The proposed county budget is available for public review and comment until 5 p.m. on Thursday
Supervisors heard input from community members on the county’s $8.5 billion recommended budget at public hearings this week — including calls to fund climate action, the arts, food aid and help with homelessness. This year’s recommended budget is a 3.9 percent increase from last year, with funding priorities from behavioral health and homelessness to housing and public safety, while adding $300 million and 72 county jobs, for a total of more than 20,400 full-time staff.
Supervisors heard from nearly twice as many people at the second hearing Thursday evening, and much of the feedback shared there echoed what was said previously. Among their asks was that the county’s year-old Arts and Culture Commission get funding to coordinate, implement and carry out the initiatives identified in its strategic plan.
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