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Stockton council accepts FY2025–26 budget status, orders corrections after questions about fund moves and OPDA
Summary
Council voted to accept the status report on the FY2025–26 budget and directed staff to return with an amended budget after members questioned undocumented transfers and the elimination/transfer of the Office of Performance & Data Analytics (OPDA) and funding for OPTIC.
Stockton’s City Council on March 3 accepted the status report on the fiscal year 2025–26 budget but instructed staff to amend and return a corrected document after multiple council members raised concerns about internal reorganizations and undisclosed allocations.
City CFO Gilbert Garcia told the council the citywide budget totals roughly $982 million, with a general fund of about $328 million and roughly three-quarters of the general fund going to police and fire. Garcia and other staff walked through adjustments made after the June adoption, including salary allocation changes that move portions of personnel costs from the general fund…
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