Board approves two-year city budget and dozens of ordinances; budget sent to mayor

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the city's two-year budget for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2025 on July 25, voting to adopt items 18 through 41, a package that the clerk read as the budget and appropriation ordinance and the annual salary ordinance among other measures. President Peskin said he would duplicate item 19 (the annual salary ordinance) and proceed to vote on items 18 through 41 together; the board then took the combined roll call and adopted the package, 10 in favor and 1 opposed (Supervisor Preston), and the approved ordinances were forwarded to the mayor for signature.

Why it matters: The vote moves the city's principal spending plan and several implementing ordinances toward final enactment. The large omnibus package contains the general fund budget and multiple program- and fee-level changes that set spending and policy priorities for the next two fiscal years.

Key votes and outcomes - Items 18'41 (budget and associated ordinances) — approved 10'1 (Supervisor Preston voted no). President Peskin said he would duplicate item 19 (the annual salary ordinance) and proceed to vote on the other budget items together; the board approved the budget and ordered it forwarded to the mayor. - Item 42 (reallocation of approximately $16.3 million in unappropriated earned interest from the Our City Our Home Fund for homelessness prevention services, with temporary suspension of a short-term rental subsidy cap) — approved 11'0. - Multiple consent and contract items (items 1'16 and 43'74 as read on the agenda) were adopted during the meeting; several contract amendments and grants were approved on the same-house/same-call procedure.

What the package includes (selected highlights from clerk's reading) - The budget and appropriation ordinance and the annual salary ordinance (items 18 and 19). - Several code changes and fee adjustments including amendments to administrative, municipal elections, building, and business and tax regulations codes (items 20, 31, 32, 35, 36, 41 and others). - Appropriations and bond authorizations for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and the Port Commission (items 26'31, 37'39). - Funding and position updates across departments including additions at the Port and Airport commissions (item 41). - Contract extensions and grant acceptances: examples approved included a contract extension with the U.S. Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration (item 45), grant funding for a Proposition 64 public-health grant (item 46), and a range of port and PUC contract amendments (items listed on the consent calendar).

Board discussion and process President Peskin explained the procedural plan to duplicate item 19 and vote on the remaining budget items together while he circulated amendments to the annual salary ordinance for later consideration. He described the board's plan to finalize the budget today and to bring potential salary ordinance amendments forward for additional deliberation. Several supervisors spoke in committee and on the floor during the reading of the calendar; Supervisor Chan and others flagged items that had been referred without recommendation from committee and urged continued oversight of large contract amendments that had come up during the budget process.

Next steps - The mayor will receive the approved ordinance package for signature. - President Peskin indicated he would circulate proposed amendments to the annual salary ordinance (item 19) for later action.

Speakers quoted (from the meeting transcript) - "What I would like to do is to duplicate item 19, the annual salary ordinance, and vote on the rest of the budget items 18 through 41," President Peskin said as the board moved to vote the package. (President Peskin, President of the Board of Supervisors)

Ending The board wrapped a large, multi-item package of budget and contract approvals at the July 25 regular meeting and sent the approved ordinances to the mayor. President Peskin said he would continue work on amendments to the annual salary ordinance and that some elements of the budget would be revisited after recess.