About 800 county employees could lose their jobs as a result of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors' approval of the proposed 2009/2010 budget Wednesday, according to Nav Gill, the county's chief operations officer.

Supervisors will approve a final budget for the fiscal year in September. The county must still resolve a $19 million budget gap in the state-mandated programs the county administers, according to Gill and county budget officer Linda Foster-Hall.

The budget process for the 2009/2010 fiscal year has been “a difficult task under extremely trying circumstances,” said Supervisor Susan Peters.

The county’s $19 million shortfall for state-mandated programs is affected by the state’s budget. The state is currently facing a $24.3 billion budget gap.

While the pink slips are being sent to employees this week, the layoff numbers could soon change. That’s because the county has completed labor negotiations with only one of its unions.

Here’s a breakdown of some of the board’s key decisions Wednesday:

*The Board dedicated $12.5 million more to the Sheriff’s Department. Also Wednesday, the Board formalized a labor agreement with the Deputy Sheriff’s Association. This union agreed to concessions that totaled $10.6 million. The roughly $23 million will be used to cover 124 jobs for sheriff’s deputies.

*Sixty employee positions in the Boys Ranch, a county youth offender program, were maintained. The Boys Ranch is run by the county Probation Department.

*Some social services programs, including Stanford Settlement and the popular parenting program Birth & Beyond, received some funding from the Supervisors Wednesday. The board allocated to Birth & Beyond $211,000. The Stanford Settlement received $100,000.