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Rules Committee advances charter amendment discussions on two-year rolling budget and five-year financial plan; staff to split noticing language and continue
Summary
The committee heard a detailed presentation on a charter amendment to adopt a rolling two-year budget, require five-year financial plans and set MOU deadlines; the comptroller and staff explained mechanics, supervisors debated power balance and thresholds, the committee severed the noticing/advertising language into a duplicate file, and continued the measure to July 6.
The Rules Committee considered a charter amendment package intended to change San Francisco’s budget process to a rolling two-year budget, require five-year financial plans and impose deadlines for labor memoranda of understanding. The Board President introduced the proposal, citing recurring budget volatility and an estimated $438,000,000 shortfall for the coming year; he said three-year and five-year projections show larger deficits in future years.
Comptroller Ben Rosenfield described the amendment’s goals as mitigating boom-and-bust budget cycles and explained that the charter sets certain drop-dead dates while other calendar items…
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