The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office spent $20 million on overtime staffing last year, and the Board of Supervisors will discuss the chronic over-budget overtime spending at Tuesday’s meeting.
The Sheriff’s Office already spent its entire yearly overtime budget by the end of January, according to the county, and is on track to go $9 million over budget by July at this rate.
The meeting will take place in Santa Maria at the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Administration Building at 511 E. Lakeside Parkway. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and can be attended in person or livestreamed…