Chair Krishnan on headcount decline from 365 to 275 and remaining operating funds
Krishnan confirms DOI-funded headcount dropped from 365 four years ago to 275 under the Adams administration. Shahada reveals that after paying for the lease and one integrity monitorship, DOI has only $175K-$400K remaining to run all operations before tapping forfeiture funds.
And then in total, really what we're talking about for DOI is you all have
A staff of 275 positions at this point, which is down from about 365 four years ago.
Is that right?
In DOI-funded lines, yes.
DOI-funded lines from 365 four years ago to 275 over the course of the Adams administration as a result of the PEGs over those years.
Yes.
Got it.
And is it your testimony that after DOI funds its basic needs, including this lease that we have as well,
how much exactly are you all left over with if you don't include asset forfeiture funds?
So historically, I think it's been about $175,000 to $200,000.
I think for fiscal year 26, it's a little bit more than that.
I believe it's $400,000 because we did get some additional money for lease obligations and I think moving CCPC.
To our headquarters, but a few hundred thousand dollars.
So just to be clear, after all the fundamental basic needs are taken care of, the agency only has between 175,000, give or take, to at most 400,000 to run all of its operations?
Yes.
And how much are you all planning to draw down from asset forfeiture funding for fiscal 26 and fiscal 27 to supplement but also support core operations, given the very little funding you all have left over?
So we anticipate for fiscal 2026, it'll be approximately $11 million.
We have $3 million.
Currently dedicated as a forfeiture spend for fiscal year 2027, but we expect that to go up, and particularly if we don't receive additional city tax levy OTPS funds.