Cal. Penal Code § 4484

The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate amount of four hundred ninety-five million dollars ($495,000,000), in the manner provided in this title. That debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the funds to be used for the object and work specified in Section 4485 and for administrative costs incurred in connection therewith.