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Planning Department presents cautious two‑year budget, warns of fee revenue drop
Summary
Planning staff told the commission the department expects lower fee revenue and application volume in 2019–20, proposes no new positions per mayoral guidance, and flagged a roughly $1 million reduction in charges-for-services; staff also reiterated priorities including housing, homelessness and accountability.
The San Francisco Planning Department told the Planning Commission Feb. 14 that it expects a modest decline in application volume and fee revenue for fiscal 2019–20 and proposed a two‑year work program that keeps staffing steady while trimming non‑personnel costs.
John Grama, planning staff, said the department is projecting “a drop in applications this year,” and that charges for services — the department’s principal revenue source — will be reduced by roughly $1 million from the current year to 2019–20. Deborah Landis, deputy director for…
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