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San Diego County expects nearly $500 million in fresh revenue over the fiscal year that begins Sunday, and almost every corner of the local bureaucracy stands to benefit.

The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday will consider its most robust yearly budget ever, a something-for-everybody spending plan that allocates more than $6 billion to everything from public safety and mental health to capital projects and the high arts.

All told, the county will spend 8.4 percent more than it did a year ago. The proposed budget identifies almost $6.3 billion in revenue, or $485 million more than the county collected last year.

“We need to be ambitious and continue to challenge ourselves to achieve excellence in all that we do,” Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer wrote in her budget message. “That is why we continue to plan and allocate resources to meet each and every one of our diverse community’s needs.”

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