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Committee presses CDCR on prison‑closure process after May revise withdraws radio and ADA funding
Summary
Lawmakers pressed CDCR and the administration for details after the May revision withdrew funding for public‑safety radio replacements and postponed ADA facility improvements; CDCR said no prison has been selected for a planned closure and identified an external consulting contract for operations savings.
Cynthia Mendoza, deputy director of fiscal services for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 that CDCR plans to close an additional prison by October 2026 and is working to mitigate impacts but had not selected a specific facility.
Mendoza said the department intends to align with an external consultant and has added a $125 million reduction in the budget year tied to a modernization and efficiency effort; details of the associated business‑process changes were not finalized.
Senators pressed the department on a separate decision in the May revision to withdraw a January request for roughly $19.8 million to establish a replacement cycle for public‑safety radios. Senator Anthony J. Sciarra (phonetic) told the panel that poor communications can…
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