California · Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
WIC §5704.5: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that special consideration be given to children’s services in funding county services to expand existing programs or to establish new programs.
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that special consideration be given to children’s services in funding county services to expand existing programs or to establish new programs. (b) A county may not decrease the proportion of its funding expended for children’s services below the proportion expended in the 1983–84 fiscal year unless a determination has been made by the governing body in a noticed public hearing that the need for new or expanded services to persons under age 18 has significantly decreased.
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