Board approves two-month funding to hold some Department of Public Health jobs through holidays; larger restoration continued to Dec. 15

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Nov. 24 approved a two-month supplemental appropriation intended to preserve specific Department of Public Health (DPH) positions through the holiday season, and continued consideration of a larger funding restoration until Dec. 15.

The two-month appropriation motion, offered by Supervisor Campos and supported by a majority of the board, moves $1,881,896 to sustain the currently filled positions for two months while the board continues to pursue other options to reduce layoffs and seek state and federal reimbursements. The motion passed on a roll-call vote, 8 ayes to 3 noes.

Why it matters: Supervisors spent more than two hours debating the supplemental after multiple members described the DPH cuts as falling disproportionately on frontline workers—many of whom are women and people of color—and warned the reductions risked disrupting public-health services and the Healthy San…