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Riverside County board formally approves structurally balanced 2024-25 budget By City News Service
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he Board of Supervisors Tuesday formally approved a $9.2 billion budget for Riverside County government in the 2024-25 fiscal year that officials said is structurally balanced and will net reserves approaching $700 million. "The recommended budget demonstrates the values that drive the important work of the county, focusing on improving the quality of life for residents, transforming the delivery of services, seeking systemic equity and achieving fiscal stability," according to an Executive Office statement posted to the board's agenda. County CEO Jeff Van Wagenen said at the end of budget hearings earlier this month that the board should take a cautious approach
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors. | Photo courtesy of Riverside County
to spending going forward because "we know pressures will continue, costs will continue to mount and revenues will continue to
flatten." Under an appropriations plan the board revised on June 11, an additional $19.96 million will be allocated
to cover agencies' costs in 2024-25. Among the larger outlays is $7 million more for integrated services, under a reor-
ganization of data banking, as well as $6.1 million more for the Department of Public
Social Services and an extra $2 million for the Department of Animal Services, as the agency continues to streamline. The new budget represents an 11% increase over the 2023-24 spending plan. Van Wagenen said one of the chief concerns for departments going into 2024-25 will be the what-if's associated with the state's estimated $68 billion shortfall. Supervisor Kevin Jeffries feared cuts in state appropriations to local governments for mandated services could be "potentially harmful." "The state budget is tanking by billions and billions of dollars, and history shows that local governments
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Suspect shot during confrontation with Riverside police remains hospitalized
Deputy suspected of abducting, sexually assaulting woman
By City News Service and Staff
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parolee who was shot during a confrontation with Riverside police officers stemming from an alleged carjacking remained hospitalized Monday, slated to be moved to a jail infirmary. Eddie Madrigal, 42, of Moreno Valley, was wounded during the encounter with patrolmen Tuesday morning. Madrigal is undergoing treatment at Riverside Community Hospital, where
A Eddie Madrigal. | Photo courtesy of the Riverside Police Department/ Facebook
he is technically in custody, and is "awaiting transfer to See OIS Page 27
a detention ward at another medical facility," according
Riverside County sheriff's deputy suspected of sexually assaulting a woman was out of custody Monday on a $1 million bond. Deputy Alexander Ravy Vanny, 33, of Hemet, was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Saturday on suspicion of forcible rape, kidnapping to commit rape and forced oral copulation. Vanny posted bail Sunday morning.
Deputy Alexander Ravy Vanny. | Photo courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department
According to sheriff's Sgt. Mike Kelleher, on See Deputy arrest Page 28
Friday, a woman identified only as a sheriff's depart-