Summary
In 2004, the governor announced plans to close the Fred C. Nelles Youth Center and make available the 73-acre site for sale by July 1, 2004. For the state, this meant a savings of over $26 million annually as they provided maintenance and upkeep of the facility. For the city of Whittier, this was an opportunity to develop the property into an economic anchor offering commercial and residential alternatives to its residents.
I immediately authored Assembly Bills 1842 and 2190 that allowed Whittier right of first refusal in the purchase of the site. I believed then, as I do now, that after 100 years of serving the state of California as a correctional facility for wayward youth, the time had come to transform Nelles into an economic stimulus that would benefit Whittier and the surrounding communities for years to come.See the full content of this document
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A Prisoner in Its Home
Nelles was placed in the state's surplus property reserves after its closure and Whittier made an offer that, after months of negotiations, was about to be accepted by the state late last month. Then just days before the state was to give the go ahead for the purchase and development of Nelles, t...
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