DOS budget presentation warns of two‑year city shortfall, 15% discretionary cut target for HSA

At the Wednesday, Jan. 8 meeting of the San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services Commission, HSA budget staff reviewed DOS’s current budget, projected fiscal risks for fiscal years 2025–26 and 2026–27, and a mayoral directive to propose reductions for discretionary general‑fund spending.

The Human Services Agency’s deputy director for administration, Dan Kaplan, told commissioners that DOS’s current budget is roughly $510,000,000 and that in typical city practice the agency must review the current year’s spending to build the next biennial submission. Kaplan said in the DOS budget “IHSS represents about 75% of the DAS budget,” and that the local portion carried in DOS does not include the larger state and federal wage dollars for IHSS independent providers, which are run through the state’s payment systems.

The briefing outlined funding sources and pressures. Kaplan said about 23% of DOS funding is federal, 35% state and 42% local; locally supported items include the Dignity Fund and the Community Living Fund. He said the mayor’s office had directed HSA to propose reductions equal to…