P R O C L A M A T I O N
by the Governor of the State of California

WHEREAS, an extraordinary occasion has arisen and now exists requiring that the Legislature of the State of California be convened in extraordinary session; now therefore,

I, ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of California, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by Section 3(b) Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California, do hereby convene the Legislature of the State of California to meet in extraordinary session at Sacramento, California on the 27th day of June 2006, at a time to be determined, for the following purpose and to legislate upon the following subjects:

1. To consider and act upon legislation to transfer low-risk women inmates out of state prison and into community correctional facilities.
2. To consider and act upon legislation to appropriate funds, including appropriations for lease-revenue bonds, to build additional prisons.
3. To consider and act upon legislation to establish and fund secure re-entry facilities.
4. To consider and act upon legislation to expedite and streamline the state contracting process for implementing programs and construction of additional prisons and secure re-entry facilities.