By Kaci Poor
The Times-Standard
HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. — A funding proposal to expand the county jail into the parking lot next door was hand-delivered in Sacramento on Thursday.
Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey said he is confident that the proposal to the California Board of State and Community Corrections to build a multi-story, minimum security housing facility in the lot between Fourth and Fifth streets will be approved.
In addition to 80 new beds, the proposed facility would expand existing program space -- for things like drug and alcohol services -- and be used to house the community corrections resource center.
If approved by the state, the county would be eligible for as much as $19 million in financing under Senate Bill 1022.
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