Lake County’s board chair says the budget is structurally balanced. The county’s latest forecast shows general fund spending above revenue every year, with the balance negative by 2029-30.
Lake County supervisors, from left, Eddie Crandell, Jessica Pyska, Chair Brad Rasmussen, Helen Owen and Bruno Sabatier, at the board's special budget meeting Oct. 1, 2026, in Lakeport. (Screen capture from County of Lake video)