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Written
Communications
Report for Audit
Committee
Committee Member Moore
April 27, 2026
Santa Clara County
Budget Review
Finance and
Government,
$2,750,431,233 , 21%
Public Safety and
Justice,
$1,177,596,302 , 9%
Children, Seniors, and
Families,
$1,376,597,543 , 10%
Santa Clara Valley
Health and
Hospital System,
$7,125,878,095 ,
55%
Housing, Land Use,
Environment, and
Transportation,
$612,837,192 , 5%
Santa Clara County Adopted FY 25-26 Expenditures by Policy Area
Finance and Government Public Safety and Justice
Children, Seniors, and Families Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System
Housing, Land Use, Environment, and Transportation
11 Year
Budget
Trends
Santa Clara
County
19%
14%16%
45%
6%
21%
9%11%
55%
5%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Finance and
Government
Public Safety and
Justice
Children, Seniors,
and Families
Santa Clara Valley
Health and Hospital
System
Housing, Land Use,
Environment, and
Transportation
Santa Clara County Spending Trends FY 2025 -FY 2026
Percentage of Total Budget FY 2015 Percentage of Total Budget FY 2026
FY 2025 -2026
County
Comparisons
County Total Budget
(Billions)
Healthcare Spend
(Billions)
% of Budget Provider Model
Santa Clara $13.7 $7.15 - $7.5 55.0%Owns/Operates 4
Hospitals
Orange $10.8 $2.9 26.9%Contracts most care
Riverside $10.0 $2.8 28.0%One county hospital
San Bernardino $10.5 $2.7 25.7%Mixed model
Sacramento $9.2 $2.3 25.0%Contracts most care
Alameda $5.1 $1.32 25.9%Public hospital
authority
Staffing:Over 52% of all county employees (approx. 12,000+ people) work
directly for the Health and Hospital System. In most other counties, health
workers typically make up less than 30% of the workforce.
Cupertino is a donor
city
4 Cities have Historically Low
Property Taxes Returned to
them
Based on 1978 land uses
4 Cities have Historically Low
Property Taxes Returned to them
Based on 1978 land uses
City Percent of the 1% Property Tax Returned to the
City
Milpitas 16.26%
Mountain View 16.07%
San Jose 13.29%
Sunnyvale 13.28%
Los Altos 11.66%
Campbell 10.51%
Morgan Hill 10.29%
Santa Clara 10.02%
Gilroy 9.70%
Palo Alto 9.42%
Los Gatos 9.42%
Cupertino 6.51%
Monte Sereno 6.35%
Los Altos Hills 6.24%
Saratoga 5.77%
Average 10.32%