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Santa Monica creates $3.5 million Restorative Justice Fund, to form commission and hire program administrator

Santa Monica City Council · January 31, 2026
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Summary

Council approved seeding a Restorative Justice Fund with $3.5M from a settlement, authorized creation of a council-appointed Restorative Justice Commission and directed staff to procure an independent program administrator to design and administer reparative programs and a claims process.

The council on Jan. 27 authorized establishment of a Restorative Justice Fund seeded with $3.5 million from proceeds of a recent settlement and directed staff to form a council-appointed Restorative Justice Commission and to retain an independent program administrator. The program is intended to respond to historically rooted harms in Santa…

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