Overview
El Dorado County's FY 2025-26 adopted budget appropriates $1.29 billion in total, of which governmental funds are $1.12 billion and the General Fund is $471.2 million ($434.3 million excluding transfers). Net county cost — the share of the General Fund budget not covered by departmental revenues — is $208.8 million. Departmental operating appropriations for the four functional groups (excluding Non-Departmental/ACO Fund, countywide special revenue funds, special districts, and proprietary funds) total $720.3 million, with Health & Human Services the largest at $250.0 million, followed by Land Use and Development Services at $229.0 million and Law & Justice at $170.9 million.
Source: El Dorado County FY 2025-26 Recommended/Adopted Budget book, CAO transmittal and budget summary.
At a glance — FY 2025-26 adopted (rounded to $0.1M in the book)
Source: El Dorado County FY 2025-26 Recommended/Adopted Budget book.
General Fund — FY 2025-26 adopted
| Functional group | Operating appropriations | Net county cost |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Human Services | $250.0M | $17.8M |
| Land Use / Development Services | $229.0M | $14.6M |
| Law & Justice | $170.9M | $119.2M |
| General Government | $70.4M | $57.3M |
| Total, four groups | $720.3M | $208.9M* |
*The net county cost column sums to $208.9M against the book's printed $208.8M total — a $0.1M rounding difference at the book's $0.1M rounding level, disclosed, not adjusted. The pattern is the story: Law & Justice consumes $119.2M of net county cost (57% of the total) on $170.9M of appropriations, because it generates relatively little offsetting revenue, while Health & Human Services costs $250.0M but only $17.8M of net county cost, because state and federal funding covers most of it. The General Fund total of $471.2M ($434.3M excluding transfers) exceeds the $720.3M group total's General Fund share because the group table excludes Non-Departmental/ACO Fund, countywide special revenue funds, special districts, and proprietary funds.
Source: El Dorado County FY 2025-26 Recommended/Adopted Budget book, budget summary tables.
FY 2026-27 adoption — noted, not the figured basis
On September 29, 2026, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the FY 2026-27 budget of $1.34 billion (up from a $1.25 billion recommended budget), with $221.3 million in discretionary funds and $79 million held in General Fund reserves, designations, and Contingency. The release reports: approximately $8 million added to General Fund reserves and designations; $3.6 million added to Contingency, bringing Contingency to $8.3 million; an approximately $14 million General Reserve; a $6 million Capital Projects Designation; a $5 million General Fund contribution for road maintenance; a $3 million Information Technologies Infrastructure Designation; and a $1.5 million Disaster Expenses Designation. These are press-release figures only — the FY 2026-27 budget book was not retrieved, so no FY 2026-27 breakdown is shown on this page.
Sources & notes
- Sources used: (1) El Dorado County FY 2025-26 Recommended/Adopted Budget book (published September 17, 2025; CAO transmittal September 15, 2025; formal adoption September 30, 2025) — all figured amounts. Read the budget book (PDF). (2) County press release on the FY 2026-27 adoption — noted figures only. Read the press release.
- Sum checks: group operating appropriations $70.4M + $170.9M + $229.0M + $250.0M = $720.3M exactly at $0.1M rounding; General Fund $471.2M total vs. $434.3M excluding transfers (difference $36.9M in transfers).
- Disclosed, not smoothed: (1) net county cost group figures sum to $208.9M vs. the printed $208.8M total ($0.1M rounding); (2) the expenditure-class table (salaries $316.2M; services/supplies/other $358.2M; fixed assets $69.9M; transfers $178.7M; contingencies $181.4M; reserves/designations $20.6M) sums to $1,125.0M against the book's rounded $1.12B total, so it is omitted as a sum-checked table; (3) FY 2026-27 detail not retrieved (press release only).
- Fiscal-year labels: figured basis FY 2025-26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026), adopted September 30, 2025; noted adoption FY 2026-27, approved September 29, 2026. County seat Placerville.
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified El Dorado County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.