The California National Guard said it will have to eliminate $100 million from its budget if the federal sequester is fully implemented.
Colonel Laura Yeager said 2,000 maintenance staff will be furloughed one day a week, which could affect emergency response times. That tops the list of cuts.
“We don’t think that we’re going to have ammunition available for soldiers to qualify with their weapons," Yeager said. "There’s about $1.5 million that we think we’re going to be losing that funds a program to provide behavioral health services for our service members. There are military construction projects that are in jeopardy.”
Yeager also said mapping support for firefighters, aerial drug suppression support for county law enforcement agencies, and funding for student cadet programs will also be effected.
The Guard will enact cuts in mid-April if a federal budget with full funding is not passed by March 27th.
