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Health department faces recommended cuts even as analysts flag hiring delays and surpluses
Summary
Budget analysts recommended reductions in the Department of Public Health budget while noting FY13-14 salary surpluses and warning departments to justify reserves; supervisors requested follow-up on hiring to ensure patient care needs at San Francisco General are met.
Budget analysts recommended targeted reductions to the Department of Public Health (DPH) even as they flagged substantial salary surpluses tied to hiring delays and transitional staffing for the new San Francisco General Hospital.
Harvey Rose, the committee's budget analyst, told supervisors the department had a projected FY13-14 salary surplus at San Francisco General of $13.9 million and a projected San Francisco Health Network salary and fringe surplus of about $8.7 million. Rose recommended placing $8,477,119 in salary and fringe…
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