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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1022
Author: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Amended: 6/25/12
Vote: 21
PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Budget Act of 2012: Public Safety Facilities
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill provides the statutory changes
necessary to implement the Public Safety Facilities
portions of the 2012 Budget Act.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version of the bill
and insert the above language.
ANALYSIS : This is the Public Safety Facilities Trailer
Bill. It contains the necessary changes to enact the
budget act of 2012-13, as follows:
AB 900 Authority
AB 900 (Solorio, 2007) provided for lease-revenue bond
funding, and General Fund, for the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to construct infill
housing, re-entry facilities, and increase the availability
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of medical and mental health services to inmates. The bill
contained approximately $6.1 billion in lease revenue bond
funding available in two separate phases for prison
construction: spending was restricted to Phase I ($3.6
billion) until a set of benchmarks was achieved and then
Phase II ($2.5 billion) funding was to become available.
This bill revises AB 900 authority by: (1) dedicating $700
million for court-ordered medical upgrades; (2) dedicating
$167 million for the conversion of the Dewitt juvenile
facility (1,133 beds, including 953 health care beds); (3)
relinquishing approximately $4.1 billion in lease revenue
bond authority that is no longer needed for implementation
of CDCR's facilities plan; (4) deleting various sections of
the Penal Code related to construction of reentry
facilities and the benchmarks associated with phase two of
infill, reentry, and health care facilities; (5) allowing
for use of specific AB 900 funds for medication
distribution facilities improvement projects; and (6)
revising reporting requirements so that the remaining
projects are subject to an approval process that is similar
to other state capital outlay projects.
Shift Relinquished AB 900 Phase I Jail Financing to Phase
II
AB 900 authorized the sale of lease revenue bonds for the
construction of local jails in two Phases of $617.1 million
and $602.9 million. This bill reduces the Phase I
authorization to $445.8 million and increase the Phase II
authorization to $774.2 million; effectively shifting
$171.3 million from Phase I to Phase II. This shift of
funds is consistent with legislation associated with the
2011 Budget Act that allowed counties to relinquish their
Phase I funding and reapply in Phase II.
County Jail Facilities Financing
Authorizes $500 million in lease-revenue bonds to fund the
construction of local jail facilities. The Board of State
and Community Corrections will administer the program with
consideration given to counties that are seeking to replace
existing compacted, outdated, or unsafe housing capacity or
seeking to renovate existing or build new facilities that
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provide adequate space for the provision of treatment and
rehabilitation services, including mental health treatment.
In addition, specifies that a participating county may
only add capacity using this authority if it clearly
documents an existing housing capacity deficiency and does
not lease housing capacity to any other public or private
entity for 10 years. Local agencies would be required to
provide a 10% match to any award they received.
CDCR Infill Projects
Authorizes $810 million in lease revenue bond authority for
CDCR to construct three Level II dorm facilities at
existing prisons with the intent that the facilities
provide flexible housing for various inmate subpopulations,
including, but not limited to, those with disabilities,
intermediate medical needs, or mental health treatment
needs.
Closure of The California Rehabilitation Center
Requires the CDCR to close the California Rehabilitation
Center (CRC) located in Norco, California, upon completion
of the three infill facilities authorized by this bill.
CRC is one of the oldest and most dilapidated facilities
the state operates and its closure will offset the cost of
the new infill facilities.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
DLW:n 6/26/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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