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The city expects that its police officers will face more mentally ill people in crisis as a result of budget cuts to Sacramento County's Department of Behavioral Health Services. The budget cuts that will ricochet back to the city are spurred by the state: The state is providing less money to the county for mental health, and the county’s resulting cuts will affect the city, according to a Sept. 1 report from city officials. Sacramento County expects to lose more than $10 million in state funding that would go toward its Behavioral Health Services, according to the city’s report. The state is dropping the funding because of its ongoing budget crisis. To address the lack of mental health