A $5.35 billion proposed budget for the County of San Diego was presented to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday for the next fiscal year.
"I'm proud to say the budget is balanced, fiscally responsible and focused on continuous improvement and stewardship of public resources,'' Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer said.
While the total budget for fiscal year 2016-17 is 1.2 percent below the previous year, that number is deceiving because of a decline in spending for the Health and Human Services Agency, resulting from an agreement that transfers collective bargaining responsibilities for In-Home Supportive Services to the state, she said.
The Health and Human Services Agency is budgeted for an extra $88 million -- with more than half going to a planned expansion of contracted community services and the rest for hiring 240 employees.
"We're enhancing support for individuals with mental illness and looking to provide stability for the homeless mentally ill,'' Robbins-Meyer said. "We're increasing services for veterans and we're adding diversion programs to reduce the number of young people involved with the juvenile justice system and helping victims of human trafficking.''
Public hearings on the spending plan are scheduled to begin June 13, with final budget deliberations by the board set for June 28.
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