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Planning Department outlines tighter budget, staffing shifts as housing-element work ramps up
Summary
Planning staff told the commission the department faces declining revenues, a roughly $2M fee reduction and a multi-year deficit, while reorienting resources to implement the housing element; staff said one-time funding of about $4M used in the current year will not repeat.
San Francisco's Planning Department told the Planning Commission on Jan. 26 that it faces a constrained fiscal outlook over the next two years and is retooling staff and contracts to prioritize implementation of the city's newly adopted housing element.
Director Hillis and Deputy Director Deborah Landis presented a two-year informational budget and work program that shows declining fee revenues and a reduced general-fund contribution compared with past years. Landis said the department expects to reduce fees by about $2,000,000 and cited a one-time $4,000,000 general-fund payment in the current year that will not recur. "We're not seeing a recovery in…
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