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Monterey County approves $1.425 million payment to state for IST growth-cap penalty; supervisors vow to seek fixes
Summary
The Board approved a $1,425,000 appropriation to pay a state penalty tied to an IST (incompetent to stand trial) "growth cap" after officials said the county exceeded a legislatively set baseline; supervisors pressed for legislative and interagency remedies.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted to amend the 2024–25 budget and approve a $1,425,000 payment to the California Department of State Hospitals on July 1, 2025, to satisfy a growth-cap penalty tied to the county's number of people found incompetent to stand trial (IST).
The funding will be taken from the county's general-fund contingency and is required by a state program enacted in 2022. County officials said the payment is owed for fiscal-year 2023—24 commitments that exceeded a statutory baseline.
Why it matters: Supervisors and county staff said the state penalty shifts significant new costs to counties for decisions made in the courts and raised concerns that the rule creates an incentive problem…
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