SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S top executive is recommending layoffs to keep core social safety net services alive in the face of two threats: a steep budget deficit and proposed federal spending cuts under President Donald Trump.
County Executive James Williams’ recommended budget would cut 279 positions — about 80 of which are filled and could be laid off — to absorb the federal cuts and county budget shortfall, which is estimated to swell to $476 million over the next five years. A majority of the cuts will happen in the health and hospital system, which is 30% of the county’s proposed $13 billion budget.
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