Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how public notices must be posted, published, or broadcasted. It also lacks detailed rules for conducting public meetings.

Public Agencies: Approval for Detention Facilities

This legislation requires public agencies to give at least 180 days' notice and hold two public meetings before approving any documents related to building or reusing buildings for housing people in civil immigration custody.

What This Bill Does

• Requires public agencies to notify the public about plans to approve documents for detention facilities at least 180 days before approval.
• Necessitates that public agencies provide access to all relevant documents and hold two separate meetings where the public can comment on these plans.

Who It Names or Affects

• Public agencies like cities, counties, and city and county governments
• Private corporations, contractors, or vendors planning to build or reuse buildings for detention purposes

Terms To Know

Civil immigration custody

The process of detaining noncitizens during civil immigration proceedings.

Public entity

A city, county, or other government body that serves the public.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if a public agency does not follow these rules.
• The bill is declared to be an interpretation of existing laws and may not introduce new legal requirements.
• It only applies to actions related to civil immigration custody, not criminal detention.

Official Summary Text

AB 1801, as amended, Lee.
Public agencies: approval: detention facilities.
Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or signing a deed, instrument, or other document related to a conveyance of land or issuing a permit for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain noncitizens for purposes of civil immigration proceedings, unless the city, county, city and county, or public agency has given notice to the public of the proposed conveyance or permitting action at least 180 days before execution of the conveyance or permit and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed conveyance or permit action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public.
This bill would revise and recast those provisions to prohibit a city, county, city and county, or public agency from approving or executing, among other
documents, any document signifying the public entity’s approval for the building or reuse of existing buildings by any private corporation, contractor, or vendor to house or detain a person
for purposes of civil immigration custody
before the public entity has given notice to the public of the proposed action 180 days before execution or approval of the proposed action, promptly provided access to any documents related to the proposed action, as provided, and solicited and heard public comments on the proposed action in at least 2 separate meetings open to the public. The bill would prescribe the contents, the posting and publication, and the broadcast of the public notice. The bill would also prescribe the conduct of the meetings. The bill would make these provisions apply independently to a public entity.
The bill would specify that these provisions are declaratory of existing law.

Current Bill Text

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