...Title
Temporary Moratorium Related to Detention and Custodial Facility on Private Property. (Mayor, Campos, Ortiz, Doan, and Candelas)
...Recommendations
Add to the City Council September 15, 2026 agenda consideration of the following:
1. Adoption of an interim ordinance to implement a 45-day temporary moratorium on the filing, acceptance, processing, or approvals of applications for the establishment, expansion, or change of use for detention and custodial facility on private property.
a. A “detention and custodial facility” means a temporary or permanent building, structure, set of buildings, or portion thereof operated by a private or nongovernmental person or entity that would detain, confine, process, or house persons in custody.
b. Excluded from the moratorium are:
i. Any facility providing rehabilitative, counseling, treatment, mental health, educational, or medical services to a juvenile that is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
ii. Any facility providing evaluation or treatment services to a person who has been detained, or is subject to an order of commitment by a court.
iii. Any facility providing educational, vocational, medical, or other ancillary services to an inmate in custody of, and under the direct supervision of, the State Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or a county sheriff or other law enforcement agency.
iv. A residential care facility licensed under state law.
v. Any school facility used for the disciplinary detention of a pupil.
vi. Any facility used for the quarantine or isolation of persons for public health reasons under state law.
vii. Any facility for the purposes of execution of a punitive sentence imposed by a court.