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San Francisco aging services agency warns of large multi-year budget shortfalls; will return Feb. 7 with recommended cuts
Summary
At a Jan. 10 DAS Commission meeting, HSA and DAS leaders described a worsening multi-year budget outlook for San Francisco, noting large projected shortfalls and mayoral directions to propose discretionary cuts; staff said they will return Feb. 7 with a recommended budget showing proposed reductions and trade-offs.
The San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services told commissioners on Jan. 10 that the city and agency face a substantial budget gap and that staff will return Feb. 7 with a recommended budget proposing discretionary reductions.
HSA Deputy Director for Administration and Finance Dan Kaplan opened the department's budget briefing by describing a multi-year forecast that he said projects "a budget deficit of $1,300,000,000 a year" in the joint five-year outlook for the city. He later cited deficit figures for the next two budget years, noting a projected shortfall of about $245,000,000 in the budget year and $555,000,000 in the following year. "This is a cut year," Kaplan said, adding that the mayor has directed agencies to propose cuts equal to 10% of their discretionary general-fund revenue and to include a 5% contingency…
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