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San Francisco environment office warns COVID-driven budget gap could cut programs tied to other departments
Summary
Department of the Environment staff told the commission that a projected $1.7 billion city shortfall and mayoral guidance to cut general-fund departments by up to 15% could translate into deep, uneven losses for programs funded via interdepartmental work orders — especially EV charging, climate and urban forestry efforts.
The San Francisco Department of the Environment on Wednesday warned commissioners that the city’s COVID-19 revenue collapse has created a severe budget uncertainty that could hit programs that rely on interdepartmental work orders.
In a presentation to the Commission on the Environment, fiscal manager Joe Salem said the mayor’s budget office projects a roughly $1.7 billion shortfall through fiscal 2022 and has instructed general-fund departments to prepare for an ongoing 10% reduction, plus an additional 5% contingency that could take the total to 15% for the next two fiscal years. Salem noted the revision has pushed the city’s…
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