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Committee hears IHSS contract extension; living-wage indexing likely to be suspended this year
Summary
Deputy Phil Arnold outlined a one-year extension to the IHSS Consortium contract. The mayor's office said projected budget shortfalls make funding the Minimum Compensation Ordinance (MCO) increase unlikely for January 2009; staff estimated the half-year local general fund impact to be roughly $2M after state/federal offsets, and dozens of IHSS providers urged supervisors to prioritize pay increases or midyear supplements.
The Budget & Finance Committee considered Item 2, a one-year extension of an existing contract with the IHSS Consortium for in-home supportive services. Phil Arnold, Deputy for Finance Administration at the Human Services Agency, said the amendment adds $21,679,795 for the extension, bringing the four-year contract total to $73,113,086 and continuing in-home services for roughly 1,200 elderly and disabled San Franciscans.
Separately, the committee held the required hearing on the Minimum…
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