Proposed Budget Adjustments for Social Services and Sheriff's Office

Original title: Consider recommendations regarding the Department of Social Services and Sheriff’s Office Fiscal Year End Budget Revisions to Address Shortfall, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required) a) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0011112 to help address the Department of Social Services shortfall by increasing appropriations by $4,502,900.00 funded by a $2,534,000.00 operating transfer from the General Fund and $1,968,900.00 in leveraged State and federal funds and decreased interest revenue; b) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010996 to increase appropriations by $10,100,000.00 in Sheriff’s General Fund for Salaries and Benefits for overtime costs over budget funded by a $8,100,000.00 transfer from the General Fund and the $2,000,000.00 release of Public Safety Proposition 172 fund balance; and c) Determine that the above actions are not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because pursuant to sections 15378(b)(4) and 15378(b)(5) the recommended actions consist of organizational, administrative, or fiscal activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.