Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109), known as realignment, is a measure passed by California voters in 2011 that diverts defendants convicted of less serious felonies to serve their time in local county jail rather …

What Is Ab 109? In April 2011, the California Legislature and Governor Brown passed sweeping public safety legislation (AB 109) that effectively shifted responsibility for certain populations of offenders …

In 2011, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill (AB) 109 and AB 117, historic legislation to enable California to close the revolving door of low-level inmates cycling in and out of state prisons.

Aug 17, 2025 · Learn about California's AB 109, a legislative change that fundamentally altered the state's criminal justice system by reassigning offender management to counties.

In 2011 Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 109, commonly referred to as “prison realignment,” which shifted to counties the responsibility for monitoring, tracking, and incarcerating lower-level …

ar’s Prop 36, AB 109 funds could offer a solution (La, 2025; Prop 36, 2024). Also known as Pu. lic Safety Realignment, AB 109 was designed to address the crisis of its moment. In 2011, California prisons …

In short, realignment transferred the responsibility for supervision of felons (excluding high-risk sex offenders) released from prison whose commitment offenses are statutorily defined as non-serious …

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.

This “realignment,” as it is called, is the result of Governor Jerry Brown signing AB 109 (Chapter 15, Statutes of 2011) into law. Under realignment, state prisons will house the most serious offenders …

The AB 109 Division was created in 2011 following the California Legislature’s vote to realign the criminal justice system. Realignment created two new supervision types for the Probation …