Legal Opinion
Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety v. Schwarzenegger
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 24, 2009No. C057542PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HULL, J.
In response to severe overcrowding in the state’s prison system, the Legislature enacted Assembly Bill No. 900 (2007-2008 Reg. Sess.), the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 (Assembly Bill 900 or the Act), authorizing the State Public Works Board (board) to issue up to approximately $7.4 billion in bonds for the construction and renovation of prisons to be operated by California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
Plaintiffs, Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety, Gail Brown, and Matt Gray, initiated this taxpayer lawsuit against…
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