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Health Department CFO details FY 2016–17 budget priorities; warns of waiver‑driven revenue risk
Summary
Greg Wagner, the department CFO, presented the first budget hearing for FY 2016–17, outlining growth in expenditures, expected revenue offsets, and strategies to meet Mayor's general‑fund reduction targets. Staff projected a net $14M reduction in year one from Medi‑Cal changes and proposed using prior‑year reserves and salary adjustment savings to close gaps.
Greg Wagner, Chief Financial Officer for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, opened the commission’s first budget hearing for the FY 2016–17 planning cycle and described the department’s base budget, revenue structure and strategies to meet city deficit targets.
Wagner said the department’s base budget is growing modestly and remains dominated by personnel costs, with San Francisco General Hospital and the Public Health Division as the largest spending centers. He reviewed…
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