The Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved a request to audit how the Board of State and Community Corrections administers Proposition 47 grant funding, placing the state’s oversight of the program on a formal review track.
According to the committee’s June 1 hearing record, the audit item focused on the BSCC’s role in distributing and overseeing grants tied to Proposition 47 savings. The record says the agency explained its existing oversight mechanisms during the hearing, and BSCC Executive Director Aaron McWire said the board welcomed the chance to explain how it monitors the program.
The committee then approved the audit request. The transcript available with the hearing appears partially garbled, so the exact vote details are not fully clear from the excerpt alone.
Proposition 47 created a savings-based funding stream that supports grants for mental health treatment, substance-use disorder services, diversion programs and other rehabilitative services. The audit could examine whether the BSCC’s current oversight and administration of those grants is sufficient, although the written request with the full scope and questions was not available in the material reviewed here.
