Thanks to some creative budget maneuvering, this year’s budget cuts have granted a temporary stay for many city and county services.
The county initially feared it could lose as much as $1.5 billion.
From the Los Angeles Daily News: Although the county expects to lose a total of $89 million in funding, Browning said his department “escaped a real bullet.”
County Department of Public Social Services Director Phillip Browning said he was relieved the final state budget doesn’t eliminate the CalWORKS welfare program or make large cuts in the In-Home Supportive Services program as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger originally proposed.
The county initially feared it could lose as much as $1.5 billion.
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