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Fire Department previews roughly $500M budget, flags $728M citywide shortfall
Summary
Deputy Director Mark Corso told the Fire Commission the city projects about a $728 million two-year deficit and asked departments to plan for 5% and 8% general fund reductions; Corso said the department's roughly half-billion-dollar budget is heavily reliant on general-fund revenue and has limited flexibility due to staffing and mandated minimums.
The San Francisco Fire Department presented an overview of its operating budget and warned commissioners that citywide projections require departmental reductions.
Mark Corso, deputy director of finance and planning, told the commission the city's five-year financial plan projects about a $728 million shortfall over the next two years, and as a result departments were asked to plan for a 5% reduction to general-fund support in the first year (about $6.9 million) and an 8% reduction in the second…
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