Resources
Proposed Budget-Balancing Reductions

Total budget-balancing reductions for the Resources Agency amount to $4.2 million in 2007-08 and $89.3 million and 296.5 positions in 2008-09. These reductions assume necessary statutory changes will be enacted by March 1, 2008.

Programs exempted from reductions include Paterno judgment payments, Colorado River Quantification Settlement Agreement projects, lease payments securing lease revenue bonds, and CAL FIRE's emergency fire suppression expenditures.

The major reductions in 2008-09 are described below:

  • $1.2 million in 2007-08 and $3.8 million and 5.7 positions in 2008-09 for the California Conservation Corps' Training and Work Program. This reduction will eliminate 75 of 1,310 existing corpsmember slots.
  • $44.7 million and 361 positions for CAL FIRE's Fire Protection Program. This reduction will shift funding for 20 one-engine fire stations, 11 conservation camps, and 1 helitack base from the General Fund to the Insurance Fund, and will be supported by a surcharge on commercial and residential property insurance policies.
  • $3.0 million and 20.9 positions for CALFIRE's Resource Management Program. This reduction will reduce funding for fuel treatment activities and the review of timber harvest plans.
  • $1.4 million in 2007-08 and $3.6 million and 20.9 positions in 2008-09 for the Department of Fish and Game's (Fish and Game's) Biodiversity Conservation Program. This reduction will reduce funding for habitat restoration projects and the review of timber harvest plans.
  • $2.6 million for Fish and Game's Enforcement Program. This reduction will eliminate 38 fish and game warden positions, out of 370 existing enforcement positions. These wardens are responsible for enforcing fish and game laws, inspecting vessels for quagga mussels, and protecting sensitive populations of marine species.
  • $1.0 million in 2007-08 and $13.3 million and 129.2 positions in 2008-09 for the Department of Parks and Recreation's (Parks) state park system. This reduction will close 48 state parks out of 278 existing parks and reduce seasonal lifeguards at state beaches in Orange, San Diego, and Santa Cruz Counties by a minimum of 50 percent. See Figure RES-01 on the following page.
  • $5.4 million for the Department of Water Resources' (DWR) Flood Management Program. This reduction will be partially offset because Proposition 1E and Proposition 84 funds are available for erosion repair, sediment removal, and Delta levee projects.
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