DATE: October 15, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Police Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THE 2025 REGIONAL REALIGNMENT RESPONSE GROUP
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the extension of the agreement with the County of San Diego, accept funding in the amount of $65,000, for the 2025 Regional Realignment Response Group (R3G); approve the expenditure plan; appropriate these funds to the Police Department; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the agreement and all other required documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In April 2011, California Legislature and then-Governor Brown passed Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109) which resulted in fundamental changes to California’s correctional system and shifted responsibility for lower-level offenders and parolees from the state to local jurisdictions. AB 109 has several key components; the first allows for current non-violent, non-serious and non-sex offenders who, after released from prison, are supervised at the local county-level. A second component to the bill diverts defendants convicted of less serious felony crimes to serve their time in a local county jail rather than in state prison. Once released from custody and back into our community, offenders then report to county probation officers instead of reporting to state parole officers.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department received funds from the Community Corrections Partnership (CCP), a county-level collaborative body that was established in response to AB 109, to create the R3G to support public safety goals of reducing recidivism and promoting positive behavioral changes in offenders. The multi-agency group will use the funds to develop and implement a targeted, proactive, intelligence-based approach to mitigate the risks associated with realigned offenders released into San Diego County. The County’s Board of Supervisors approved and authorized the Sheriff’s Department to execute expenditure contracts to use the funds to reimburse all participating agencies for overtime expenses incurred though R3G activities.
In support of the R3G mission, law enforcement agencies will provide enhanced enforcement by increasing presence in areas where offenders are known to reside and frequent, and in jurisdictions where they have been released. The presence will include fourth waiver searches, directed patrols, probation compliance checks, and coordinated multi-agency sweeps. During fiscal year 2024-2025, there were 12 R3G operations conducted throughout North County San Diego. Of those, three were conducted in the city of Oceanside, resulting in 102 searches and six felony arrests.
The agreement was effective, with annual allocations, from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2023. Most recently, the R3G project was extended from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 through County funding. Fiscal year 2025-26 is the third-year extension of the original Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County. The County shall have the option to renew this agreement for successive one-year increments beyond June 30, 2026, subject to available funding.
The Sheriff’s Department has received funding for the R3G and will distribute the allocated funds to each participating party upon request. The Oceanside Police Department (OPD) has been allocated $65,000 for overtime activity. OPD will use the funds for overtime details to support the R3G mission and the primary goal of enhancing public safety. OPD will complete reimbursement forms no later than the final business day of the subsequent month for the claimed month.
FISCAL IMPACT
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will reimburse the City of Oceanside for approved expenses up to $65,000. Staff requests an appropriation of $65,000 to the 2025 R3 Group accounts listed in the following table. There are no fund matching requirements for the City.
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Expenditures |
Amount |
Account Number |
|
Overtime |
$64,071 |
822133925274.5120 |
|
Fringe Benefits |
929 |
822133925274.5207 |
|
Total Expenditures |
$65,000 |
|
|
Revenue |
Amount |
Account Number |
|
Total Revenue |
$65,000 |
822133925274.4381 |
Should there be a negative cash balance at fiscal year-end due to a pending reimbursement from the grantor, the business unit will receive a temporary advance from the OPD General Fund that would not be expected to exceed 60 days.
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
The Police and Fire Commission will be informed of this item during its regular scheduled meeting on October 14, 2025.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The City Attorney has reviewed the referenced documents and approved as to form.
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Prepared by: Whitney Fernandez, Management Analyst
Reviewed by: Taurino Valdovinos, Chief of Police
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Staff Report
2. R3G Agreement
3. R3G FY2025 Resolution