For City Council Meeting August 11, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Mark P. Kling, Chief of Police
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Request City Council to: (1) Approve the California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Agreement in the Amount of $408,257.14; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8557 Amending the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Budget; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute All Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) Approve the California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Agreement in the amount of $408,257.14;
2) Approve a Budget Resolution amending the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year Budget; and
3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
The California Cannabis Tax Fund Grant (CTFGP) has awarded the City of Rialto Police Department $408,257.14 through a no-matching funds Grant.
For the past several years, the City has pursued and been awarded various grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety to help augment its traffic safety efforts. In recent years, the City Council has dedicated increased funding for staffing to support the Department’s efforts in improving the safety of the motoring public. This year, the California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant awarded our agency $408,257.14. The new grant funding will further the Department’s ability to reduce impaired driving crashes, increase public awareness of the dangers of impaired driving, and make Rialto’s roadways a safer place to travel.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The CTFGP grant allocates funding to address traffic-related concerns through the following enforcement and educational programs. Along with the enforcement and educational programs, the grant allocated funding for the purchase of additional equipment to ensure operational efficiency:
Personnel
• DUI Checkpoints
• DUI Saturation Patrols
• Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Education (ARIDE) Training-Instruct
• Standard Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) Training-Instruct
Equipment
• 1 DUI/DUID Vehicle-SUV
• 10 Preliminary Alcohol Screening Devices
There are no matching funds required for this grant. If this grant is accepted, the City will be reimbursed for all grant-related law enforcement overtime activities, training, approved project supplies and services during the grant operational period of July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The California Highway Patrol (Cannabis Tax Fund Grant) will administer funds for this grant.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposal is not a “Project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. According to Section 15378(b), a Project does not include: (5) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
The City of Rialto’s General Plan has outlined guiding principles and goals relating to public safety. This action is consistent with the City of Rialto’s General Plan Guiding Principle 1, “Rialto is a Family First Community.”
Our neighborhoods will be a safe place to call home.
Approval of this action is also consistent with the City of Rialto General Plan Goal and Policies:
Goal 5-8: Provide effective and comprehensive policing services that meet the safety needs of Rialto.
Policy 5-8.4: Initiate proactive crime suppression and prevention strategies throughout the community.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the staff report.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Operating Budget Impact
CTFGP has awarded the City of Rialto Police Department $408,257.14 for the 2026-2027 Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program. Accepting the grant will increase revenues in the amount of $408,257.14 in the Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Revenue Account No. 22476997 47560-27CTG-07. The additional revenue will offset increased expenditures of the same amount appropriated in the amount of $312,249.60 in Account No. 22476997-51020 -27CTG-10, $5,264.68 in Account No. 22476997-52021-27CTG-26 and $90,742.86 in Account No. 22476697-53050 -27CTG-48 for grant expenditures such as overtime, benefits, supplies and equipment utilized by this grant.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
There is no impact on the Capital Improvement Budget.
Licensing
This action does not require a business license.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program-Intent to Award
2. Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program-Grant Agreement
3. Cannabis Grant Budget Resolution