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 than in state prison.

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Apr 4, 2011 · AB 109, Committee on Budget. Criminal justice alignment. (1) Existing law defines a felony as a crime which is punishable with death or by imprisonment in the state prison. Existing law also provides that e xcept in cases where a dif ferent punishment is prescribed by la w, every

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 from the state to the counties.

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.

In the Spring of 2011, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 109 (AB 109) which provided for the realignment of funding and supervision for certain low level offenders, adult parolees, and juvenile offenders from state prisons and institutional facilities to the local

In 2011, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 109 and AB 117, hereafter referred to as Realignment, which made “fundamental changes to California’s correctional system to stop the costly, ineffective and unsafe "revolving door" of lower-level offenders and parole violators through our state prisons” (excerpt from Governor’s ...