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Budget committee hears pleas to save Trauma Recovery Center and psychiatric capacity as mayor—s midyear cuts advance
Summary
At a lengthy public comment session on the mayor—s $45M midyear plan, hundreds urged supervisors to restore funding for the Trauma Recovery Center, preserve inpatient psychiatry capacity at San Francisco General and pause cuts to substance‑abuse residential programs and youth beacons; the committee proposed targeted restorations to the ordinance before forwarding it to the full Board.
The Budget and Finance Committee took extensive public testimony on the mayor—s midyear ordinance that would implement roughly $45 million in general‑fund adjustments for the current fiscal year. Many hundreds of residents, clinicians, survivors and nonprofit leaders urged the Board to restore funding for the Trauma Recovery Center (TRC), preserve psychiatric inpatient capacity at San Francisco General Hospital and avoid early closures of substance‑abuse residential programs and community beacons.
Greg Wagner, the mayor—s budget director, told the committee the ordinance reflects department proposals to…
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