Our total County budget went from $139 million to $118 million in one year. That is after we have already laid off 25% of our workforce in prior years. The state has got to realize it can’t keep devolving responsibilities like new prisoners back to the counties without new revenues. The state can’t balance its budget on the backs of Counties or they will begin to buckle.
Question4U: Who do residents write their property tax checks out to: the County or the State of California???