (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the Humboldt County District Attorney, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all documents necessary to secure, accept and reapply for grant funding made available by the California Department of Insurance through the Automobile Insurance Fraud Program; and
2. Approve the attached supplemental budget in Fund 1100, Budget Unit 205, District Attorney (4/5 vote required); and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) certified copy of the attached resolution to the District Attorney's Office for submission to the California Department of Insurance.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
California Department of Insurance

DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office has partnered with both the Del Norte and Trinity County District Attorney's Offices for the purpose of developing and operating a regional Insurance Fraud Unit. The regional Insurance Fraud Unit is responsible for investigating and prosecuting automobile fraud, and providing community outreach regarding identification and reporting of insurance fraud in all three regional areas.

On August 30, 2022, the California Department of Insurance awarded the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office grant funding through the Automobile Insurance Fraud Program in the amount of Sixty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-One Dollars ($68,991.00) to allow for the continued operation of the regional Insurance Fraud Unit during fiscal year 2022-2023.

This is the twelfth (12th) year the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office has participated in the Automobile Insurance Fraud Progra...

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