Isn Measure 11 Spending Out Of Control?
No. When voters approved Measure 11 in 1994, by a nearly two-thirds majority, they were told in the voters pamphlet that Measure 11 would require the creation of an additional 6,085 new prison beds and cost $200 million per year by the year 2001. Now the state forecast for 2001 is 2,571 beds, of which only 1,710 are directly attributable to Measure 11 and the cost of Measure 11 for 2001 is estimated at $41 million.
