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Budget & Finance Committee approves most analyst recommendations, holds several items for follow-up
Summary
At its May 31 meeting the San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee accepted the budget analyst's recommendations for most departments, combined enterprise budget items into a single AAO/ASO, and held several personnel and policy questions for additional information; a proposed immediate increase in OEWD loan funding failed on a 2–3 vote.
Chair Carmen Chu convened the Budget & Finance Committee on May 31 and led the board through departmental budget presentations and analyst recommendations. The committee merged agenda items 3 and 4 into items 1 and 2 so the enterprise departments would be considered with the city's general fund AAO/ASO, a motion the committee approved without objection.
Departments including the Treasurer's Office, Department of Building Inspection, Department of Technology, Department of Public Works and the Ethics Commission reported that they had worked with the budget analyst and agreed to the recommended reductions and project closeouts. Treasurer Jose Cisneros told the committee his office concurred with about $238,000 in cuts and project closeouts.
Several departments asked the committee to hold or revisit discrete items. The Planning Department sought to retain three planner positions it described as essential to legislative affairs and environmental review; the committee asked for additional detail and agreed to take some positions up at a later date. The City Attorney agreed to roughly $220,000 in technical reductions but asked the committee to carry over a policy question about dedicating restricted settlement funds to a proposed consumer‑protection unit for further review.
In one recorded roll call on a contested policy matter, Supervisors Avalos and Kim voted to follow the budget analyst’s policy recommendation about OEWD’s revolving loan fund allocation, while Supervisors Cohen, Wiener and Chair Chu opposed; the motion failed 2–3. Chair Chu said the committee would continue conversations with OEWD about the program, and the committee adjourned after agreeing to return to outstanding items at a subsequent meeting.
The committee instructed departments to provide written clarifications where requested and to return with more information on staffing and program timing ahead of the next scheduled hearing.
