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Fire Commission hears budget squeeze and $100M-a-year ambulance write-offs; commissioners press for homeless-cost breakdown
Summary
At a January Fire Commission meeting, department finance staff outlined multi-year deficits and asked for reductions while commissioners pressed for detail on roughly $135M in ambulance billings and about $106M in annual write-offs, exploring whether homelessness and other agencies should share costs.
Deputy Director Mark Corso told the San Francisco Fire Commission that the city projects large shortfalls and has asked departments to trim general-fund support as part of a multi-year budget process. "The city's projecting approximately $271,000,000 deficit over the next 2 fiscal years," Corso said, and staff were asked to submit 2% reductions in each of the next two years plus a 1% contingency reduction.
The presentation closed with a focused exchange about ambulance revenue. Commissioners cited department figures showing about $135,000,000 in ambulance billings and roughly $106,000,000 in write-offs, leaving roughly $28,000,000 in net expected…
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