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Budget hearing roundup: planning, library, DBI, rent board and other departments outline FY20 requests
Summary
Across departmental presentations, planning noted faster affordable-housing approvals, library leaders outlined branch capital and the end to overdue fines, DBI and many departments reported vacancies and hiring challenges, and several small agencies described modest, targeted staffing additions.
On June 14 the Budget & Finance Committee heard a sequence of departmental budget presentations that together preview the mayor's FY20–21 spending plan and highlight operational challenges across city services.
City Planning Director John Rah said permit volumes appear to be leveling off, proposed general-fund support rises because of labor contract costs and a move to new offices, and the department has 18 funded vacancies; he emphasized a…
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