On Monday, Fresno County Supervisors unanimously approved a proposed $5.3 billion budget.

This year, the county’s biggest departments presented to supervisors publicly how financial changes will affect operations and people receiving social services.

County department heads had to deal with sales tax declines and payroll costs outpacing increased property tax revenues, said County Administrative Officer Paul Nerland.

Supervisors earlier this year instructed them to cut 5% from their budgets.

Already, departments have limited hiring, Nerland said. President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill also brought widespread changes to social services.

Meanwhile, supervisors want to fill vacancies in the district attorney’s office — a department struggling to attract prosecutors.

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