Sacramento County’s recommended budget cuts to the Sheriff’s Office will eliminate “essential positions addressing critical crimes and quality-of life issues,” a spokesperson for the department wrote, three days after a slew of budget reduction efforts for the upcoming fiscal year were announced by the County Executive Office.
Sacramento County released its recommended budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year on Friday afternoon, proposing the countywide elimination of 194.5 full-time positions in response to a projected $101 million shortfall in the wake of impacts from the “Big, Beautiful Bill.” Under the recommended spending plan, 48 positions will be cut from the Sheriff’s Office, along with $13.7 million from the department’s base budget, according to a spokesperson for the County Executive Office.
“If approved, these cuts would eliminate the Homeless Outreach Teams (HOT), the Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) Teams, as well as the Gang Suppression Unit and Identity Theft Bureau,” Sgt. Ed Igoe, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, wrote in a statement. “These are essential positions addressing critical crimes and quality-of-life issues, impacting public safety in Sacramento County.”…