{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-5704.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 5704.5","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 5. COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [5000. - 5987.]","PART 2. THE BRONZAN-MCCORQUODALE ACT [5600. - 5772.]","CHAPTER 3. Financial Provisions [5700. - 5717.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"edcd003da405da717c483031ab1294dcd9ee6c3c9441a1f2802a222b873d40ca","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-5704","next":"us-ca/wic-5704.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}