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Board committee cuts mayor’s police reserve draw, mandates neighborhood biweekly reporting amid fierce debate over overtime
Summary
The Budget & Appropriations Committee considered a mayoral supplemental to cover SFPD overtime. After questioning and public testimony both for and against, the committee reduced the draw on the general reserve by roughly $2.27 million in internal offsets, required biweekly neighborhood‑level overtime and staffing reports from SFPD, and forwarded the items to the full Board without recommendation.
The San Francisco Police Department asked the Budget & Appropriations Committee on March 15 for a supplemental appropriation to cover projected overtime expenses, initially requesting a roughly $27.6 million draw on the general‑fund reserve. Chief Bill Scott and Assistant Chief David Lazar told the committee the department is operating with significantly fewer sworn officers than earlier this decade, and that overtime is being used to backfill patrol cars, staff downtown 'safe‑shopper' and tourism deployments, cover large public events and support violence‑reduction work.
Assistant Chief Lazar outlined station‑by‑station shortfalls and said the department’s 2021 staffing analysis recommended approximately 2,182…
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