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Budget committee advances mayor's two-year budget framework and approves interim ordinances
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The Budget & Finance Committee advanced the mayor's two-year proposed budget framework, approved interim appropriation and salary ordinances to keep operations running, and directed follow-up analysis on requested position exceptions and year-two reductions to behavioral health programs.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced the mayor's proposed two-year budget framework and approved interim appropriation and salary ordinances so city departments can continue operating while the full budget review proceeds.
Kate Howard, the mayor's budget director, told the committee the total budget is about $7.9 billion in each of the two years under consideration, with a general fund around $4 billion and modest staffing increases driven largely by Affordable Care Act implementation. "The budget this year is growing to $7,900,000,000," Howard said, and the proposals include new positions to enroll more residents in Medi-Cal and pay-as-you-go capital investments that rise in the second year.
Controller Ben Rosenfield summarized his office's revenue letter, calling the mayor's revenue estimates…
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