Budget
Public Works says it needs an enhanced budget for sanitation as it faces a costly, voter-mandated spinoff into a new sanitation department.
A number of new revenue-raising ballot measures will off set the slower recovery in business tax revenue.
In an effort to keep things in the black, Mayor London Breed is directing city departments to maintain a tight focus on essential services.
San Francisco’s roughly $13 billion budget hangs in the balance as the city crawls back from a pandemic-induced economic slump.
The city’s 311 system processes 20,000 requests for street cleanup per month, but inefficiencies abound between city crews and private neighborhood efforts. A recent push hopes to change that.
Office workers are staying home for now, but record levels of investment in S.F. suggest a brighter long-term outlook for downtown.
A new city ordinance will require greater oversight of the billions in grants that San Francisco departments award each year.
With the Delta variant spreading, Breed and the City Attorney aim to broaden vaccine mandates beyond the city’s own workforce of 37,000.
Last month, Mayor London Breed issued a sweeping announcement about the city’s commitment to a…
About $28 million in funds for service contracts went unspent in fiscal 2021, according to city budget analyst.