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Bob Ferguson <br />ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON <br />Consumer Protection Division <br />800 Fifth Avenue . Suite 2000r MS TB 14 r Seattle WA 98104-3188 <br />Q06) 464-774s <br />December 13,2024 <br />Kittitas County Sheriffs Office <br />Statewide Vendor Number: SWV0 10475-12 <br />Attn: Chris Whitsett <br />307 WUmptanum Rd <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />RE: Cy Pres Award <br />State v. Federal Way Discount Guns, LLC, et al. <br />King County Cause No. 22-2-20064-2-SEA <br />The Washington State Attorney General's Office (AGO) helps keep the marketplace free from <br />unfair and deceptive practices by enforcing Washington's Consumer Protection Act in state and <br />federal courts, As a result of one of these cases, State v. Federal Way Discount Guns, LLC, et al., <br />King County Cause No. 22-2-20064-2-SEA, the AGO has cy pres funds to offer local law <br />enforcement agencies. <br />Thank you for submitting an application for cy pres funding to assist your agency in promoting <br />firearms safety, combatting gun violence, or supporting victims of gun violence. This award is <br />made pursuant to the Consent Decree entered into in the above matter and RCW 19.86 and RCW <br />43.10, and all funds must be expended or returned within24 months of the date the check is issued. <br />I am pleased to offer Kittitas County Sheriffs Office the amount of $140,000 as support for your <br />important work in addressing gun violence. Please complete and retum the enclosed agreement so <br />that my office can issue the funds. Information regarding this award will be publicly disclosed. If <br />you would like to make a public announcement about this award, please provide our office with <br />the opportunity to comment in advance on the proposed media release. Please contact Brionna <br />Aho, Communications Director, 36A-753-2727, brionna.aho@atg.wa.gov, to coordinate the <br />release with the AGO Public Affairs staff.