Supervisors hear unified plea for COLA and cost‑of‑doing‑business increases for nonprofit contractors

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At a Budget & Finance Full Committee hearing, nonprofit leaders, union representatives and city budget staff debated flat funding’s impact on services and presented controller estimates that a 2.93% COLA would cost roughly $15.6 million including UC contracts; the mayor’s office made no funding commitment and the item was filed.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Full Committee spent more than three hours Wednesday hearing testimony from nonprofit providers, unions and city budget staff on how five years of largely flat contract funding have strained services and staff.

Chair Carmen Chu opened the session by noting the item was brought by Supervisor John Avalos and co‑sponsored by President Chu, and the clerk read the agenda description as a hearing to "consider the impact of flat year to year budgeting on nonprofit city contract operations and services" and to examine possible cost‑of‑doing‑business and cost‑of‑living increases for contractors.

Leo Levinson, director of Budget and Analysis in the controller’s office, presented department‑level contract spending and cost estimates. He said the bulk of nonprofit contract dollars flow through the Department of Public Health (split between UC and non‑UC contracts), the Human Services Agency and the…

Supervisors hear unified plea for COLA and cost‑of‑doing‑business increases for nonprofit contractors

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