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Board Unanimously Adopts DBI Budget Despite Projection of $37 Million Shortfall
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Department of Building Inspection proposed budgets for FY21-22 and FY22-23. DBI projected revenues of $51.1 million against expenditures of $88.7 million and said it would need about $37 million in fund balance to balance the plan; commissioners pressed for scrutiny of rising interdepartmental work orders.
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) proposed budgets for fiscal years 2021–22 and 2022–23 after extended discussion about a projected structural shortfall and rapidly growing interdepartmental work‑order costs.
Deputy Director Taras Maddison told the commission DBI is a special‑fund department supported by fees. The department projects roughly $51.1 million in revenues for the proposed period and total expenditures of about $88.7 million. Maddison said salaries and fringe benefits account for roughly $52 million of the budget and that, under current assumptions, the department would need approximately $37 million in fund balance…
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