PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: February 12, 2026
Subject: FY 2026-27 Public Safety Realignment Community Corrections Budget
Presenter: Esa Ehmen-Krause, CCP Chair; Enid Mendoza, CCP Staff
Contact: Enid.Mendoza@cao.cccounty.us
Referral History:
In 2011, the State enacted the AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Act, which diverts the custody housing and supervision of individuals convicted of certain state prison offenses to the local county level. It also directs the State to give counties a portion of sales and vehicle license fee revenue to fund the realigned responsibilities from the State to the counties.
The State's Community Corrections allocation formula is composed of a Base allocation and a Growth allocation. The Base allocation is derived from current year sales tax and vehicle license fee (VLF) funding, and the current year Growth allocation is derived from prior year actual sales tax and VLF funding from the State. Since passage of AB 109, the Growth allocation has been more volatile than the Base allocation due to varying economic factors.
The Growth allocation formula is based on 80% felony probation rates (60% felony probation success rates, 20% year-over-year felony probation improvement for counties showing improvement) and 20% incarceration rates (10% county reduction in year-over-year overall prison admission, 10% county success measured by per-capita rate of prison admissions).
Although the County has accumulatively benefited from AB 109 Community Corrections Growth allocations over the years, they have ranged from no growth allocation (County FYs 2020-21 and 2023-24) to a little over $5 million (County FY 2022-23).
For reference, Attachment A provides a 6-year Base and Growth allocation summary for each county from FY 2020-21 to FY 2025-26.
In preparation for the County's budget development activities, which begin the first week of January annually, the AB 109 Community Corrections budget activities begin in the fall of the pri...
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