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Yolo supervisors approve interim cuts to MHSA-funded programs as state shifts to Behavioral Health Services Act
Summary
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 21 approved a staff-recommended package of interim cuts and short-term fund use to close an estimated $4 million MHSA funding gap for fiscal year 2025'26, while directing staff to return with more detailed options for FY 2026'27 and the county's transition to the Behavioral Health Services Act.
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Aug. 21 approved an interim budget approach to address a roughly $4 million structural shortfall in Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding for fiscal year 2025'26 while the state transitions to the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA).
Staff presented three scenarios and recommended a hybrid approach that reduces county-run behavioral-health programming by $2,638,000, reduces MHSA contract funding to community-based organizations by $695,000 (a roughly 25% cut to those contracts), uses about $869,000 from MHSA fund balance and applies $146,000 from cannabis and board-directed funds. The board voted to adopt that recommendation for 2025'26 and directed staff to return with more details for FY 2026'27 and the BHSA plan.
Why it matters: California enacted both a ballot measure and implementing statutes that reshape how counties will use formerly MHSA-controlled dollars. The BHSA requires that approximately 30% of funds be…
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