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City budget offices say state cuts leave San Francisco with $8 million shortfall
Summary
Controller's office staff told the Budget and Finance Committee the state budget will reduce city revenues by about $26.5 million, with $18 million in reserves set aside and an estimated $8 million remaining gap; departments outlined areas of primary impact including public health, IHSS, CalWORKs and redevelopment.
San Francisco's Budget and Finance Committee heard a report that California's budget will shave roughly $26.5 million from city finances and leave about an $8 million shortfall after a built-in $18 million reserve.
"From the information that we've received from the state and from the departments, we have a negative impact of $26,500,000," said Smita of the controller's office, who presented the updated impact analysis and told supervisors the adjusted total was smaller than an earlier estimate of about $36.7 million.
Department officials said the largest single identified item is a roughly $16 million hit to health services and public-health programs, including reductions tied to…
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