Fresh off an election that handed them a majority, Democrats on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on a long-held dream: Tapping the county’s emergency bank account to cushion the blow of federal budget cuts.

There’s just one thing: Democrats have the votes to change the county’s reserve policy. But they need at least one Republican vote to access the cash,

Our Lisa Halverstadt dug into the fine print and discovered state law requires at least four votes to draw down county reserves outside the county’s normal annual budget process.

Neither of the Board’s two Republicans responded to Halverstadt’s requests for comment on how they might vote.

Odds don’t favor a yes. Desmond already expressed opposition to the reserves plan. And Anderson has shown no love either,

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