Supervisors continue budget ordinances to June 21 after extended public comment

The Budget and Finance Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors continued two core budget ordinances to a special meeting on June 21 after an extended public comment period that highlighted homelessness, senior services, arts education and neighborhood programs. Chair Supervisor Malia Cohen opened the session and framed a first-round draft spending plan of $25 million over two years as a starting point for add‑backs and revisions.

Public testimony filled the majority of the hearing. Speakers urged the board to restore funding for homelessness services (a coalition ask commonly cited as $14.8 million), expand rental subsidies and senior supports, fund arts and youth internship programs, and pay for community connectors and cultural‑district planning. Many presenters described services as life‑preserving and urged the board to reallocate resources away from policing toward housing and human services.

At the meeting's close, Cohen moved to continue agenda items 1 and 2 ' the annual appropriation ordinance and the annual salary ordinance ' to the June 21 meeting at 10 a.m. Supervisor Stephanie seconded the motion; the chair stated the motion was taken "without objection." The continuance delays any formal committee votes on those ordinances until the next scheduled meeting, allowing staff and supervisors to incorporate public testimony and colleagues' feedback into a revised spending plan to be released the following Monday.

Clerk John Carroll read the items at the start of the session, and Cohen reiterated procedures and posted materials including where the public could find the draft spending plan online. The committee's next steps include reviewing testimony, publishing a revised spending plan and potentially proposing add-backs or cuts prior to the June 21 meeting.