Mayor Daniel Lurie has vowed to keep all San Franciscans safe as federal immigration arrests surge in the city, but his proposed budget puts services for some of the most threatened communities on the chopping block.
As city officials negotiate over the next few weeks on how to close a $782 million deficit, nonprofit leaders, immigrant advocates, and at least one supervisor are sounding the alarm on what they say is a stall or rollback in funding during a time of profound fear in immigrant communities. And this could be just the beginning.
In one notable example, Lurie’s proposed budget would slash $250,000 from the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs in 2026-27. The cut would amount to almost 7% of the office’s current $3.7 million budget…