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Budget committee clears path to suspend one‑time‑revenue rule and advances spending priorities
Summary
At a remote Aug. 26 Budget & Appropriations Committee meeting, members signaled support to suspend the city—s one‑time revenue policy to bridge a $332 million one‑time/recurring use gap, accepted Fire Department alternative overtime reductions, and discussed funding for Mental Health SF, Black maternal health and testing for community learning hubs.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Budget & Appropriations Committee met remotely on Aug. 26, 2020, and moved to allow the use of one‑time revenues for ongoing expenditures by indicating support for a resolution to suspend the city's long‑standing policy that matches one‑time revenues with one‑time uses.
Chair Sandra Lee Feurer opened the session and outlined a revised two‑year spending plan totaling about $42 million that focuses on restoring services cut from the mayor's proposal, expanding rental subsidies for low‑income households, funding targeted investments in Black communities and bolstering community‑based COVID‑19 response and food security programs.
Controller staff told the committee the budget before it includes about $332 million in one‑time revenues but only roughly $89 million in one‑time uses, creating an imbalance that requires the Board to formally suspend Administrative Code 10.6 to lawfully…
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