The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the existing state of overcrowding in the jails, sheriff, and court facilities in San Joaquin County is so great as to significantly impede the administration of justice and create a situation wherein persons who are a danger to society are required to be released into that society for lack of adequate facilities to house them. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public interest to create the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Agency so that regional justice facility and prevention program needs may be addressed in an expeditious and appropriate fashion. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is in the public interest to allow the voters to approve a general tax for the general governmental purposes of the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Agency.
Source:
Section 26290.1, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=26290.1..