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Alameda County officials flag $91.4 million preliminary budget gap, outline multi-pronged balancing plan
Summary
County staff told the Board of Supervisors on April 28 that the proposed FY26-27 maintenance-of-effort budget faces a $91.4 million preliminary funding gap and outlined options — program reviews, vacancy management and fewer one-time fixes — to close it ahead of the May proposed budget.
Alameda County's staff briefed the Board of Supervisors on April 28 about a preliminary $91,400,000 funding gap in the maintenance-of-effort budget for fiscal year 2026'27 and laid out a menu of strategies to close it.
County presenter Melanie said the gap stems from rising program costs and relatively flat program revenue, including reductions linked to Proposition 1-related shifts and lower CalFresh and managed-care receipts. "If we put those two sides of the equation together ... results in the $91,400,000 funding…
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