The city of Sacramento, California, has unveiled a record-high police budget of $165.8 million, even after the creation of a new department that would shift certain responsibilities away from law enforcement.
In the face of cries from certain groups to “defund the police” across California and the United States, Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed a $9.4 million increase in the police budget, as part of the city’s $1.3 billion overall budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
