Chatsworth CCC Camp Won’t Become Prison

A California Conservation Corps camp in Chatsworth is no longer under consideration as a site for a prison work camp, the Deukmejian Administration announced Monday.

Bud Sheble, director of the CCC, said that “speculative accounts in the media” caused state officials to drop the Chatsworth camp as a possible prison site. He said the publicity prompted opposition from San Fernando Valley residents and elected officials, which contributed to the agency’s decision.

Carol Edward, secretary of the Chatsworth Chamber of Commerce, said she was relieved. “Everybody’s very happy,” she said. “Nobody wanted a prison there.”

The Chatsworth site was one of 17 CCC camps that the Deukmejian Administration was considering for conversion to prisons because of crowding in state penal facilities.