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| L.A. County shifts $100 million to new women’s incarceration ‘village’ in Lancaster |
| By dailynews.com |
| Published: 10/23/2013 |
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The Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to shift $100 million in state funding for a women’s jail facility near Castaic to a new project site — the Mira Loma Detention Center in Lancaster. The county was in danger of losing that grant money, which had been allocated for a “women’s village” at Pitchess Detention Center, but easements owned by oil and utility companies have stalled the planning process. Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka recommended moving the project to Mira Loma, previously used as a federal detention site for undocumented immigrants but now closed. “If we don’t take today’s action ... we will lose that $100 million,” he said, warning the deadline is the end of this month. Read More. |
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