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County Supervisors Approve $13.7 Billion Budget Protecting Core Safety Net Services Despite Federal Funding Uncertainty

The Board of Supervisors approved a structurally balanced budget for fiscal year 2025-26, allocating funding for critical local priorities, including behavioral health treatment and homelessness prevention, amid profound uncertainty about state and federal funding.

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County and Partners Celebrate Opening of Measure A-Funded Affordable Housing in Mountain View

The County of Santa Clara provided $19 million in funding for La Avenida Apartments through Measure A, the $950 million affordable housing bond approved by county voters in 2016.

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Opening of New Behavioral Health Facility is Latest in County Effort to Add Treatment Beds

The County of Santa Clara announced the opening of a new residential treatment facility, Vermont House, that will provide mental health services, case management, and temporary housing for people with serious behavioral health needs exiting incarceration.

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208

Number of behavioral health treatment beds added

Since a Mental Health Crisis was declared in 2022, the County has reached nearly 40% of the goal of 530 new beds by 2030.

Learn more about the new Vermont House facility that will provide a total of 15 beds for transitional housing with treatment services

2,710

Measure A-funded units in operation that house approximately 6,275 people

The Board of Supervisors has committed $892.2 million in Measure A funds so far.

Learn about five new projects to be funded by $29 million from Measure A

109

Number of nail salons enrolled in the Healthy Nail Salon Program

Establishments enrolled in the program receive training for their staff on ventilation practices, safer products to minimize exposure to harmful chemicals, and avoiding unnecessary contact with those products.

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