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Frontline nonprofit workers urge higher pay as supervisors weigh budget moves
Summary
At a June 8 hearing, city departments, the controller’s office and dozens of nonprofit staff told supervisors that low wages and underfunded contracts are causing staffing shortages and service disruptions; departments and the controller proposed multi‑year strategies and targeted wage floors, but supervisors said mayoral proposals will be insufficient.
San Francisco supervisors heard stark accounts on Wednesday from nonprofit workers, service providers and city analysts about how low pay is destabilizing organizations that deliver homelessness, behavioral‑health and other social services.
Chair Hillary Ronan said nonprofits were “at the breaking point” and called for a public discussion before the budget process. The controller’s office, led by Laura Marshall, reported that the city contracts with nonprofits for roughly $1.2 billion in services and that funding and wage data in the sector are incomplete. Marshall urged a multi‑year, multi‑tiered strategy — including cost‑of‑doing‑business (CODB) increases above standard adjustments,…
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