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Santa Clara County warns of steep federal cuts as board adopts midyear budget adjustments
Summary
County leaders told supervisors that pending congressional budget moves could cut federal safety-net funding and complicate local services. The Board approved midyear budget changes and asked administration to prepare options for next year’s shortfall.
Santa Clara County supervisors approved a midyear budget package on Feb. 25 while county leaders warned that proposed congressional actions could produce large reductions in federal funding for Medicaid, SNAP and other programs that fund local safety-net services.
County Executive James Williams and newly arrived Budget Director Ezekiel Vega framed the midyear review as a two-track exercise: close a $37.7 million projected general-fund gap for fiscal 2025–26 and prepare contingency options if Congress moves forward with the cuts the House Republican budget resolution targets. “The current budgetary authority for the federal government expires on March 14,” County Executive James Williams said, describing a fast-moving process in Washington that could force deep federal spending reductions.
The midyear package that passed the board included adjustments to current-year spending, replenishment of a portion of the general-fund…
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