Juveniles.

Assembly Member Lackey's juvenile justice legislation clarifies California's rules for supervising youth who transition from secure treatment facilities to probation, specifically addressing where these young people may live and who oversees their cases.

The measure expands existing provisions that allow juvenile courts to permit wards to reside outside their county of legal residence. Under current law, when a ward lives in a different county, the probation officer in that county may supervise the youth with their consent. The new legislation explicitly extends these residential and supervisory arrangements to youth who are discharged to probation after confinement in secure treatment facilities or transfer to less restrictive programs.

If a ward fails to comply with their supervising probation officer's instructions, they must return to their legal residence county for additional court proceedings. The juvenile court maintains jurisdiction regardless of where the ward resides. The measure requires only a majority vote for passage and involves no new funding or program requirements.