DATE: June 17, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS FOR OCEANSIDE DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM PROVIDERS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve the FY2026-27 Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for Oceanside Drug-Free Community Initiative program providers in the total amount of $340,000, and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On July 21, 2021, California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, announced the final settlement agreements with prescription opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals and several pharmaceutical distributors, which provide funding to abate individual, family and community consequences associated with the opioid epidemic. The funding is intended for opioid remediation activities focused on prevention, intervention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services. Over 50% must be used for treatment and abatement services, alone.
On December 1, 2021, Oceanside City Council authorized the City Attorney to execute all documents related to the participation of the City of Oceanside in the distribution of the Opioid Settlement funds. On February 20, 2026, the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) under the Oceanside Drug-Free Initiative to the Oceanside community seeking projects that met the established criteria of High Impact Abatement Activities (HIAA) Intervention to prevent drug addiction in vulnerable youth that are disproportionately impacted by Substance Use Disorders (SUD) (Table 1:3 and 1:5 of the Janssen & Distributors Settlement Funds Allowable Expenditures and Core Strategies (Schedule A, Section G: Prevention Programs)). The Oceanside Drug-Free Initiative sought proposals with specifically targeted interventions that would decrease/discourage the numb...
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