Orange County Digs Into Reserves for Annual Budget

Urban sprawl that has filled most of Orange County spreads out in front of a ridge in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park south of Irvine, Calif., on April 23, 2008. David McNew/Getty Images

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS)—A proposed budget with reserves mainly holding the line against mandated furloughs and layoffs was released Aug. 18 by officials in Orange County, California.

The $7.5 billion proposed budget for the 2020–21 fiscal year is approximately $706 million more than the 2019–20 budget.