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Supervisors advance renaming and expansion of city—s disaster donation fund

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · September 9, 2015
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Summary

The Budget & Finance Committee advanced an ordinance to rename the San Francisco Disaster Recovery Fund to the San Francisco Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response and Recovery Fund, change its budget category to allow faster city allocation of donations and require annual reporting; Supervisor Katie Tang secured additional reporting amendments.

The Budget & Finance Committee on Sept. 9 advanced an ordinance to rename and broaden the city—s disaster donation vehicle so officials can move donor money faster during emergencies.

Deputy City Administrator Jennifer Johnston said the change would rename the San Francisco Disaster Recovery Fund as the San Francisco Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response and Recovery Fund and reclassify it from a category 4 to a category 8 fund so the city administrator can allocate donations without separate appropriation approval by the mayor and board. Johnston said the…

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