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DAS approves biennial budget that includes $3 million Dignity Fund growth despite trigger risk
Summary
The San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services Commission unanimously approved the department's proposed biennial budget Feb. 7, 2024, including a $3 million Dignity Fund increase in year one, even as staff warned the fund's growth could be suspended if city deficits cross a statutory trigger.
The San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) commission voted unanimously Feb. 7 to submit a proposed biennial budget that includes growth to the Dignity Fund in the first year while flagging the risk that the fund's annual $3 million increase could be suspended if the city's deficit exceeds a statutory trigger.
HSA Deputy Director for Administration and Finance Dan Kaplan told commissioners the city currently faces an $800 million two-year gap in projected revenues versus expenditures and that the mayor has directed agencies to identify 10% reductions in discretionary general funds plus a 5% contingency. "For HSA, 10% is about $6.5 million," Kaplan said, and he described proposed reductions in…
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