Legislation Details

File #: 26-00304    Version: 1
Type: Departmental Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/8/2026 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 4/13/2026 Final action: 4/17/2026
Title: HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget and Budget Development Workshops, as follows: a) Receive and file information about the FY 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget; b) Confirm recommended uses of funds to be included in the County Executive Office's Recommended Budget; c) Provide direction, if any, regarding other items to be addressed or included in the County Executive Office's Recommended Budget, scheduled for release in May and Board adoption scheduled for June 16, 2026 and June 18, 2026; d) Provide direction, if any, regarding Special Issues or other items; and e) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because it is a government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER'...
Sponsors: COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - FY 2026-27 Budget Development Workshops, 3. Hyperlink to Budget Workshop Material FY 26-27, 4. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - NAMI & Families ACT!, 5. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Shields, 6. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - NAMI & Families ACT!, 7. Public Comment - Brabo, 8. Public Comment - SEIU Local 620, 9. Public Comment - Library Advisory Committee, 10. Public Comment - O'Conner, 11. Public Comment - SBCTAC, 12. Public Comment - CAPA, 13. Public Comment - Santa Barbara Library Advisory Board, 14. Public Comment - NAMI, 15. Public Comment, Public Safety - Morphy, 16. Public Comment - The Fund for Santa Barbara, 17. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - Group 1, 18. Public Comment, Public Safety - CLUE SB & LWV of SB, 19. Public Comment, Public Safety - Group 1, 20. Public Comment, Public Safety - IV CSD, 21. Public Comment, Cannabis Revenue Budget - Group 1, 22. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Group 1, 23. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - CLUE SB & LWV of SB, 24. Public Comment - Quiroz, 25. Public Comment - NAACP, 26. Public Comment, Public Safety - Earls, 27. Public Comment, Public Safety - Oliver, 28. Public Comment, Public Safety & Jail System Housing - Klucker, 29. Public Comment, Public Safety - Group 2, 30. Public Comment, Public Safety - Wolf on behalf of Gray Panthers, 31. Public Comment, Public Safety - Way, 32. Public Comment, Public Safety - McCurdy, 33. Public Comment, Community Resources & Public Facilities - Group 1, 34. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - LEAP, 35. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Brown Lawson, 36. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Freedom 4 Youth, 37. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Families ACT!, 38. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - CLUE SB & LWV of SB (2), 39. Public Comment, Jail System Housing - Group 2, 40. Public Comment, Cannabis Revenue Budget - Indivisible Santa Maria, 41. Public Comment, Community Resources & Public Facilities - Ginsberg, 42. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - Carpinteria Children's Project, 43. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center, 44. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - CALM, 45. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - FSA, 46. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - Pulido, 47. Public Comment, Health & Human Services - SYV People Helping People, 48. Public Comment - Millage, 49. Public Comment - Scofield, 50. Public Comment - Santa Ynez People Helping People, 51. Public Comment - Isla Vista Recreation & Park District, 52. Public Comment - Families ACT, 53. Public Comment - People Helping People, 54. Public Comment - University of California, 55. Public Comment - USCB, 56. Public Comment, Special Issue Jail System Housing - Severance, 57. Public Comment, Special Issue Jail System Housing - Earls, 58. Public Comment, Special Issue Jail System Housing - Solorio, 59. Public Comment, Special Issue Jail System Housing - Hearon, 60. Public Comment, Special Issue Jail System Housing - Ortiz, 61. Public Comment - Local 721 SEIU, 62. Speaker Slips, 63. Minute Order

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HEARING - Consider recommendations regarding the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget and Budget Development Workshops, as follows:

 

a) Receive and file information about the FY 2026-2027 Preliminary Budget;

 

b) Confirm recommended uses of funds to be included in the County Executive Office’s Recommended Budget;

 

c) Provide direction, if any, regarding other items to be addressed or included in the County Executive Office’s Recommended Budget, scheduled for release in May and Board adoption scheduled for June 16, 2026 and June 18, 2026;

 

d) Provide direction, if any, regarding Special Issues or other items; and

 

e) Determine pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines 15378(b)(4) that the above actions are not a project subject to CEQA review, because it is a government fiscal activity that does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.

 

COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY