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Senators press CDFA on proposed cuts to vacant positions and potential impacts on audits and rapid response
Summary
Committee debated a governor proposal to eliminate dozens of vacant CDFA positions; members and stakeholders warned cuts could undermine audits, milk and commodity oversight, and rapid response to animal disease, while CDFA pledged to preserve statutory mandates and provide follow‑up staffing details.
The subcommittee examined a proposal that would eliminate a set of vacant positions across state departments, including about 69 positions flagged at the Department of Food and Agriculture under a 2024 administration proposal to reduce unallocated expenditures.
Arma Cozena (CDFA) told the committee many of the positions identified were unfunded, hard to fill, or long‑vacant and that the department would reclassify positions where statutory mandates or available funding require staffing. “For…
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