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Garden Grove adopts $383 million operating plan; city sets aside funds for liability and workers’ comp
Summary
City Council adopted the biannual budget for fiscal years 2026–27. Finance Director Patricia Song said the two‑year spending plan includes about $82.3 million in new capital investments and one‑time transfers to shore up the city’s workers’ compensation and general liability internal service funds.
The Garden Grove City Council on Thursday adopted the city’s proposed biannual budget for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 after a lengthy presentation and public hearing.
Finance Director Patricia Song said the city projects roughly $752,000,000 in total revenues across the two years and about $808,000,000 in total spending. She explained that the apparent gap is driven largely by capital spending — about $82,000,000 in new capital projects over the two years — and that on an ongoing operating basis the budget is structurally balanced once one‑time capital items…
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