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Approval of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026/27 Measure U Budget Recommendations
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00964
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: 1) Discuss draft recommendations regarding FY2026/27 Measure U budget expenditures; and 2) pass a Motion: a) approving the recommendations, as discussed; and b) authorizing the 2026/27 Budget Recommendations Ad Hoc Committee to finalize and forward the approved recommendations to the City Council’s Budget and Audit Committee on behalf of the Commission for consideration.
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Contact
Contact: Ash Roughani, Special Projects Manager, (916) 808-7751, aroughani@cityofsacramento.org, Office of the City Manager
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Presenter
Presenter: Teddy Georgeoff, III, Chair, Measure U Community Advisory Commission
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-DRAFT FY2026/27 Measure U Budget Recommendations
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: The City's fiscal year is July 1 through June 30. As such, the City Council annually adopts the City's operating and capital budgets for a single fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 in the subsequent calendar year. To inform the Measure U Community Advisory Commission’s (Commission’s) development of budget recommendations, Measure U funded City departments presented their program accomplishments on the following dates:
February 23, 2026
• Department of Information Technology
• Fire Department
• Department of Finance (Budget Update)
March 16, 2026
• Office of Diversity & Equity (Department of Human Resources)
April 20, 2026
• Department of Community Response
• Police Department
• Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment
• Office of Innovation & Economic Development (Office of the City Manager)
Due to scheduling constraints, not all Measure U funded departments were able to present prior to the Commission’s consideration of its budget recommendations. In response to the Commission’s request, the following departments provided written updates on their Measure U funded programs:
• Department of Community Development
• Department of Convention and Cultural Services
• Department of Public Works
• Office of the City Attorney
During this item, the Commission should discuss and approve its FY2026/27 Measure U Budget Recommendations to the City Council. The 2026/27 Budget Recommendations Ad Hoc Committee prepared draft recommendations, which are included in this report as Attachment 2.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: City Council Ordinance 2024-0039, adopted September 24, 2024, outlines the purpose and the powers and duties of the Measure U Community Advisory Commission; specifically, to ensure that the expenditures of City resources reflect Council and community priorities, the commission shall review, report, and make non-binding recommendations on revenue and expenditures of certain funds from the Transactions and Use Tax imposed under Sacramento City Code chapter 3.27 (Sacramento City Code chapter 2.114).
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: None.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This report concerns administrative activities and governmental fiscal activities that do not constitute a “project” as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(4) and are not subject to the provisions of CEQA (CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3)).
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Sustainability
Sustainability: None.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: A primary purpose of the Commission is to ensure that the City Council’s Measure U spending decisions reflect community priorities. Approving budget recommendations at this meeting will aid the Commission’s timely input into the FY2026/27 Budget adoption schedule.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: The California Constitution requires all local governments, including charter cities such as the City of Sacramento, to balance their budgets each fiscal year.
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
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