DATE:
November 4, 2025
01
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
SHERIFF - APPROVE THE TERMINATION OF THE 30-YEAR JAIL OPERATING AGREEMENT AND THE 1994 AND 1998 JAIL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND RATIFY AND APPROVE A NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO AND COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On March 22, 1994 (50), the Board of Supervisors approved a 30-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of San Diego (City), the City's Redevelopment Agency, and the County of San Diego (County) relating to the financing, construction, maintenance, and operation of a 900 bed, type-two detention facility, now known as the San Diego Central Jail which is located in the downtown area of San Diego. This MOU also outlined the operating agreement for Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility (LCDRF). Subsequent agreements identified dedicated bed space for certain misdemeanor arrestees booked by the City at the San Diego Central Jail and the LCDRF and extended the San Diego Central Jail agreement to 2028.
This is a request to authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to terminate the current 30-year Central Jail Facilities Lease agreement and the 1994 and 1998 MOUs, and to authorize the Clerk of the Board to ratify, approve, and execute, upon receipt, a five-year County Detention Facility Administrative Fee Agreement between the County of San Diego and the City of San Diego for payment of a jail administrative fee for the booking and release of certain misdemeanor arrestees by the City for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028. A waiver of Board Policy B-29 is also requested as the effective date of this agreement will be July 1, 2023, to address the period of time when there was no agreement in place for female misdemeanor arrestees. Due to ongoing negotiations for a single agreement covering both male and female certain misdemeanor arrestees, a new, ...
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