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Budget committee reallocates DPH reserves to avert layoffs, votes to continue items to special meeting
Summary
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee approved an amendment to combine supplemental appropriations for the Department of Public Health and reallocate $7,953,732 from department reserves rather than the uncertified general fund reserve, after hours of testimony from workers and fiscal staff; the items were continued to a special meeting next week.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 16 voted to amend and consolidate supplemental appropriations for the Department of Public Health and change the source of funding so $7,953,732 comes from departmental reserves rather than the uncertified general fund reserve.
Chair Supervisor John Avalos, who presided over the special session, said the goal was to ‘‘make sure that we can live to the promise of that program and we can live to the promise that people expect of our city services’’ and to avoid disruptive layoffs while awaiting state funds.
Controller Ben Rosenfield presented the amendment, telling the committee the combined supplemental would total $7,953,732 and that the reappropriation would draw on reserves the full board previously placed on the budget-and-finance committee, including $11.9 million set aside in the Department of…
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