BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Mark Leno, Chair
Bill No: AB 94
Author: Committee on Budget
As Amended: April 11, 2011
Consultant: Brian Brown
Fiscal: Yes
Hearing Date: April 11, 2011
Subject: Criminal Justice Realignment: AB 900 Bond
Funding for Jail Construction
Summary: Makes technical changes to Assembly Bill 111
(Chapter 16, Statutes of 2011) pertaining to public safety
realignment. These changes are intended to make it easier
for locals to access and utilize jail construction funding
authorized by Assembly Bill 900 (Chapter 7, Statutes of
2007), which established a two-phase construction plan for
local jail facilities supported by $1.22 billion in bond
authority. Adding jail capacity will help mitigate the
impact of increased public safety responsibilities at the
local level. Specifically this bill:
1. Allows participating counties that received
phase I conditional awards to relinquish the awards
and reapply, provided that no state moneys have been
encumbered.
2. Adds a funding preference to counties that
relinquish their conditional awards, provided that
those counties continue to assist the state in
siting reentry facilities.
3. Reduces county contribution of project costs
from 25 percent to 10 percent.
4. Specifies that participating counties shall not
receive awards greater than $100 million.
Background: Assembly Bill 900 (Chapter 7, Statutes of
2007) authorized $1.2 billion in state lease revenue bond
funding for the construction of local jail facilities. The
original legislation split the funding into two phases.
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The first phase of funding was allocated as conditional
awards in November 2009 and approximately $620 million was
awarded to the following counties:
San Bernardino
San Joaquin
Kern
Santa Barbara
San Diego
San Luis Obispo
Solano
Madera
Calaveras
Amador
San Benito
Phase I originally included $750 million, but since only
$620 million was awarded, the remaining funds were shifted
to phase II in AB 111 (Budget). Assembly Bill 111 also
removed requirements that 4,000 local jail beds and 2,000
reentry beds be constructed prior to making the phase II
jail funds available. Assembly Bill 111 also changed the
preferences for counties seeking jail construction funding
to the counties that have the largest percentage of inmates
in state prison in 2010. Previously preference had been
given to counties that helped to site reentry facilities,
establish mental health day treatment and crisis care, and
establish continuum of care programs for parolees.
Fiscal Effect: This bill does not have a direct fiscal
effect. However, lowering the county contribution for
project costs may result in state bond funds being
available for fewer projects than was the case with the
higher county match. This may result in added fiscal
pressure in future years if it is determined that
additional local jail facilities are needed.
Support: None on file.
Opposed: None on file.
Comments: This bill, along with AB 111 that was passed
earlier this year, is intended to provide counties greater
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access to state bond funding for the construction of local
jail facilities. These facilities will help counties deal
with the inmates being transitioned from state prison to
local jurisdictions by AB 109 public safety realignment.
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