Shasta County supervisors on July 28 accepted a conditional $423,612.64 award from the California Highway Patrol’s Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program and authorized the county executive officer, or designee, to execute the grant agreement and related documents.
The resolution says the money is intended to help reduce and mitigate the impacts of impaired driving in Shasta County. It identifies the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office as the local beneficiary of the funding.
The board action ties the grant to Proposition 64 and the Control, Regulation, and Tax Adults Use of Marijuana Act, which the resolution says required the state to set aside money for CHP grants to local governments and qualified nonprofit organizations. The resolution cites Revenue and Taxation Code Section 34019(f)(3)(B) as the legal basis for the program.
A separate staff report said the Sheriff’s Office applied for the grant in February 2026 and would use the funds for DUI enforcement training, campaigns, checkpoints and other prevention efforts. That report also said the County Executive Officer would be allowed to sign grant-related amendments, including retroactive items, as long as they comply with county policy.
The staff report said county Risk Management, County Counsel and the County Administrative Office reviewed the proposal, and that the adopted 2026-27 Sheriff budget already includes grant-related appropriations and revenue, so there is no additional General Fund impact.
The resolution was adopted July 28 and signed by board Chair Chris Kelstrom, with the clerk of the board and county counsel also noted in the attestation and approval blocks.
