Overview
Alameda County's FY 2026-27 final budget appropriates $6,753.7 million across all funds, up $613.5 million (10.0%) from the FY 2025-26 final budget of $6,140.2 million. Revenues equal appropriations in both the all-funds and General Fund tables, so the funding gap is $0 in each. The General Fund appropriation is $4,314.4 million, up $25.4 million (0.6%) from $4,289.0 million. The budget funds 10,468.89 FTE (down 17.78 from FY 2025-26) and 16,264 authorized positions, including 2,908 Temporary Assignment Pool and Temporary Election Worker positions.
Source: Alameda County FY 2026-27 Final Budget Adoption presentation (June 25, 2026), budget overview table, p. 3.
At a glance — FY 2026-27 final
Source: Alameda County FY 2026-27 Final Budget Adoption presentation, p. 3.
General Fund — FY 2026-27 final vs. FY 2025-26 final
| General Fund ($ millions) | FY 2025-26 final | FY 2026-27 proposed | FY 2026-27 final | Change vs. FY 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appropriation | $4,289.0 | $4,300.4 | $4,314.4 | +$25.4 (+0.6%) |
| Revenue | $4,289.0 | $4,330.4 | $4,314.4 | +$25.4 (+0.6%) |
| Funding gap | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FTE | 8,519.09 | 8,486.01 | 8,513.31 | −5.78 (−0.1%) |
| Authorized positions | 13,870 | 13,857 | 13,852 | −18 (−0.1%) |
Note the proposed-to-final step: the final General Fund appropriation ($4,314.4M) is $14.0M above the proposed $4,300.4M, while final revenue is $16.0M below the proposed $4,330.4M — both as printed in the presentation's table. The all-funds final appropriation ($6,753.7M) is $43.8M above the proposed $6,709.9M.
Source: Alameda County FY 2026-27 Final Budget Adoption presentation, p. 3.
Highlighted investments — as presented
The presentation highlights the following investments inside the FY 2026-27 budget. These are highlighted items only, not a full breakdown, and they are not presented as summing to the $6,753.7M total.
| Highlighted item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Salaries and employee benefits | $2.2 billion |
| Community-based organization contracts | $1.25 billion |
| Contracts with Alameda Health System | $138.8 million |
| Mental health appropriations | more than $800 million |
| Housing and homelessness programs | $440 million |
| Direct assistance payments | $477 million |
| Measure W investments | $347 million |
| Direct municipal services, unincorporated areas | $387 million |
The presentation also reports $184.8M in total budget-balancing reductions (program reductions $59.9M plus countywide strategies $124.9M), 125 efficiency actions estimated at $114M, and a District 4 / District 5 budget-letter direction of up to $19.3M to Alameda Health System, including eliminating the remaining 92 proposed layoffs and extending the Partial Hospitalization / Intensive Outpatient behavioral health program through October 31, 2026. The balancing table's program-area rows are partially garbled in text extraction and are not reproduced line by line here; only the printed program total ($59.9M), countywide total ($124.9M), and grand total ($184.8M) are used.
Source: Alameda County FY 2026-27 Final Budget Adoption presentation, pp. 4 and 8.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: County Administrator's FY 2026-27 Final Budget Adoption presentation, June 25, 2026 (county budget site). Read the presentation (PDF).
- Sum checks: all-funds appropriation = revenue ($6,753.7M) with $0 gap; General Fund appropriation = revenue ($4,314.4M) with $0 gap; all-funds increase $6,753.7M − $6,140.2M = $613.5M as printed; General Fund increase $4,314.4M − $4,289.0M = $25.4M as printed.
- Disclosed, not smoothed: (1) the full final budget book was not separately retrieved — no department or fund detail beyond the presentation is claimed; (2) all figures are rounded to $0.1M in the presentation; (3) the balancing-table detail rows are partially garbled in text extraction, so only its printed totals are used.
- Fiscal-year label: FY 2026-27 (July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027); adoption presentation dated June 25, 2026, following hearings May 28–June 25, 2026.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Alameda County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.