San Francisco residents and officials are protesting spending cuts to housing, child care, and other areas in Mayor London Breed’s record-high city and county budget.
Last month, Breed released the proposed $14.6 billion budget for the next two fiscal years, sparking pushback from city operating officials whose services will be affected and vulnerable residents who may be affected by the cuts.The Rent Arbitration Board’s budget is projected to decrease to less than $15 million in the upcoming fiscal year after seeing increases over the previous years.
The Budget Justice Coalition, made up of advocates of residents, rallied at city hall on Monday, calling on Breed to prioritize social services and attacking the budget for failing to invest in affordable housing. Last Thursday, the Budget Justice Coalition protested at city hall, calling Breed to prioritize working families.
Breed claimed the surplus came from a lawsuit when the commercial rent tax was passed in 2018, which meant that the city collected the taxes but couldn’t spend it. Breed also said “having to build out infrastructure once we were able to spend it” resulted in “a significant reserve of hundreds of millions of dollars built up over time.
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