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==Economy== [[File:California City Correctional Center (14192903524).jpg|thumb|right|The California City Correctional Center]] Studies for a privately built and owned 2,000β4,000-bed prison on the east side of town began in 1995, and an [[environmental impact statement]] on a 550-bed facility was completed in 1996.<ref name="eis96">{{Cite web |title=96 EIS |work=cdn.muckrock.com |date=June 1996 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |url=https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Final_Negative_Declaration_6-96_-_CCA_Sanitation_Services.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113510/https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Final_Negative_Declaration_6-96_-_CCA_Sanitation_Services.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Contracts were signed between the city and [[Corrections Corporation of America]] and it was built in 1999.<ref name="cca_iga">{{Cite web |title=Intergovernmental Agreement between California City and the Bureau |work=cdn.muckrock.com |date=1999 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |url=https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Corrospondance_Re_IGA_-_CCA_Sanitation_Services.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113554/https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Corrospondance_Re_IGA_-_CCA_Sanitation_Services.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2,304-bed [[California City Correctional Facility]] prison housed federal inmates for the [[U.S. Marshal Service]] and [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] from 2006 to 2013, then was leased to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2013 for $28.5 million per year in response to a federal order to reduce overcrowding in the state's prison facilities.<ref name="bedell">{{cite news|last1=Bedell|first1=Christine|title=Cal City prison to house state inmates|url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/2013/10/26/cal-city-prison-to-house-state-inmates.html|access-date=August 21, 2016|publisher=Bakersfield.com|date=October 25, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |title=California City Correctional Facility (CAC) |url=https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/cac/ |access-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807210417/https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/cac/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cca.com/facility/california-city-correctional-center/ |title=CCA Facilities |work=[[Corrections Corporation of America|CCA]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123144511/http://www.cca.com/facility/california-city-correctional-center/ |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |access-date=September 6, 2019}}</ref><ref name="swr">{{Cite web |title=Southwest Ranches letters |work=cdn.muckrock.com |date=March 5, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |url=https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Corrospondence_RE_Southwest_Ranches_CCA-DOJ-ICE.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113707/https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/Corrospondence_RE_Southwest_Ranches_CCA-DOJ-ICE.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="odt10">{{Cite web |title=Detention Services - Operational Contract - California City |work=cdn.muckrock.com |date=2010 |access-date=August 7, 2020 |url=https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/DOJ_Agreement_No._ODT-10-0002.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721113549/https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2015/10/14/DOJ_Agreement_No._ODT-10-0002.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> All inmates were moved out by November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Claudia |date=November 19, 2023 |title=State removes all inmates from Cal City prison, remaining staff working to close facility |url=https://www.bakersfield.com/news/state-removes-all-inmates-from-cal-city-prison-remaining-staff-working-to-close-facility/article_df159a52-8670-11ee-b1f7-db87ce7a3737.html |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=The Bakersfield Californian |language=en}}</ref> The state terminated its lease so the prison was closed in March 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlepp |first=Travis |date=December 8, 2022 |title=California to close Riverside County prison, deactivate other facilities |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/california-to-close-riverside-county-prison-deactivate-other-facilities/ |access-date=December 8, 2022 |website=KTLA |language=en-US}}</ref> The {{convert|3967|acre}} Hyundai-Kia proving grounds are in the city boundaries. {{convert|640|acre}} are in use.<ref name="spl_pdf_plan"/>
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