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Mayor pledges to backfill roughly $2.7 million in federal HIV funding cuts, supervisors hear
Summary
At a May 7 hearing the Board's Budget & Finance Committee heard that San Francisco faces about $3 million in federal HIV funding reductions; the mayor's office committed to backfill the shortfall and providers urged continued support to avoid service losses.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Budget & Finance Committee heard on May 7 that federal cuts to HIV programs could reduce local Ryan White and CDC prevention funding by roughly $3 million, and the Mayor's Budget Office said it will include an offset in the mayor's proposed budget.
Supervisor Scott Wiener opened the hearing, saying the city has repeatedly backfilled federal reductions and urging that pattern continue. "This year ... we anticipate approximately $2,700,000 in federal cuts," Wiener said, framing the hearing as a deliberation on how to replace that funding.
Greg Wagner, chief financial officer for the Department of Public Health, told the committee DPH spends about $59,000,000 a year on HIV health services,…
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