{"id":2184,"date":"2026-05-17T22:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/sacramento-council-continues-efforts-to-close-66m-budget-gap-heres-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T22:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T22:02:31","slug":"sacramento-council-continues-efforts-to-close-66m-budget-gap-heres-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/sacramento-council-continues-efforts-to-close-66m-budget-gap-heres-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Council continues efforts to close $66M budget gap. 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Council members hiked hundreds of fees, restored some youth and pool funding, and debated the future of a key homeless shelter.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/california-water-managers-raise-2026-deliveries-as-reservoirs-remain-near-full\/\">California water managers raise 2026 deliveries as reservoirs remain near full<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Key takeaways<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The council approved <u>hundreds of fee hikes<\/u> Tuesday covering fire prevention, animal licensing, theater rentals and parking violations, with the changes taking effect July 1.<\/li>\n<li>Sacramento\u2019s general fund could grow by $7.4 million under the <u>new fee structure<\/u>, though City Manager Maraskeshia Smith vowed not to raise parking meter rates.<\/li>\n<li>A unanimous vote <u>restored $1.3 million<\/u> for a gang prevention and intervention taskforce grant, plus $100,000 for four wading pools and $500,000 to keep 10 neighborhood pools open five days a week.<\/li>\n<li>To pay for the restorations, the council cut vacant parking enforcement officer positions and <u>reallocated homelessness funds<\/u> originally planned for 2028, though a separate $800,000 grant for critical incident response remained unfunded.<\/li>\n<li>Councilmember Karina Talamantes proposed <u>cutting $10 million from the Department of Community Response<\/u> and capping homelessness spending from the general fund at $30 million.<\/li>\n<li>The 2026 Point-in-Time Count found unhoused numbers rose 13% across Sacramento County but dropped about 20% within the city of Sacramento.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. 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