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Midyear report: general government spending at 45% through June, overtime and vacancies shape outlook
Summary
Office of Management and Budget staff reported general government spending of 45% through June 30 (the year was 51.5% complete), noted labor at 47% and non‑labor at 43%, and flagged overtime overages in police, fire and seasonal departments tied partly to vacancies.
Ona Braus, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told the Assembly Budget and Finance Committee that general government spending through June 30 stood at 45% while the fiscal year was 51.5% complete, signaling an approximately 6‑percent underspend at midyear.
“We are 51.5% through the fiscal year… the overall total spend for general government, through June 30 is 45%,” Braus said while presenting the budget‑to‑actuals report.
Braus explained that labor and non‑labor patterns differ: labor spending is at roughly 47% while non‑labor is at about 43% of budgeted levels. She and assembly members attributed much of the underspend to vacancies in smaller departments.
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