08/04/09 - Today Mayor Newsom signed a balanced budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that focuses on solving the budget challenge by attracting new jobs and making smart infrastructure investments in order to put San Franciscans back to work. The budget preserves basic services, maintains police officers and firefighters, and taps the rainy day fund to prevent teacher layoffs and balance the city’s budget. Healthy San Francisco, the city's first-of-its kind universal health care program, will continue to grow. The Board of Supervisors approved the $6.6 billion city budget for fiscal year 2009-10 with some revisions that did not rely on any new taxes and restored $43 million for vital social services.

Yesterday the Board of Supervisors passed a $6.6 billion city budget for fiscal year 2009-10 with 9 Supervisors voting in favor and 2 voting against (Supervisors Sean Elsbernd and Carmen Chu). The Board made additional changes to the budget as approved by the Budget Committee. The Committee had spent 3 months and over 200 hours of public testimony from hundreds of San Franciscans reviewing the Mayor's proposed Budget before passing a balanced city budget that did not rely on any new taxes and restored $43 million for vital social services. Supervisor John Avalos who chaired the Budget Committee stated his approach to this year's difficult budget: "Since the beginning of the budget process, I have stressed the need for a 'share the pain' budget where all City departments give back so that we can maintain a full range of vital City services. For future years, we will need more cooperation on the budget process from all stakeholders so that we are not counting on getting a few big unions to reach a balanced budget, but on getting some concessions from all City departments, agencies, and unions. I am proud of the work we have done on the Budget Committee to strike a balance with the Mayor’s office to restore the programs and services that our residents depend on without threatening public safety."

For more information about the Budget meetings pleas visit the Board of Supervisors' web site

07/02/09 - The Board of Supervisors' Budget and Finance Committee yesterday approved the revised budget and forwarded it to the Full Board for final review and approval. The committee worked closely with the Mayor's office to reallocate about $40 million towards protecting social services. The Full Board will review and consider the revised budget for approval in about 2 weeks. The committee was chaired by Supervisor John Avalos and is also composed of the following members: Dufty, Mirkarimi, Chu, and Campos.

Please visit the budget and finance committee website for more info.

06/01/09 - Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed a balanced budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year that focuses on solving the budget challenge by attracting new jobs and making smart infrastructure investments in order to put San Franciscans back to work. The budget preserves basic services, maintains police officers and firefighters, and taps the rainy day fund to prevent teacher layoffs and balance the city’s budget. Healthy San Francisco, the city's first-of-its kind universal health care program, will continue to grow.

"As we crafted a new balanced budget for the City and County of San Francisco – against the backdrop of our state’s troubled economy – we focused our scarce resources on core priorities – health, safety, economic recovery, transportation and improving and increasing educational opportunities from pre-Kindergarten through college," said Mayor Newsom. "Despite the indecision in Sacramento about how to cut budgets because of the shrinking economy, San Francisco is improving the economy with the most aggressive local economic stimulus package in the nation and creating over 20,000 jobs from projects that are currently underway or that will start in the next year."  Read More

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Mayor Newsom presents the 2009-10 Budget for the City & County of San Francisco.

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