The Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office is analyzing Governor Jerry Brown’s May 2012-13 Budget Revise. The Revise proposes a number of “solutions” to address the increased deficit, including an additional $4.1 billion in spending cuts, bringing the total of proposed spending reductions to $8.3 billion. A number of these cuts directly — and significantly — impact services that the County provides to our most needy residents.
State Budget actions over the last 4 years have affected Los Angeles County programs by over $1.4 billion, including:
Program Reductions:
- FY 2008-09: $150.1 million
- FY 2009-10: $276.4 million
- FY 2010-11 $88.7 million
- County Losses: $878.5 million
- Proposition 1A/State Borrowing of Property Taxes: $365.0 million (December 2009)
- State Reimbursement for pre-2004 Unfunded Mandates: $187.0 million
FY 2011-12: $363.3 million
“The biggest State Budget impact to Los Angeles County, by far, continues to be the shift in responsibility for certain public safety and health related programs from the State to counties, which was part of last year’s budget,” said Chief Executive Officer William T Fujioka. “How these programs are funded, both in this budget and in future budgets, remains a major unresolved issue for our County. The requirement for the Governor to secure a permanent long term funding source for these new programs has been conveyed by our Board of Supervisors on many occasions over the last several months.”
The County is currently analyzing the May Revise to determine the depth and scope of additional impact on the County, and will be releasing an initial, preliminary analysis later today.