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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 24th, 2025
CONTACT: Tina Curiel, cjcjmedia@cjcj.org, (415) 621-5661 x. 103 |
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AB 109 funds continue to support bloated law enforcement bureaucracies. Could they be used for treatment instead?
SAN FRANCISCO –April 24th, 2025 – A new publication from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) analyzes the latest data on Public Safety Realignment (AB 109) funding —one of the largest criminal justice disbursements in the nation. AB 109 spending does not reflect California’s changing criminal justice priorities and lacks basic transparency. The large jail and probation populations that AB 109 funds were designed to serve no longer exist. Instead, many more Californians need support in their communities—including support with addiction.
Last year’s Prop 36 promised large-scale drug treatment. Yet, counties do not have the funding or treatment infrastructure to provide this care. Rather than draw from well-run grant programs, such as Prop 47, counties should use. |
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Our analysis of the latest AB 109 spending data for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 finds:
- Counties now receive approximately $2 billion in AB 109 funds annually.
- Counties allocate 67% of their AB 109 funds to law enforcement, including sheriffs, probation, and police.
- Amid shrinking jail numbers, AB 109 spending on sheriffs and jails has increased by 5% since FY 2013-14.
- Tens of millions of AB 109 dollars go unspent every year, including approximately $25 million allocated to contingency funds or reserves in FY 2023-24.
- Law enforcement dominates Community Corrections Partnerships (CCP), the committees that decide how AB 109 funds are spent. More than half of the CCPs are operating with vacancies, which reduces the diversity of perspectives on these committees.
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Contact: For more information about this topic or to schedule an interview, please contact CJCJ Communications at (415) 621-5661 x. 103 or cjcjmedia@cjcj.org. |
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