This legislation involves a hearing to review the Mayor's directive for department heads to allocate funding for community-based organizations in the upcoming city budget. It aims to clarify the criteria for funding exceptions and identify which departments and programs received these funds, with reports requested from relevant parties.
Hearing on the Mayor's instructions to department heads to place funding for community based organizations in the approved City budget for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 that were restored to departments through the Board of Supervisors spending plan on reserve, in order to understand the criteria used for exceptions and the departments and programs that received spending releases; and requesting the Mayor's Budget Office, the affected departments, and the People's Budget Coalition to report.
How it got here
This legislation originated from the Mayor's decision to place funding for community-based organizations on reserve, prompting a hearing to understand the implications and criteria for funding releases.
Mayor London Breed instructed department heads to place funding for community-based organizations on reserve to control spending amid a challenging budget outlook.
Supervisor Chan introduced a hearing request to the Budget and Finance Committee to discuss the Mayor's instructions regarding the reserved funding and the criteria for exceptions.
The Budget and Finance Committee received the hearing request and scheduled it for discussion, inviting the Mayor's Budget Office and affected departments to report.
The Budget and Finance Committee held the hearing to understand the implications of the Mayor's reserve on community-based organizations and the criteria for funding releases.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
