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2026-00662 Early Budget Work Session - Budget Context and City Department Reports on Departmental Budgets, Reduction Strategies, and Potential Impacts (Office of Public Safety Accountability, City Attorney, City Auditor, City Clerk, and City Treasurer)

Sacramento City Council
March 24, 2026

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2026-00662 Early Budget Work Session - Budget Context and City Department Reports on Departmental Budgets, Reduction Strategies, and Potential Impacts (Office of Public Safety Accountability, City Attorney, City Auditor, City Clerk, and City Treasurer)
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March 24, 2026
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YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 46,500$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0506-01 Project Optimism YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 57,500$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0506 Project Optimism YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 25,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0478-01 Refugee Enrichment and Development Association YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 46,500$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0478 Refugees Enrichment & Development Association YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 20,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0461 Sacramento Youth Center YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 25,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0461-01 Sacramento Youth Center YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 57,500$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0459 Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 20,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0504 Street Soccer USA YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 20,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0504-01 Street Soccer USA YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 46,500$ City Clerk Contract Date Contract ID Counterparty Project / Services Amount Department 4/1/2023 2023-0490 The Race and Gender Equity Project YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 20,000$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0490-01 The Race and Gender Equity Project YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 46,500$ City Clerk 4/30/2023 2023-0503 Three Sisters Gardens YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT -$ City Clerk 4/1/2023 2023-0503-01 Three Sisters Gardens YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AGREEMENT 57,500$ City Clerk 5/4/2023 PRC002207 Southern California Center for Nonprofit Youth-Serving Organizational Resiliency Fund: Administration, Capacity Building 880,445$ Finance 8/14/2025 PRC003753 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL-AGE CONSORTIUM
YPCE 4
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R Staff Training NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT: $6,000
6,000$ Finance
12/12/2024 PRC003285 Mark W Sundberg dba Sundberg IV YPCE Background Investigations 86,625$ Finance 8/22/2023 PRC001544 SactoMoFo, Inc. YPCE Events Mobile Food Services Date: 07/01/2023 212,421$ Finance 12/8/2022 PRC001544 SACTOMOFO, INC._ YPCE Events Mobile Food Svcs Date: 11/21/2022 212,421$ Finance 12/4/2021 PRC001544 SactoMoFo, Inc. YPCE Events - Mobile Food Svcs Date: 12/02/2021 150,000$ Finance 6/15/2022 PRC000555 Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. YPCE Master Plan Update 465,016$ Finance 11/16/2023 PRC000555 Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. YPCE Master Plan Update 556,308$ Finance 6/9/2021 PRC000555 Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Inc. YPCE Master Plan Update] 389,276$ Finance 8/22/2023 2017-0772-03 Active Network, LLC YPCE Registration Software 123,683$ City Clerk 5/17/2021 PRC000415 MGM TRANSPORTATION INC. YPCE YOUTH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 85,000$ Finance 5/6/2025 2025-0466 Bennett Engineering Services ZEV Fleet Infrastructure Program Phase 1 199,243$ City Clerk 10/28/2025 PRC003852 ZOLL Medical Corporation ZOLL - AED 48,734$ Finance 8/8/2022 2022-0870 Zuhu Wang Zuhu Wang v. City -$ City Clerk 8/17/2023 2023-1083 Victor and Nina Zvarich Zvarich Subdivision -$ City Clerk 8/17/2023 2023-1083 Victor and Nina Zvarich Zvarich Subdivision -$ City Clerk 2) To address the budget deficit, should the City:
a) Increase fees and taxes to raise revenues
b) Eliminate or cut back on programs to reduce expenditures c) A combination of A and B
d) Unsure / Don't Know

3) To increase City revenues, what strategies should be considered? Please choose all that apply.
a) Increase fees for City services
b) Increase City permit fees
c) Support a ballot measure to raise sales tax
d) Support a ballot measure to raise utility user tax
e) Support a ballot measure to raise business license tax f) The City should not increase its fees/taxes

4) Please indicate your level of support for reducing expenses in each of the following areas by selecting your top five choices.

