The proposed budget has the city council cutting close to 25 vacant Sacramento Police Department positions, which could impact law enforcement response time.
McCarty said that the police department uses the money from the vacancies to pay officers overtime so that there are people to respond to calls.
"There's some in the community and some in city council who have advocated for sweeping the 100-plus vacancies on the police department and using that money elsewhere, and I am saying that would be a terrible idea," McCarty said.
"Before we eliminate critical funding for youth and family programs and lay off city staff who rely on their paychecks to provide food and housing for their loved ones - city council must have the courage to reallocate some of the 190+ vacant positions in the police department to protect services that directly support our working families. Choosing to keep these unfilled positions while cutting real people and taking away resources from children cannot be how our city leans into our values. Let's make budget decisions driven by real people who need our help in this critical moment."
Nothing is set in stone for the budget just yet. The Sacramento City Council will continue to discuss the proposed budget before formally adopting it by the end of June.
"Within minutes' difference, that could make all the difference," said Jason Dean, manager at Take Care Barbershop on J Street.
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