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Budget office reports $68.9M spent on COVID-19 response; committee schedules follow-ups
Summary
Deputy Budget Director Ashley Graffenburger told the committee the city has spent $68.9 million on COVID-19 response to date, driven by staff salary reallocations, health response and non-congregate shelter costs; the committee continued its budget‑process item to the call of the chair for further review.
The San Francisco Mayor’s Budget Office reported that the city had expended $68,900,000 on COVID-19 response as of Monday, May 4, and that the figure represented a $5.4 million increase from the prior week.
Deputy Budget Director Ashley Graffenburger told the committee the largest category of tracked spending was $31.7 million for salaries and benefits of staff involved in the response, largely reallocated from existing budgets. Health response costs (including additional clinicians and personal protective equipment) were about $19.9 million, non-congregate shelter and homeless supports were about $8.1 million, and other costs (IT, emergency operation center staffing) were approximately $9.2 million.
Graffenburger said the Mayor’s Budget Office and Controller’s Office are preparing a more detailed joint report with projections and matching of sources and uses. Controller staff Risa Sandler said the Controller’s Office had no additional information today but expected to deliver the larger report within the week.
Chair Sandra Lee Fewer outlined an updated committee schedule with weekly items beginning May 13, a May 20 presentation on mayoral rebalancing, and topic-based department hearings in June and July. She moved to continue the broader budget‑process agenda item to the call of the chair to allow staff to deliver the joint report; the motion passed on a 5–0 roll call.
