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Civil grand jury urges San Francisco to adopt CRV standard after finding $1.9 billion maintenance backlog
Summary
The 2015–16 civil grand jury told the Board of Supervisors’ audit committee facilities maintenance is underfunded, citing a general-fund backlog of about $1.9 billion and recommending the city adopt a percent-of-current-replacement-value (CRV) standard and publish district-level backlog data.
John Hoskins, speaking for the 2015–16 civil grand jury, told the Board of Supervisors’ Government Audit and Oversight Committee that the city’s general-fund facilities maintenance is severely underfunded and that the shortfall is both costly and a public-safety risk. "The amount that is budgeted for facilities maintenance is 0.2%," Hoskins said, arguing that the figure is far below standard practice and public expectation.
The grand jury presented several findings and recommendations, including adoption of a percent-of-current-replacement-value (CRV) benchmark as a starting point for negotiations over facilities maintenance budgets.…
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