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Board rejects $3.4 million supplemental to raise nonprofit contractors' cost‑of‑doing‑business
Summary
After extended debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6–5 to defeat a midyear $3.4 million appropriation intended to raise cost‑of‑doing‑business payments to nonprofit contractors by 0.75 percentage points, a proposal supporters said would bring those contracts to parity with recent city employee increases.
After nearly two hours of debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 6–5 on March 3 to defeat a midyear supplementary appropriation that would have shifted about $3.4 million from the general fund reserve to increase cost‑of‑doing‑business payments for nonprofit agencies that contract with the city.
Supporters, led by Supervisor Mar, described the request as a small, targeted way to raise nonprofit contractors to parity with recent municipal increases and to help keep community providers and their staff in the city. ‘‘This supplemental brings nonprofit contractors to parity with that level of a 2.25% increase,’’ Supervisor Mar said during the discussion.
The measure sought to appropriate $3,400,000 from the general fund reserve to the general city…
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