The Sacramento County Recommended Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 has been released. The Board of Supervisors will begin hearings on the Recommended Budget at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 7, in Board Chambers at the Sacramento County Administration building, located at 700 H Street in Sacramento.
The public is invited to attend the hearings and be heard on any items in the budget, either publicly, over the phone or through written comments. Budget hearings will also be telecast live on Metro Cable 14 and on the County’s website.
The hearings will continue beginning at 9:30 a.m. through June 8 and 9, if necessary.
This year’s $8.4 billion spending plan is a 6.4% increase compared to the FY 2022-23 Adopted Budget. Of the total $8.4 billion budgeted:
- $3.2 billion is in Enterprise and Special Revenue Fund appropriations (utility rates, fees and other dedicated revenue)
- $3.9 billion is in General Fund appropriations (funded with $979 million in discretionary resources, $1.3 billion in reimbursements from restricted funds, and the remaining $1.7 billion in Federal, State and fee revenue dedicated to specific purposes)
- $1.3 billion in Restricted Funds
The Board’s budget priorities, based on the budget priority survey results of adult residents in Sacramento County, for the uses of General Fund discretionary resources are:
- Complying with the County’s legal, financial, regulatory and policy obligations
- Maintaining existing service levels budgeted for County programs, improving effectiveness and efficiency where possible and limiting the extent to which reductions in categorical revenue are backfilled with discretionary resources
- Funding new or enhanced programs that focus on the most critical and urgent needs, with the priority focus areas being 1) addressing homelessness and its impacts and 2) improving the condition of streets and roads in the unincorporated County
The Recommended Budget’s most significant new or enhanced programs include:
Mays Consent Decree Jail Population Reduction - The Recommended Budget includes $34 million in appropriations, with $7 million in Net County Cost and $1 million in AB 109 semi-discretionary revenue funding to fund new or enhanced programs aligned with the County’s jail population reduction plans to comply with the Mays consent decree.
Mays Consent Decree Remedial Plan – $10 million in Net County Cost included in the Recommended Budget in the Sheriff and Correctional Health budget units to fund continued efforts to meet the County’s obligations under the Mays consent decree remedial plan, including additional staffing and services.
Addressing Homelessness - $10 million ($2 million Net County Cost) to fund new programs and services addressing homelessness in the County, including establishing a new Community Outreach Recovery Empowerment (CORE) site in downtown Sacramento, adding outreach teams at existing CORE sites, adding behavioral health staff and vehicles for Homeless Engagement and Response Teams (HEART), adding outreach capacity for Encampment Services Teams (EST), and funding for equipment and office space for the new Homeless Services and Housing Department.
Additionally, the Recommended Budget includes Growth associated with mitigating the community impacts of homelessness, including enhanced funding for abandoned or inoperative vehicle towing and shopping cart enforcement.
Health Services – Overall, the Health Services budget includes $84 million of Growth funded almost entirely by State, Federal and Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) revenue.
In addition to the Growth identified in the Mays Consent Decree Jail Population Reduction and Addressing Homelessness sections above, recommended Growth includes $14 million for Cal-AIM performance-based incentive programs, $14 million to construct a new Children’s Mental Health Psychiatric Health Facility and Crisis Stabilization Unit, $10 million to construct a new Mental Health Rehabilitation Center, $5 million to increase the Children’s Mental Health Flexible Integrated Treatment contract pool, and $2 million to increase existing Full Service Partnership contracts.
Child, Family and Adult Services - $17 million ($3 million Net County Cost) to support Child Family and Adult Services’ programs, including one-time State funding of $7 million to implement the Families First Prevention Services block grant program and $2 million in Net County Cost to provide additional funding for Child Protective Services welcome and assessment center contracted services.
Scheduled presentations, public comment and deliberations will occur in the following order:
- In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority Budget
- Public Comment on IHSS Public Authority Budget
- Board Deliberation/Approval of IHSS Public Authority Budget
- Introduction by County Executive of Recommended Budget and Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
- Sheriff
- District Attorney
- Mays Consent Decree
- Health Services
- Homeless Services and Housing
- Public Comment on Recommended Budget and CIP
- Board Deliberation/Approval of Recommended Budget and CIP
The budget letter and a complete set of budget documents may be found online and at the County Executive’s Office, 700 H Street, Room 7650.
The Recommended Budget is a preliminary spending plan; the Revised Recommended Budget will be presented to the Board in September for deliberation and adoption.
For more information about the County budget, including the budget process/timeline, key budget terms/glossary, the Budget Explorer Tool and more, visit the Sacramento County Office of Budget and Debt Management website.