San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proposal aims to narrow the city’s budget shortfall by around $300 million.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to preserve the city’s law enforcement spending and boost benefits programs as departments across the city face cuts to close the city’s multimillion-dollar budget deficit.
On Monday, Lurie released his anticipated $16.9 billion budget proposal for the next two fiscal years. It reduces the city’s more than $600 million projected budget shortfall by $300 million through a combination of department reorganizations, eliminating positions and other spending reductions.
The plan has sparked pushback from some worker advocates, who say the cuts will harm residents. But Lurie said failing to address the gaping deficit now would mean even steeper reductions in the future…