History: In 1983, the Board of Supervisors formed a CSA P-6 as a means to provide funding for zones to be established therein to maintain and extend police protection services to the unincorporated area of the County, except the Kensington Community Services District. As originally applied to new developments, an election is held in each of the zones to approve a special tax ordinance adopted by the Board of Supervisors for each of the zones. When the special tax for police services was approved by voters of each zone by mail ballot, each zone was assigned its own fund number, and revenue collected from tax levies were placed in individual zone accounts maintained by the County Auditor.  
  
In 1992, the Board of Supervisors began to form new zones in CSA P-6 for each new major and minor subdivision in the unincorporated area of the County. Each special tax election, which approved a special tax for police protection services in each new zone, resulted in the creation of a new fund for each zone. In 1996, the Board of Supervisors approved a modification to the ordinance imposing a one-time fee of $1000 on minor subdivisions, instead of forming a new P-6 Zone and requiring a special tax election. In 1998, with 52 zones in CSA P-6 and 52 corresponding zone funds, it became very cumbersome and time consuming to account for and withdraw monies from each of the zone funds to provide police protection services throughout the zones in CSA P-6.  
  
In May 1998, the Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the Centralized Administrative Base, (CAB), which transferred revenues collected by levies in CSA P-6 special tax zones into the CAB on an annual basis. Allocation of P-6 zone funds has historically been proscribed by a County Counsel interpretation of the original ordinance that established the zones in 1983. That interpretation held that funds generated in the respective zones could only be used to benefit the zone of origin. It was determined that a program of county wide application that had the effect of enhancing law enforcement in all of the zones met the intent of the original ordinance. Thus the air unit is in part financed through allocation o P06 Zone funds.  
  
Currently, there are 110 zones, comprised of a total of 5322 parcels in CSA P-6. These zones currently generate approximately $1.14 million per year, due to substantially to the burgeoning new development in East County. It is also important to note that until this fiscal year, the annual revenue for the entire CAB Fund has not exceeded $560,000 for all 110 zones.  
  
Proposal:  
Supplement funding of one full-time resident Deputy Sheriff for the North Richmond community with a one-time transfer of $80,000 from the P-6 zone revenue. The current projection for the P-6 zone revenues for FY2009/2010 in the North Richmond community is $62,000 (Zones 3000-3002). The balance of the funding required for this program will come from accumulated P-6 CAB funds.