MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — October 28, 2026. Monterey County’s Budget Committee scheduled a review of funding for the Sheriff’s Office under the Operation Stonegarden grant program at its October 28 meeting.

Official agenda item BC 26-041 asks the committee to support accepting $175,000 in U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding distributed through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services under the fiscal-year 2025 Operation Stonegarden program. It also proposes an amendment to the sheriff’s fiscal-year 2026–27 adopted budget to increase both appropriations and revenues by $75,000 under the grant.

Why the two amounts are different

The $175,000 describes the grant acceptance requested in the agenda. The separately described $75,000 is the proposed current-budget accounting adjustment. The agenda does not establish that the two amounts are interchangeable or that the funds have already been spent.

Operation Stonegarden is a federal grant program associated with border-security operations. The public agenda description alone does not list specific Monterey County operations, deployment locations or procurement decisions under this item.

What comes next

The official Monterey County Budget Committee meeting agenda for October 28 contains item BC 26-041. A recommendation by a committee is not the same as final action by the Board of Supervisors. Readers should check the county’s later minutes and budget resolutions for the outcome.

Editorial note: This is reporting on a scheduled proposal. No final acceptance or approval is asserted without a documented vote.

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