Board OKs Quarter-Billion-Dollar Jail Expansion Budget

RIVERSIDE - Riverside County supervisors today authorized a $274 million budget for construction and other costs associated with the East County Detention Center in Indio, a top-line item on the county's list of capital improvement priorities, but still years away from completion.

In a 4-0 vote -- with Supervisor John Tavaglione absent -- the Board of Supervisors without comment signed off on the tentative ECDC spending plan and approved hiring a contractor to complete demolition work required before construction can begin.

According to Economic Development Agency documents posted to the board...