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Board adopts measures including $38M supplemental for hospitals, open-data ordinance and Equal Pay Day resolution
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a series of ordinances and resolutions on first reading or by unanimous consent, including supplemental appropriations for hospitals, creation of a City Hall preservation fund, authorization for a chief data officer, and a resolution declaring April 9 Equal Pay Day.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved multiple administrative, budget and policy items largely by unanimous consent or on first reading, including supplemental funding adjustments for city hospitals, a new open-data ordinance, and a resolution recognizing Equal Pay Day.
Supervisor Mark Farrell described Item 4 as a supplemental budget action to address shortfalls at San Francisco General Hospital and Laguna Honda Hospital. Farrell said the second supplemental in recent months totals about $38 million overall with a General Fund impact "a little over $12,000,000." He told the board the Department of Public Health is addressing a longer-term structural issue and that staff would work to correct it in next year’s budget.
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