In the latest grant allocation, Richmond and San Francisco received $6 million in grant funding, Oakland was awarded $5.9 million, and Pomona received $5.1 million.
The millions in grants will be dispersed to 79 cities and nonprofit organizations through the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program – a state grant program codified by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019 as part of Assembly Bill 1603.
The Thursday grant allocation announcement comes just weeks after a shooter entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers. In the aftermath of the shooting, California lawmakers and Newsom promised to take action to prevent future acts of gun violence by swiftly passing a package of bills.
In addition, 11 other cities received grant funding ranging from $963,000 to $3.8 million. In addition to cities, more than a dozen"small scope" community-based organizations received up to $400,000 in funding, while nearly 50 other community-based organizations received up to $6 million in funding. Among the grant recipients is the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, which plans to use the grant to provide services and case management to youth from Sacramento and Los Angeles who are housed in juvenile facilities, according to the governor's office.
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