Title
OPIOID LITIGATION UPDATE
Summary
Staff requests City Council provide direction regarding whether to have a certain portion of the settlement funds from the national settlement with the opioid distributors McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal (“Distributors”) and Janssen (an opioid manufacturer) come directly to the City for opioid abatement uses or to have the money default to the County of Orange for opioid abatement uses for this first of 18 yearly payments. The City may change its decision at least 60 days prior to the next payment distribution.
Recommendation
Recommendation:
City Council must make this selection by August 5, 2022. Staff recommends directing the first-year default to the County to evaluate how recipients expend the funds. City Council can then decide if it wants to elect to have the City receive the funds in the next distribution cycle.