SECTIONS 4475-4476 - California Statutes

PENAL CODE

SECTION 4475-4476

4475. This title shall be known and may be cited as the County
Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1986.

4476. It is found and declared that:
(a) While the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1981 and
the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1984 have helped
eliminate many of the critically overcrowded conditions found in the
164 county jail facilities in the state, many problems remain.
(b) Numerous county jails and juvenile facilities throughout
California are dilapidated and overcrowded.
(c) Capital improvements are necessary to protect life and safety
of the persons confined or employed in jail facilities and to upgrade
the health and sanitary conditions of those facilities.
(d) County jails are threatened with closure or the imposition of
court supervision if health and safety deficiencies are not corrected
immediately.
(e) Due to fiscal constraints associated with the loss of local
property tax revenues, counties are unable to finance the
construction of adequate jail and juvenile facilities.
(f) Local facilities for adults and juveniles are operating over
capacity and the population of these facilities is still increasing.
It is essential to the public safety that construction of new
facilities proceed as expeditiously as possible to relieve
overcrowding and to maintain public safety and security.