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Budget and Finance Committee concurs with Controller’s Prop J certification for contractor services
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee approved a resolution concurring with the Controller’s Proposition J certification that found certain SFMTA, airport, Port of San Francisco and Public Utilities Commission services remain more cost‑effective when contracted than performed by city employees. Committee members asked about the report’s "emergency" language and whether contracted jobs could be converted to city employment; staff said that analysis is outside the Controller’s scope.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee voted to approve a resolution concurring with the Controller’s certification under Proposition J that identified services at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the airport, the Port of San Francisco and the Public Utilities Commission as more cost‑effective when performed by private contractors than by city employees.
Risa Sandler of the Controller’s Office presented the item, saying the office compared contract costs with what it would cost city staff to perform the same work and that a Controller’s certification letter documents savings in each case. "In…
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