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Committee forwards resolution urging Congress to minimize CDBG cuts as city plans for a 30% contingency
Summary
The committee heard Mayor’s Office estimates that San Francisco receives about $22 million in CDBG funds and that federal proposals could range from modest presidential reductions to steep House cuts; the committee filed the federal-impact item and forwarded a resolution urging congressional action to preserve CDBG funding.
The Budget and Finance Committee considered federal budget uncertainty and its likely effect on local programs, focusing on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and other federal funding streams that support nonprofit service providers.
Kate Howard of the Mayor’s Office told the committee that San Francisco receives approximately $22,000,000 annually in CDBG funds that support community development, neighborhood programs and workforce development, noting that ‘‘the president proposed in his budget a 7 and a half percent cut to CDBG in year 1…and in year 2…a 10% cut’’ while the House had proposed cuts as large as 62.5 percent. Howard…
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