STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

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Exhibit A • Conduct 8 "Shoulder Tap" operations at ABC establishments identified as problematic. • Schedule and coordinate 2 LEAD programs throughout the city. • Conduct 20 discretionary/undercover operations while working alongside ABC agents to enforce alcohol related violations and successfully prosecute those ABC licensed establishments who operate outside the legal parameters. Problem Statement: Funding of this project will allow the Santa Ana Police Department to continue to address alcohol related concerns throughout our city. There are 419 active retail licenses issued in Santa Ana by the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Control (ABC). There are 169 off -sale licenses and 250 on -sale licenses issued to establishments in our city by ABC. With the ABC Grant received in 2015/2016, numerous locations have been identified as problem establishments that generate multiple calls for service or are committing alcohol related violations such as selling alcohol to minors. The problematic locations were found throughout the city with the larger calls for service relating to ABC license locations. We identified four establishments which have generated over 100 calls for service or officer initiated contacts from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. These issues were addressed with the 2015/2016 ABC grant and the number of calls for service are less than 2015 so the new grant will provide funds to continue to reduce the calls for service and provide a better quality of life for the community. There are also several liquor stores throughout Santa Ana which attract individuals who congregate and commit alcohol related violations. Residents continue to complain about their quality of life suffering due to these ongoing problems. Even though we have conducted IMPACT inspections and enforcement operations to combat the problem, more work is necessary. The ABC Grant will allow the SAPD to continue education, training and enforcement to reduce or eliminate alcohol related violations associated with ABC licensed establishments. As with the 2015/2016 ABC Grant, we will work in cooperation with ABC agents to determine the problem locations and address the issue as a team. This year, the SAPD Special Enforcement Team (SET) will participate in the ABC state-wide March "shoulder tap" operation in collaboration with ABC agents in our city. The Santa Ana Police .Department regularly receives complaints from concerned citizens, business owners, and others of alcohol related problems such as loitering, public intoxication, assaults, property crimes, driving under the influence and alcohol related traffic collisions. We will use funds from the ABC Grant to address these problems. Our intent is to use the ABC funding to fight these types of alcohol related crimes which drain our resources and adversely affect our residents. The number of calls for service in which the consumption of alcohol is often a contributing factor is significant. Most ABC licensed establislunents in our city are responsible and adhere to the law; however, there are some which strain our limited resources due to excessive calls for service. There have been and continue to be numerous complaints of minors both buying and getting adults to buy them alcoholic beverages from many of our liquor stores. During the 2015/2016 ABC Grant we were able to address some of these issues and as a result of general enforcement, undercover, shoulder tap, decoy and trap door operations, approximately 171 persons were arrested for various alcohol and narcotic related violations. Utilizing the 2015/2016 grant, SAPD also conducted 35 IMPACT inspections at locations identified as problem establishments and take the opportunity to inform the retailers about pertinent regulations. With the new ABC Grant, we will continue to address these issues starting with two LEAD training sessions at the beginning of the project period to educate as many ABC licensees to reduce violations under their control. SAPD recognizes that some of our ABC licensed establishments have Spanish speaking employees and because of this reason we will provide a translator at one of the LEAD classes.