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Yolo County faces $4 million structural MHSA shortfall as BHSA rules shift funding toward housing
Summary
County staff told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 that the Mental Health Services Act budget faces an estimated $4 million structural deficit for fiscal 2025-26 and warned of further shortfalls as California moves funding under the Behavioral Health Services Act toward housing and treatment mandates.
Yolo County officials told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9 that changes tied to California's transition from the Mental Health Services Act to the Behavioral Health Services Act and new state direction under Proposition 1 will leave the county with a structural shortfall in MHSA-funded programs.
Tamoni Camarales, interim behavioral health director, and other Health and Human Services Agency staff said the county arrived at an estimated structural deficit of about $4 million for fiscal 2025-26 after in-house reorganizations and other adjustments cut an earlier $11.4 million gap. Staff cautioned the shortfall could grow by roughly another $5 million in 2026-27 after state-required shifts…
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