October 9, 2008
State offers county $100 million for new jail, but strings attached
State corrections officials are dangling $100 million in front of San Mateo County to build a new state jail, but county officials say they'll probably decline because of strings attached to the money — including a stipulation that a site be selected within 90 days.
County officials say they're having a hard enough time picking a spot for a proposed new county jail. "A lot of it's timing, too," Board of Supervisors President Adrienne Tissier said. "You're talking within 90 days. Well, that's not going to happen."
The proposed state lockup would house as many as 500 prisoners who are in the last year of their sentences…
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