REALIGNMENT & COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PARTNERSHIPS

In 2011, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 109 and AB 117, hereafter referred to as Realignment, which made “fundamental changes to California’s correctional system to stop the costly, ineffective and unsafe "revolving door" of lower-level offenders and parole violators through our state prisons” (excerpt from Governor’s Press Release, April 5, 2011).

Realignment:

• shifted responsibility for all sentenced non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offenders from state to local jurisdictions;
• established Post-Release Community Supervision;
• changed the parole revocation process;
• tasked Community Corrections Partnerships with planning for the change and implementing the local plans; and
• gave local law enforcement the right and the ability to manage offenders in smarter and cost-effective ways

Subsequently, AB 134 (Chapter 10, Statutes of 2025) provided statutory changes that affected the Board of State and Community Corrections’ (BSCC) responsibilities related to Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) plans. AB 134 amended Penal Code section 6027, stating the BSCC is no longer required to collect and analyze data regarding the implementation of CCP plans annually. This statutory amendment became effective with the enactment of the Budget on June 27, 2025. Consequently, the BSCC will no longer request or collect CCP plans, nor will the agency provide updated statewide reporting related to the contents of those plans.

Community Corrections Partnership Plans

As part of the original Legislation, AB 109 tasked each jurisdiction’s CCP with developing and recommending a strategic local plan to their county Board of Supervisors for the implementation of Realignment. This plan would provide recommendations that would maximize the effective investment of resources in evidence-based correctional programs. Plans had to be developed consistently with local needs and resources. Senate Bill (SB) 92 (Chapter 36, Statutes of 2011) required the BSCC to collect county CCP implementation plans adopted by its county Board of Supervisors. Those plans, through fiscal year (FY) 2024/25, are provided below.

Since 2011, the BSCC has been the repository for the CCP Plans developed by each county to implement the provisions of public safety realignment. Senate Bill 678 on Criminal Recidivism introduced the concept of a CCP. At its core, the CCP is comprised of local stakeholders collectively meeting and strategically making decisions. County implementation plans – also known as Realignment Plans or AB109 plans – provide the approaches counties are utilizing in realigning state public safety functions to their local jurisdictions.

A CCP plan and an original county profile were required of each county in FY 2011-12. Subsequent CPP updates are provided on a voluntary basis. All CCP plans submitted to the BSCC to date and the original county profiles are listed below.