San Francisco nonprofits brace for layoffs after budget cuts

An estimated $160 million in cuts are looming for San Francisco’s hundreds of nonprofits, after Mayor Daniel Lurie’s budget was approved in an early morning vote last month.

Now, nonprofits are starting to determine how their organizations will change over the next two years, and whether they will have to close their doors.

Last year, San Francisco spent $1.5 billion on 745 nonprofits across the city, the majority of which cover homelessness and supportive housing. This year and next, that number will appear slightly smaller, but with big consequences for nonprofits and those they serve, many of whom are new immigrants, low-income or unhoused…

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