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Commission recommends fee changes tied to DBI fee study after heated public debate on CBO funding
Summary
The commission voted 4'to—2 on May 15 to recommend Ordinance file 240457 to the Board of Supervisors, sending a fee schedule change informed by a consultant study and leaving open adjustments up to 6.5% across the board to help fund outreach and community-based organizations. Staff said full cost recovery would require roughly $23 million; the proposal would raise about $10 million in year one.
On May 15 the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider Ordinance file 240457, legislation to revise DBI's fee schedule following a consultant fee study. After extended public comment and commissioner debate, the commission voted 4'to—2 to forward the ordinance with an explicit recommendation that the Board may consider additional adjustments up to 6.5% across the board to help fund outreach, education and community-based code-enforcement partnerships.
DBI deputy director for administration Alex Koskin summarized the NBS fee study and the department's phased implementation plan. The consultant concluded DBI is…
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