The City of Sacramento faces a $44 million city budget structural deficit. As commissioners for the City of Sacramento’s Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment, we have heard from neighbors who have expressed to us their fears about how Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment’s staffing, programming and services will be impacted.
The current city budget proposes to eliminate 70 vacant full-time equivalent positions, with 54 of those coming from the Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment department.
Any and every cut to the Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment budget will severely impact the essential services our department provides to the City of Sacramento and its ability to add and expand programming. Each cut to our budget means less maintenance in our 237 city parks, less programming at our 15 community centers and fewer operating hours at our 17 aquatic centers…