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Community groups, tenants demand restoration after DBI budget ax cuts SRO and outreach grants
Summary
Department of Building Inspection officials said fee revenue has fallen 31% since FY19 and proposed a 15% fee increase; their deficit-driven proposal would eliminate roughly $5.2M in community grants (SRO Family United Collaborative and Code Enforcement Outreach), prompting extensive public testimony from SRO residents and advocates urging supervisors to restore funding.
The Department of Building Inspection (DBI) told the Budget & Appropriation Committee it is an enterprise department funded entirely by permit fees. Director Patrick O'Riordan and CFO Alex Koskinen said permit and inspection revenue has fallen roughly 31% since FY2019, creating a structural deficit that DBI has been managing with accumulated fund balance.
To address the shortfall, DBI proposed a 15% fee increase (item 15) and deep reductions that remove roughly $11.6 million…
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