SANTA CLARA COUNTY didn’t ask to host next year’s Super Bowl. But the cost of protecting the event from terror attacks could exceed its available cash in an unprecedented budget crisis.
County leaders say President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding millions of dollars in disaster preparedness funds, some of which are needed to plan and staff security for February’s nationally televised football game. Combined with an existing structural budget deficit and major federal funding losses under Trump-backed H.R. 1, officials warn the county will rack up significant — and unreimbursed — costs to run its Emergency Operations Center, the county’s decision-making hub during terror attacks and major disasters.
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