8940 Military Department
Budget-Balancing Reductions
  • The Budget includes General Fund reductions of $1.1 million in 2007-08 and $4.6 million and 19.1 positions in 2008-09.

  • The major budget balancing reductions for 2007-08 include:

    A decrease of $700,000 for the Office of the Adjutant General which will impact the Department's ability to render appropriate military honors for California's deceased veterans.

    A decrease of $100,000 to the administrative support for the Grizzly Youth Academy and Sunburst Youth Academy which will diminish the Department's ability to graduate students from these academies.

  • The major budget balancing reductions for 2008-09 include:

    A decrease of $1.5 million and 2.9 positions for the Army National Guard Program which will impact the Department's ability to sustain, maintain, and repair Military Department facilities.

    A decrease of $1.4 million and 8.6 positions for the Office of the Adjutant General which will reduce the Department's ability to render appropriate military honors for California's deceased veterans.

    A decrease of $700,000 and 5.7 positions for the Department's various youth programs which will result in a diminished ability to provide management, supervision, and training to the students of these programs.