RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SHERIFF TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA (HIDTA) AND RELATED NARCOTICS ERADICATION INITIATIVES

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, the Northern California HIDTA was created in 1988 as one of ten initiatives established by the federal government to combat high intensity drug trafficking in geographic regions that featured inordinately high volume of drug traffic; and

WHEREAS, HIDTA is an important component of the President's National Drug Control Strategy, which is to increase the safety of America's citizens by substantially reducing drug-related crime and violence, and the HIDTA Program advances the President's National Drug Control Strategy by providing a coordination umbrella for local, state and federal agencies to combine drug control efforts through an outcome-focused, strategy-driven approach, which is developed collectively by regional law enforcement agencies; and

WHEREAS, the Northern California HIDTA operates under the auspices of the United States Marshal's Office, DEA, FBI and Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS, with cooperation from the State Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and Department of Justice and local law enforcement agencies; and

WHEREAS, the HIDTA is an administrative agency which administers federal and state funding to implement a variety of narcotics eradication initiatives; and

WHEREAS, since 1997, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office has served as the lead administrative agency for the Northern California HIDTA, and the Sheriff serves as Chair of the Northern California HIDTA Executive Committee; and

WHEREAS, it appears that HIDTA has become a permanent initiative, as it has just received approval for its seventh year of federal funding; and

WHEREAS, HIDTA will also be administering the new state CAL-MMET methamphetamine eradication grant for Northern California as well as other related narcotics eradication initiatives; and

WHEREAS, in order to efficiently and effectively administer these important public safety initiatives, it is necessary for this Board to authorize the Sheriff or the Sheriff's designee to execute Agreements which involve the expenditure of HIDTA funding as well as other federal and state funding for related narcotics eradication initiatives.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the San Mateo County Sheriff, or the Sheriff's designee, acting in the capacity as head of the administrative agency for the Northern California HIDTA and Chair of the Northern California HIDTA Executive Committee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute Agreements which involve the expenditure of federal and state funding for HIDTA and other related narcotics eradication initiatives for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo.

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