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Sutter County board votes to return $80 million state overpayment after brief hold
Summary
The Sutter County Board of Supervisors approved returning an $80,073,372.70 overpayment the county received from the State Controller's Office after staff identified the error and placed the funds in county investments; the board asked staff to note the need for improved state and local controls.
The Sutter County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to return $80,073,372.70 that had been mistakenly included in the county's January 2026 principal apportionment from the State Controller's Office.
Auditor-Controller Nate told the board the state's distribution worksheet had accidentally added a row, sending Sutter County roughly $105 million instead of the roughly $25 million the county expected. "This is a weird one," Nate said,…
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