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San Francisco committee hears that city assigns twice as many permanent take‑home vehicles as code allows
Summary
Budget analysts told the Budget and Finance Committee that while the Administrative Code allocates about 113 take‑home vehicles, departments report roughly 247 permanent take‑home assignments; the analyst estimated an annual direct cost of about $1.6 million and urged code updates and clearer guidelines.
The San Francisco County Budget and Finance Committee on May 15 heard that city departments assign far more permanent take‑home vehicles than the Administrative Code envisions, creating untracked costs and inconsistent policies across agencies.
Sevin Campbell of the Budget Legislative Analyst’s office told the committee that the Administrative Code written in 2004 allocates roughly 113 take‑home vehicles but the BLA’s survey found about 247 permanent take‑home assignments. "Our estimates were a cost of about $1,600,000 annually for the vehicles," Campbell said, citing maintenance, fuel, replacement and insurance claims as components of that figure.
The BLA presented…
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