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Supervisors approve planning cuts as general‑fund savings and OK two‑year limited‑tenure hires
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted to take the Planning Department's recommended reductions as general‑fund savings and approved allowing the department to create previously requested, unfunded positions as two‑year limited‑tenure roles, aiming to balance hiring flexibility with fiscal safeguards.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee voted June 24 to treat the Planning Department's recommended budget reductions as general‑fund savings rather than reductions to department fee revenue, and approved a policy requiring any newly authorized but unfunded planning positions to be limited‑tenure for two years.
John Ram, representing the Planning Department, told supervisors the department agreed with the budget analyst but requested authority to create a number of positions that would not be funded immediately so it could hire quickly if revenues materialize. Ram said the hiring process can…
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