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Supervisors hear plans to close nearly $483 million general fund gap; HSA, Rec & Park propose cuts and revenue strategies
Summary
Mayor’s budget office briefed the committee on a roughly $483 million general fund deficit and suggested a mix of one‑time and ongoing measures; Human Services and Recreation & Park outlined program adjustments, JobsNow expansion, an IHSS premium proposal, and revenue‑forward approaches that drew strong community comment urging protection of frontline services.
The mayor’s budget team told the Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee that the city faces a projected general fund shortfall of about $482.7 million and plans to use a combination of one‑time measures and department proposals to narrow the gap. "We have a $482,700,000 general fund deficit currently projected," Greg Wagner, the mayor’s budget director, said, summarizing revenue losses and rising salary and benefit costs as core drivers of the shortfall.
Wagner outlined a menu of responses: avoiding contractual inflation adjustments, labor concessions (including furlough proposals), exercising the Prop H charter trigger to defer some payments to schools/First 5, capital project deferrals, and efforts to increase health‑related revenues. He and supervisors stressed that most of the listed solutions are one‑time or…
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