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San Francisco Department of Public Health lays out budget increases, warns of staffing crunch
Summary
DPH presented a two‑year budget that keeps pandemic response funding while directing new money to behavioral health and staffing. Director Grant Colfax and CFO Jenny Louie said the department must convert temporary roles to permanent staff and run multiple hiring academies to fill high vacancy levels.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health told the Budget and Appropriations Committee on June 16 that it is proposing a two‑year budget that sustains pandemic response services while increasing funding for behavioral health and staffing.
DPH Director Grant Colfax opened the department presentation saying, “It’s wonderful to be back in these chambers,” and framed the budget around continuing COVID‑19 response, expanding behavioral‑health services and stabilizing an overstretched workforce. The department reported 7,815 authorized FTE across clinical, behavioral health and population health functions and said its proposed two‑year budget shows a modest overall increase with concentrated…
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