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State budget cuts impact on Butte County on social services

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State budget cuts impact on Butte County on social services
State budget cuts impact on Butte County on social services

Butte county leaders are working on a plan to keep things running under Gov.

Gavin Newsom's revised budget

### butte county's facing millions of dollars in budget cuts.

The coronavirus is causing governor gavin newsom to re-do his 2021 budget plan.

The state went from a 54 billion dollar surplus to a 21 billion dollar shortfall.

Butte county chief administrative officer sheri mc- cracken told action news now we could see an eight-million dollar hit to social services like adoption and foster care..

"i am afraid that its going to affect my daughter, my kids were taken in cps after the quarantine i was separated from my daughter i have had phone appointments and some days the days you get turned away like i get turned away from seeing my daughter it breaks my heart," 'mccracken' says the loss of sales tax is the biggest reason for the shortfall.

Overall butte county could take a 16 million dollar hit.

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