Suspension of Budget Talks Puts Fate of Valley Programs on Hold : Finances: Supervisors hope to have a better idea of state funding when sessions resume in September.

The northern reaches of Los Angeles County experienced a few wins, a few losses and many temporary reprieves in the 1992-93 budget deliberations, which were suspended temporarily Wednesday by the Board of Supervisors.

Decisions about the fates of many of the most visible programs that touch the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys--such as the proposed closure of 19 youth probation camps--were postponed until a meeting set for mid-September.

Even a plan to charge user fees at county nature parks and equestrian trails to offset operating costs was put off until September, when county officials hope to know exactly what money they will receive from the state this year.

Efforts to circumvent the unanimous decision to delay were thwarted.

Supervisor Mike Antonovich tried to resurrect $815,000 in funding for recreation and maintenance staff and operating expenses at the Santa Clarita Valley Sport Center near Castaic Lake.

The first phase of the large park’s development, including three ball fields and a picnic area, is scheduled to be built this year with state bond money. But there is no money in the budget to run the park.

The four other supervisors balked and county Chief Administrative Officer Richard Dixon agreed.

“The problem is there’s no guarantee those restorations would last,” Dixon said, referring to the many remaining uncertainties of the state budget.

Just a handful of capital projects were restored--park improvements that would have been cut under a plan endorsed Wednesday to stop any projects not yet under contract. That restoration cost about $340,000, including $6,000 in new signs for El Cariso Regional Park in Sylmar and $19,000 for improved security at William S. Hart Regional Park in Newhall.

All other capital projects not under contract were deleted for a savings of about $7 million. Among those were a number of proposed building rehabilitation projects in the north county:

* Expansion of the holding cells at the Antelope Valley Courthouse, which was to cost the county $560,000.

* A $328,000 fire alarm system for the High Desert Hospital in Lancaster.

* Replacement of a fuel tank at the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station, which would save $375,000.

* $122,000 in improvements at North Hollywood Health Center.

* Renovation and expansion of the Lancaster Library for $25,000.

COUNTY BUDGET CUTS: B1