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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on January 14, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Uilkema, Gerber, Glover, Gioia and DeSaulnier
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
On this day the Board of Supervisors accepted an oral presentation from the County
Administrator on the implications of the Governor's 2003/2004 Budget on County
programs and.services.
After some discussion, the Chair invited speakers who wished to address the Board on
this issue. The following individual presented testimony:
Rollie Katz,P.O. Box 222, Martinez;
The Board discussed the matter, and took the following action.
REQUESTED the County Administrator to analyze the specific impacts of the
Governor's budget proposal on County programs and services, and report back to the
Board with a discussion of service level impacts, especially as they relate to preventive
programs and services.
AGREED that the County contribute to the political debate by putting the human face on
the numbers to help legislators understand the impacts of service level reductions on
citizens;
REQUESTED staff to hand out printed materials as opposed to oral presentations;
(AYES: I, II, III, IV and V: NOES: none: ABSENT: none ABSTAIN: None)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
Attested:January 14.2003
John Sweeten,Clerk of the Board
of Supervis'fors and County Administrator
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Deputy Clerk
Overall Strategy
Item Amount Percent
(in billions)
Cuts/Savings* $20.73 59.9%
Realignment II* 8. 16 23.6%
Fund Shifts 1 .90 5.5%
Transfers/Other 2. 11 6. 1
Revenues
Loans/Borrowing 1 .68 4.9%
Total $34.58 100.0%
County issues
VLF Backfill Elimination FY 02-03 $1 .26513
VLF Backfill Elimination FY 03-04 $2.92913
Realignment II $8.2736
Other Reductions TBD
Structural Reforms TBD
Loss of VLF Backfill
Contra Costa County
VLF Backfill FY 02-03 $17.5 M
VLF Backfill FY 03-04 $42.0 M
Realignment 11
DNew Revenues
•
10 Sales Tax Increase $ 4.58B
• Restore Upper Income Tax Brackets 2.58B
• Tobacco Tax Increase $1 .1 o/pack 1 .17B
Total $ 8.838
Realignment 11
u Do program transfers make programmatic sense?
• 15% of Medi-Cal benefits cost share
• All of Medi-Cal Long Term Care
• All of In-Horne Supportive Services {IHSS}
• Food Stamp Administration
• CaIWORKS Administration
• CalWORKS Employment 'Services
• Child Welfare Services
• Adoption Assistance
• Child Care
• Etc.
Realignment 11
Do the revenues work?
• Sales tax is volatile, and contributes to the current
$150M problem with Realignment l
• Cigarette tax is a declining revenue source
* Upper income tax revenues are especially volatile;
reliance on them has contributed to the current Mate
budget crisis
REALIGNMENT 11
a whet risks are shifted'
• Proposed transfers represent potentially explosive cost
increases due to baby boom impacts and State law - e.g.,
IHSS, long Term erre
• Revenues are unlikely to keep pace with program cost
growth
• Counties do not have sufl•Icient program authority to
flexibly manage the risk
• Administrative requirements are in many cases
determined at the federal level and outside the control of
the State