Select "Strongest Support for Expense Reductions" for the area in which you most support reducing expenses, "2nd Strongest Support for Expense Reductions" for your next choice, and so on.
a) Affordable housing programs
b) Arts and culture programs
c) Capital projects (large new projects or infrastructure improvements) d) Climate programs
e) Community benefit programs (such as free Sacramento Regional Transit rides for school-age children)
f) Community Development (Animal Care, Code Enforcement and Planning) g) Economic Development
h) Fire Department
i) General government services (Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance, Clerk, Auditor, City Attorney)
j) Homelessness programs
k) Youth, Parks & Community Enrichment programs
l) Police Department
m) Public Works (Roads, public facilities and tree maintenance, parking)

5) The City Council participated in a public priority and goal setting workshop in September 2025. Council members collectively selected homelessness, public safety, and economic development as their top three priorities. Do you believe those should be the top priorities for the City?

6) If no, please select your top three priorities from the choices provided to Council in the 2025 public priority setting workshop:
a) Homelessness
b) Housing
c) Fiscal sustainability
d) Public safety
e) Diversity, equity and inclusion
f) Deferred maintenance/infrastructure investment
g) Economic development and creative economy
h) Youth
i) Climate

7) Would you support using contractors to provide services traditionally provided by City employees if it would help decrease the budget deficit? a) Yes
b) No
c) Unsure/Don't know

8) How many years have you lived in the City of Sacramento? a) 0 to 5 years
b) 6-10 years
c) 11-15 years
d) 16-20 years
e) More than 20 years
f) Prefer not to say
g) I do not live in the City of Sacramento

9) What City of Sacramento Council district do you live in (find your district here)? a) District 1
b) District 2
c) District 3
d) District 4
e) District 5
f) District 6
g) District 7
h) District 8
i) Unsure/Don't know
j) Prefer not to say
k) I do not live in the City of Sacramento

10) What is your age range?
a) Under 20 years of age
b) 20-24 years of age
c) 25-29 years of age
d) 30-34 years of age
e) 35-39 years of age
f) 40-44 years of age
g) 45-49 years of age
h) 50-54 years of age
i) 55-64 years of age
j) Over the age of 64
k) Prefer not to say

Supplemental Budget Information – Item 9

Question:

Break down the baseline reductions by departments and show their General Fund budget, 15% target and % of reductions compared to General Fund budget.

Response:

Department (in millions)Net General Fund Budget*15% Reduction TargetBaseline Revenue Enhancements Baseline Expenditure ReductionsTotal Baseline Reductions% of Net General Fund Budget City Auditor $1.3 $0.2 - $0.2 $0.2 16%City Attorney 9.6 1.4 - 1.0 1.0 10%City Clerk 2.8 0.4 - 0.2 0.2 9%City Treasurer (3.8) - 0.2 - 0.2 - City Manager 9.1 1.4 - 1.4 1.4 15%Community Development 21.9 3.3 1.1 2.3 3.4 16%Community Response** 40.1 6.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 15%Convention and Cultural Services 3.6 0.5 - 0.3 0.3 8%Finance 6.9 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.6 9%Fire*** 156.3 23.4 9.3 9.2 18.5 12%Human Resources 5.4 0.8 - 0.4 0.4 8%Information Technology 21.2 3.2 - 1.1 1.1 5%Police**** 246.5 37.0 0.1 8.9 9.1 4%Public Works (4.3) - 3.9 - 3.9 - Office of Public Safety Accountability 2.0 0.3 - 0.6 0.6 28%Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment 41.7 6.3 - 4.8 4.8 11%General Fund Total $560.3 $85.3 $15.1 $36.5 $51.5* Net General Fund Budget is gross expenditures less reimbursements and revenues.** $6.0M reduction in Department of Community Response is due to efficiencies in contracts and programs. There w ill not be a reduction in the level of homeless services provided. *** $3.6M reduction in Fire Department is due to the cost savings from the Single Role Program. There w ill not be a reduction in service.**** $1.8M in the Police Department is due to the shift of costs from the Office of Violence Prevention to external grants.

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