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Mayor declines to commit to wage and tenant-defense funding as San Francisco budget season begins
Summary
Mayor Mark Farrell told the Board of Supervisors he would not commit yet to funding proposed minimum compensation increases or half the cost of universal tenant legal representation, citing a pending budget shortfall and multi-year fiscal pressures.
Mayor Mark Farrell told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 13 that he would not make firm funding commitments for proposed wage increases or expanded tenant legal defense in his upcoming budget proposal.
During the supervisors' question period, Board President London Breed asked whether the mayor would commit to funding at least a $0.50 hourly increase for workers covered by the city's Minimum Compensation Ordinance and to cover at least half of the estimated cost of providing full-scope legal representation to tenants facing eviction. Farrell said he understood the urgency…
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