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Committee Approves Transfer to Cover Police and Sheriff Overtime; BLA Warns of Continued Overspend Risk
Summary
The Budget & Appropriation Committee voted to recommend to the full Board an ordinance reallocating roughly $2.77M (police) and $4.09M (sheriff) to cover projected FY24 overtime overspending; the Budget & Legislative Analyst highlighted that the sheriff had already exceeded revised overtime and the police were projected to do so in June.
The Budget & Appropriation Committee on June 14 recommended the Board advance an ordinance (Item 5) that would de‑appropriate roughly $2.77 million from police salary lines and $4.09 million from sheriff non personnel accounts and reallocate the funds to each department’s overtime account to cover projected overspending for FY24. The committee’s recommendation sends the measure to the full Board with the committee’s endorsement.
Dan Gonchar of the Budget and Legislative Analyst’s (BLA) office told the committee the sheriff had already exceeded its revised overtime budget in May and the police were projected to exceed theirs in June. The BLA report recommended careful policy consideration because prior mid‑year adjustments had not prevented further overspending.
Police and sheriff presenters described operational drivers for overtime: the police cited backfill for patrol cars, numerous demonstrations since October 2023, mutual‑aid deployments and targeted enforcement initiatives (auto burglary blitzes and gun‑violence reductions). The sheriff attributed overspending to a sharp increase in jail population, staff out on leave, and the recent opening of an annex to handle more inmates.
The committee voted to recommend the ordinance with a roll‑call (Chair Chan and four supervisors recorded earlier in the meeting for motions on related items); members noted these are largely one‑time reappropriations to reflect spending already incurred or projected but urged departments to pursue hiring and operational changes to control overtime in the coming fiscal years.
What happens next: the item moves to the full Board for final action; supervisors asked the BLA and Mayor’s Office for follow‑up analysis on structural staffing solutions to reduce reliance on overtime.
