SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County supervisors approved an $8.8 billion budget June 28, adding 178 new positions, and increases in homeless and mental health services, among other programs.
The new fiscal year budget will begin in July and represent an almost 7 percent—or $1 billion—increase in spending.
County Supervisor Don Wagner, vice board chair, thanked staff for putting the budget together.
“Thank you to the budget team that has worked so very hard,” Wagner said. “We have heard lots of input. They’ve heard lots of input. And, I find it a testimony for staff that when we come here for the final approval all of the folks that have been out there looking at our budget and all of the questions we’ve asked internally of our staff have been answered.”…