DATE:
May 19, 2026
31
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 THIRD QUARTER OPERATIONAL PLAN STATUS REPORT, BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, AND AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH FEEDING SAN DIEGO (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
This report summarizes the status of the County of San Diego's (County) Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Operational Plan, as measured by projected year-end fund balance from current year operations. The projected year-end balance for the General Fund is $25.2 million (or 0.3% of the General Fund budget). The projected year-end balance for all other funds combined is $61.3 million (2.0% of the other funds combined budget). For all budgetary funds combined, the projected year-end balance is $86.5 million (or 0.8% of the overall budget). The projected fund balance anticipates an overall positive expenditure variance and an overall negative revenue variance from the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Amended Budget. The projection assumes General Purpose Revenue (GPR) will perform better than estimated, and business groups will produce operating balances, except for Public Safety Group where a negative variance is projected due to higher than anticipated staffing costs associated with the implementation of Proposition 36 and cost overruns with the current medical contract for offsite hospital care, and revenue variances due to grant funded activities that will be deferred to the next fiscal year.
Transfers and revisions to the adopted appropriations can be made by formal action of the Board of Supervisors (Board) in accordance with the California County Budget Act, and specifically, Government Code Section 29125. Increases to the overall budget require four votes. Transfers of appropriations between departments within the same budgetary fund that do not increase the overall budget, or the cancellation of appropriations require a majority vote. Transfers of appropriations to facilitate transfers between budgetary funds require fo...
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