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Subcommittee advances Hall of Justice jail replacement feasibility study, keeps bed count open
Summary
The subcommittee advanced a resolution to begin environmental review for a Hall of Justice replacement jail and asked that the appropriate bed count and final project size be considered as part of the city's 10‑year capital plan; planners used a 640‑bed upper bound and estimated a capital cost of about $290 million.
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee voted to forward a resolution declaring the proposed Hall of Justice jail replacement project fiscally feasible and to allow environmental review work to proceed, while directing that the Board consider the appropriate bed count and project size as part of the city's 10‑year capital plan.
Brian Strong (Capital Planning) introduced the project and said the Hall of Justice is seismically vulnerable and a replacement is part of…
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