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Planning Department details $6.7 million shortfall, proposes growth-management dialogue and tech upgrades
Summary
Planning Department director presented an initial budget proposal citing a $229 million city deficit and a departmental shortfall of about $6.7 million; staff urged fee changes, increased cost recovery, improved permit tracking and a year-long public dialogue on growth management.
The San Francisco Planning Department on Jan. 31 told the Planning Commission it faces a sizeable budget gap and is proposing a mix of policy and technical changes to close it.
Director Ram, in his first month on the job, outlined four priorities for the coming budget year: sponsor a community dialogue on growth management, continue a process-improvement study, strengthen communications (including a public information officer and better web content) and invest in technology, notably a modern permit-tracking system and three-dimensional modeling tools. "We need a community dialogue about a growth management…
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