Alameda County To Reduce Jail Funding, Prioritize Social Services
March 24, 2015
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted today to reduce funding for jail cells and increase investments in social services and community-based organizations. The proposal from Supervisor Keith Carson is to dedicate 50 percent of the county’s so-called Public Safety Realignment budget toward community-based groups that work with people reentering society after incarceration. It will go into effect in the 2015-16 fiscal year budget, which begins in July. That means the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, which runs Santa Rita Jail, will no longer get a majority of the public safety dollars, as it has for years.
