Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4496. Section 4496.
This title shall be known and may be cited as the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Act of 1988.
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [4496. - 4496.04.]
Cal. Penal Code - PEN 1.
in effectCal. Penal Code - PEN § 4496.02. Section 4496.02.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)
While the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1981, the County Jail Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1984, and the County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1986 have helped eliminate many of the critically overcrowded conditions found in county correctional 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.
Cal. Penal Code - PEN § 4496.04. Section 4496.04.
As used in this title, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)
“Committee” means the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 4496.34.
(b)
“Fund” means the 1988 County Correctional Facility Capital Expenditure and Youth Facility Bond Fund created pursuant to Section 4496.10.
(c)
“County correctional facilities” means county jail facilities, including separate facilities for the care of mentally ill inmates and persons arrested because of intoxication, but does not include county juvenile facilities.
(d)
“County juvenile facilities” means county juvenile halls, juvenile homes, ranches, or camps, and other juvenile detention facilities.
(e)
“Youth center” means a facility where children, ages 6 to 17, inclusive, come together for programs and activities, including, but not limited to, recreation, health and fitness, delinquency prevention such as antigang programs and programs fostering resistance to peer group pressures, counseling for problems such as drug and alcohol abuse and suicide, citizenship and leadership development, and youth employment.
(f)
“Youth shelter” means a facility that provides a variety of services to homeless minors living on the street or abused and neglected children to assist them with their immediate survival needs and to help reunite them with their parents or, as a last alternative, to find a suitable home.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026