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Supervisors, advocates urge delay to DBI housing‑inspector layoffs as revenues plunge
Summary
At a lengthy April 8 hearing, DBI officials said fee revenue declines forced cuts that would eliminate three housing‑inspector positions effective May 1; supervisors, tenant groups and unions urged deferral and pledged to pursue SURF funds, fee changes and other measures to preserve frontline inspectors.
San Francisco supervisors, tenant advocates and inspectors pressed the Department of Building Inspection (DBI) on April 8 to avoid layoffs of frontline housing inspectors, saying cuts would harm low‑income, limited‑English and other vulnerable renters.
The hearing, convened by Supervisor Chris Daly, focused on three DBI housing‑inspector positions scheduled for layoff effective May 1. Director Vivian Day told the committee that sharp declines in permit activity and fee revenue left DBI facing a growing operating deficit and limited options: she said the department began the fiscal year with an operating balance of about $2.1 million and later incurred additional revenue reductions that left the department “at ground zero” without further cuts.
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