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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: DLR Pyro on May 05, 2017, 03:13:44 PM
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Santa Ana Faces Major Budget Shortfall, Officials Say
Santa Ana officials face a troubled financial future, with top staff projecting a $14 million shortfall for city operating costs in the upcoming fiscal year and a $19.5 million deficit the following year.
The city also has a projected $2.2 million shortfall for the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.
The news, discussed at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, reverses years of positive budget outlooks, and could spell long-term trouble if not addressed, top officials said. a
“We have a major structural deficit,” said Councilwoman Michele Martinez, who has emerged as the council’s deciding swing vote on major decisions. She blamed part of the shortfall on the city’s subsidizing of a 512-bed jail that essentially doesn’t house city arrestees.
The city expects to spend a total of $238 million next fiscal year for operating expenses, known as the general fund budget.
City staff attributed the projected shortfall to a mix of revenue reductions – mainly the $11 million a year loss from the cancelled jail contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)– as well as cost increases.
http://voiceofoc.org/2017/05/santa-ana-faces-major-budget-shortfall-officials-say/ (http://voiceofoc.org/2017/05/santa-ana-faces-major-budget-shortfall-officials-say/)
The idiot city council voted to become a sanctuary city and to stop cooperating with ICE when it comes to turning over incarcerated illegal aliens over. This decision cost them a contract with ICE and a loss of $11 million. I have no sympathy for these nutjobs or their money problems.
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Cities are going to fight tooth and nail in the courts to keep those federal funds. That is why getting Gorsuch on the USSC matter again.