San Francisco supervisors pass 2025–27 budget package, carve out reserve and sever several fee ordinances

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 15 approved the city's 2025—27 budget and a package of accompanying ordinances and resolutions on first reading, after extended debate about program cuts, law enforcement spending and how to preserve services for the city's most vulnerable residents.

The board's Budget and Appropriations chair, Supervisor Connie Chan, framed the package as a set of hard compromises to close an estimated roughly $800 million shortfall while protecting core services. "We had to focus on the core mission of city government, keeping people housed, fed, and cared for," Chan told colleagues during her remarks introducing the legislation.

Why it matters: Supervisors said the budget aims to shield people who rely on Medicaid, housing subsidies and food security programs from possible federal cuts. The package places roughly $400 million in reserve to respond if federal funding shrinks, while directing additional local dollars to rapid rehousing, transitional‑age youth supports, RV interventions and other homelessness programs.

Key votes and outcomes: The full budget ordinance and many trailing items were called together and passed on first reading as a group. A set of…