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Legislators press administration for detail on vacancy-sweep savings and program impacts

2405632 · February 26, 2025
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Assemblymembers pressed the administration and the Legislative Analyst's Office for earlier and more granular information about the governor's proposed vacant-position eliminations and state operations savings, saying they need department-level lists and program-impact analyses before making budget tradeoffs.

The committee discussed the administration27s statewide "vacant positions" control section and operational-efficiency proposals, which the governor27s budget estimated would eliminate a portion of vacancies and reduce state operations costs.

Steven Benson of the Department of Finance summarized the administration27s approach and said the initial point-in-time target in the 2024 budget act was revised after departments reported many of…

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