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Supervisor Thomas recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Letter of Support for the California State Association of Counties' recommendation of the State of California’s FY 2024-25 Joint Legislative Budget Proposal.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Governor Newsom released the Governor’s 2024-25 May Revision. The May Revision proposal includes $256.2 billion ($70.2 billion General Fund - nearly 35% of the state’s overall General Fund budget expenditures) in 2024-25 for all health and human services programs that support our state’s most vulnerable communities. The May Revision reflects a reduction of more than $3.4 billion General Fund compared to expenditure appropriations included in the Governor’s January budget proposal.
Although the Governor’s January Budget largely maintained funding for critical investments made in recent years, it included specified delays, deferrals, and targeted reductions to health and human services programs. In addition, the Governor’s January Budget proposed to withdraw $900 million from the Safety Net Reserve to fund existing benefits and services within Medi-Cal and CalWORKs. Due to the larger projected budget shortfall, the May Revision proposes additional reductions beyond those proposed in the Governor’s January Budget to health and human services investments, including cuts to critical public health infrastructure, workforce development, and social safety net programs.
The Governor’s May Revision proposes substantial cuts that impact all human services programs. Many of these cuts are ongoing or program eliminations and are in addition to cuts included in the January Budget. The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has significant concerns with these cuts as they will have detrimental impacts to the services that vulnerable Californians rely on every day and that the County administers on behalf of the state.
The Governor’s May Revision also proposes s...
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