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Los Angeles County

Shifting Cost of Mandated Programs to Be Studied

Metropolitan Digest / LOS ANGELES COUNTY NEWS IN BRIEF

May 19, 1993

The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ordered Chief Administrative Officer Harry L. Hufford to conduct a review of all state and federally mandated programs to see if the county can shift the cost for the programs back to Washington and Sacramento.

Los Angeles County is facing a projected $1.4-billion budget deficit. Supervisor Deane Dana, author of the motion, was critical of federal and state authorities for failing to fully fund welfare and other mandated programs.


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Dana said that if the state were to assume fiscal responsibility for mandated welfare programs, the county would save about $450 million annually.

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