Advisory Board: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIP - CCP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Subject: WORKSHOP to review and discuss fiscal year 2027-28 AB 109 Public Safety Realignment Community Corrections budget proposals
Presenter: Esa Ehmen-Krause, CCP Chair; Katie Domingo, CCP Staff
Contact: Kathleen.Domingo@prob.cccounty.us
Referral History:
In 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109) into law, fundamentally changing California’s correctional system. The legislation aimed to reduce the costly and ineffective cycle of incarceration for lower-level offenders and parole violators by shifting responsibility for certain offenders from the state to local jurisdictions. Specifically, AB 109 transferred responsibility for individuals sentenced for nonviolent, non-serious, and non-sex offenses to local jurisdictions; established Post-Release Community Supervision (PRCS); revised the parole revocation process; assigned Community Corrections Partnerships (CCP) responsibility for developing and implementing local plans; and expanded local law enforcement’s ability to manage offenders through more cost-effective approaches.
To fund these new responsibilities, the legislation also directed the State to allocate a portion of sales tax and vehicle license fee (VLF) revenues to counties. The State’s Community Corrections funding allocation consists of two components: Base and Growth. The Base allocation is derived from current-year sales tax and VLF revenues, while the Growth allocation is based on the prior year’s actual sales tax and VLF funding from the State.
Since AB 109’s implementation, the Growth allocation has been more volatile than the Base allocation due to changing economic conditions and variations in funding. The Growth allocation formula is based on two primary factors: felony probation outcomes (80%) and incarceration rates (20%). The felony probation component includes a 60% allocation based on felony probation success rates and a 20% allocation based ...
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