"Severe cuts to critical federal revenues continue to wreak havoc on Santa Clara County's finances, forcing county officials to slash 365 positions from the budget halfway through the fiscal year. While the county routinely opens its budget mid-year to make revisions, it's been years since the county made changes of this magnitude, with most of the eliminated positions coming from health care."
"The nearly $200 million in budget reductions, which were approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors at a Feb. 10 meeting, come just months after county voters approved a stopgap sales tax measure to help fill some of the anticipated losses. The county estimates roughly $1 billion in lost federal revenues annually as a result of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill that was signed into law last year."
"The 365 positions all of which are vacant except for 60 jobs includes 231 positions from the Santa Clara Valley Healthcare System, 45 positions from the Behavioral Health Services Department, 26 positions from Custody Health, 10 positions from the Public Defender's Office and 35 positions from the Department of Tax and Collections. Employees in the 60 filled positions that are being eliminated will be moved to another vacant job."
Santa Clara County implemented nearly $200 million in mid-year budget reductions and eliminated 365 positions in response to significant federal revenue losses. The county anticipates about $1 billion annually lost from changes in federal tax and spending policy. Most eliminated roles are in health care, including large cuts across the county healthcare system, behavioral health, and custody health, plus reductions in the public defender and tax collection departments. Sixty filled positions will be reassigned to other vacant jobs. Prior years' vacancy eliminations, slow property tax growth, and rising labor costs have narrowed fiscal flexibility and increased budgetary strain.
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