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CHP distributes over $25 million to fight impaired driving
The grants are the result of Proposition 64, the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which tasked the CHP with administering grants for education, prevention, and enforcement programs to help communities combat impaired driving.
Money is also available to crime laboratories conducting forensic toxicology testing. Funding for the grants comes from a tax on the sale of cannabis and cannabis products sold in California.
The Lakeport Police Department is one of the grant awardees.
“The substantial increase in the amount of grant funds being dispersed this year to even more recipients will help make California’s roadways safer for all who use them,” said CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee. “The funds will be allocated to enhance traffic safety by educating the public about the dangers of impaired driving, conducting enforcement operations to remove impaired drivers from the roads, and advancing research on this critical issue.”
Eighty-two recipients of law enforcement grants will use funds to address impaired driving within their communities. In addition to traditional impaired driving enforcement, funds will also be used for drug recognition evaluator training to enhance their respective agency’s ability to detect drug-impaired drivers.
Additionally, funding will allow for public outreach campaigns, including educational presentations and community events.
Listed below are the law enforcement grant recipients for state fiscal year 2024-2025, which begins July 1:
Angels Camp Police
Arroyo Grande Police Department
Auburn Police Department
Azusa Police Department
Baldwin Park Police Department
Barstow Police Department
Bell Gardens Police Department
Berkeley Police Department
Brawley Police Department
Brea Police Department
Burbank Police Department
Calexico Police Department
Calistoga Police Department
Chula Vista Police Department
Citrus Heights Police Department
City of Corona Police Department
City of El Monte Police Department
City of Fullerton Police Department
City of Glendale Police Department
City of Huron Police Department
City of Lodi Police Department
City of Montebello Police Department
City of Palo Alto Police Department
City of Visalia Police Department
Claremont Police Department
Covina Police Department
Danville Police Department
Dixon Police Department
Dublin Police Services
El Cajon Police Department
El Centro Police Department
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office
Emeryville Police Department
Folsom Police Department
Galt Police Department
Garden Grove Police Department
Gilroy Police Department
Greenfield Police Department
Grover Beach Police Department
Hanford Police Department
Hayward Police Department
Huntington Beach Police Department
Imperial County Sheriff’s Office
Irvine Police Department
La Habra Police Department
La Mesa Police Department
La Palma Police Department
Lakeport Police Department
Lincoln Police Department
Los Angeles Police Department
Manteca Police Department
Marysville Police Department
Menifee Police Department
Modoc County Sheriff's Office
Montebello School Police
Monterey Park Police Department
Morgan Hill Police Department
Napa Police Department
Oceanside Police Department
Oakland Police Department
Ontario Police Department
Orange Police Department
Oxnard Police Department
Pacifica Police Department
Petaluma Police Department
Pismo Beach Police Department
Pittsburg Police Department
Riverside Police Department
Rocklin Police Department
San Bruno Police Department
San Diego Police Department
San Fernando Police Department
San Gabriel Police Department
San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office
Shasta County Sheriff's Office
Sierra Madre Police Department
Simi Valley Police Department
Soledad Police Department
Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department
Sutter County Sheriff's Office
Union City Police Department
Wheatland Police Department
Nine recipients of education grants will use funds to teach local communities about impaired driving laws, while highlighting the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
Below are the education grant recipients for state fiscal year 2024-2025.
Amador County Sheriff's Office
Chino Police Department
City of Lancaster
City of Long Beach
County of Solano-District Attorney's Office
Imperial County Sheriff’s Office
Sacramento County District Attorney Laboratory of Forensic Services
Solano County Office of Education
Tulare County Office of Education
Eight recipients of two-year toxicology crime laboratory grants will use funds to eliminate backlogs in the analysis of forensic science evidence and to purchase and/or upgrade laboratory equipment to improve testing capabilities.
Below are the toxicology crime laboratory grant recipients for state fiscal years 2024-2026.
Contra Costa County, Office of the Sheriff, Forensic Services Division
Imperial County Sheriff's Office
Oakland Police Department Crime Lab
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City and County of San Francisco
Orange County (CA) Crime Laboratory
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office
Ventura County Forensic Services Bureau
Three recipients of two-year toxicology medical examiners/coroner’s office grants will use funds to help improve and advance the data collection in cases involving driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
Below is the medical examiners/coroner’s office grant recipient for state fiscal year 2024-2026.
Imperial County Sheriff’s Office
Orange County Sheriff's Department Coroner's Division
San Diego Medical Examiner Department
The application process for future grant funding is expected to open again in early 2025. Additional information is available on the CHP Web site, at CHP’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program.