BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW
Mark Leno, Chair
Bill No: AB 1482
Author: Committee on Budget
As Amended: June 25, 2012
Consultant: Joe Stephenshaw
Fiscal: Yes
Hearing Date: June 25, 2012
Subject: Budget Act of 2012: Public Safety Facilities
Summary: Provides the statutory changes necessary to
implement the Public Safety Facilities portions of the 2012
Budget Act.
Background: This is the Public Safety Facilities Trailer
Bill. It contains the necessary changes to enact the
budget act of 2012-13, as follows:
1.AB 900 Authority
AB 900 (Solorio, 2007) provided for lease-revenue bond
funding, and General Fund, for CDCR to construct infill
housing, re-entry facilities, and increase the
availability of medical and mental health services to
inmates. AB 900 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
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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.
2.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.
3.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 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 percent match to any award they received.
4.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.
5.Closure of The California Rehabilitation Center
Requires the CDCR to close the California Rehabilitation
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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.
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