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Implementing AB 900’s Prison Construction & Rehabilitation Initiatives

On May 23, 2007, the Governor signed into law Chapter 7, Statutes of 2007 (AB 900, Solorio), in order to relieve the significant overcrowding problems facing state prisons. Specifically, AB 900 authorized a total of approximately $7.7 billion for a broad package of prison construction and rehabilitation initiatives. Prison Construction Projects ($7.7 Billion). The measure contained a number of significant provisions to finance the construction of both state prisons and county jail space using $7.4 billion in lease-revenue bonds and a $300 million General Fund appropriation...

Posted: May 3, 2009
Subject: Financial Affairs  Doc type: Reports  Author: LAO
Tags: overcrowding, ab 900, lao