"County services that rely on revenues from Medicaid are expected to bear the brunt of President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which slashes $1 trillion from the federally-funded health insurance program over the next decade. The legislation is estimated to rip a roughly $1 billion annual hole in the county's budget that could lead to cuts to services across the board. Measure A - a five-eights-of-a-cent sales tax increase on the Nov. 4 ballot - could soften some of the blow as county officials anticipate it will generate $330 million annually."
""If the sales tax measure doesn't pass, it's clear to me that there's going to be cuts to law enforcement in the county, cuts to the DA's Office and cuts to the Sheriff's Office," Rosen told The Mercury News. "Those cuts, I know will put at risk the speed at which we test rape kits in our county, all of our domestic violence prosecution, our community prosecutors that are helping reduce crime as well as the (auto theft and gun violence) task forces.""
Santa Clara County faces major budget pressure from proposed federal Medicaid reductions that could remove about $1 billion annually from the county budget. County services that depend on Medicaid revenue are expected to be disproportionately affected. Measure A would increase the sales tax by five-eights of a cent and is projected to raise roughly $330 million each year to help offset the shortfall. Local leaders including the mayor, the district attorney and law enforcement endorse Measure A to protect public safety. The DA's Office staffing has declined despite rising caseloads, risking slower rape-kit testing, fewer domestic-violence prosecutions, reduced community prosecutors and diminished task force operations.
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