The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a $9.16 billion annual budget, which “bolsters public safety to meet Proposition 36 responsibilities” and supports health and safety-net programs affected by federal budget cuts, officials said.
A budget summary can be found here.
The vote followed months of planning, several public hearings, including one Thursday, and a recent budget revision.
Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer — who brought her 5-week-old baby girl to Thursday’s meeting — described the budget as one “built for the moment we are in.”
“It has not been an easy year, but we are stronger because of this hard work,” she added.
According to a statement from Lawson-Remer’s office, the new budget absorbs $68.4 million in first-year impacts from U.S. House Resolution 1, which passed last year and included numerous cuts to benefit programs.
Broken down, the $68.4 million includes $7.9 million for CalFresh staffing and workload, $15.8 million for CalFresh administrative cost shifts and $44.7 million set aside for mid-year implementation costs and emerging federal impacts not yet fully quantified.
Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Joan Bracci said the budget is balanced, adding, “We don’t operate at a deficit.”