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Committee questions $15 million downtown recovery plan as departments seek flexibility amid deficit
Summary
Budget analysts flagged $15 million in proposed downtown recovery spending for Union Square and Powell Street — including security presence, free parking, storefront grants and activations — and recommended modest savings; OEWD defended the package as catalytic to downtown tax recovery, but supervisors pressed for clearer measures of effectiveness before committing funds.
The committee probed a mayoral $15 million downtown recovery initiative debated on June 20 that bundles security presence, free weekend and evening parking, storefront improvement grants, activations and permit-center staffing intended to revive Union Square, Yerba Buena and Powell Street.
BLA recommendation: The Budget & Legislative Analyst identified several elements of the package as policy matters and recommended taking at least $750,000 in savings immediately…
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