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SF homeless dept budget drops $57M as Prop C revenue climbs

San Francisco Budget and Appropriations Committee: HSH proposes a 7% budget drop to $728M in year one with a 1.4% provider raise, even as Prop C revenue runs $93M above budget.
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San Francisco
Budget and Appropriations Committee Meeting
April 29, 2026

TL;DR

  • HSH's proposed budget drops 7% in year one, from $785.6M to $728M, framed as a source swap to Prop C rather than a service cut.
  • Community-based homelessness providers would get a 1.4% cost-of-doing-business increase in year one and 3% in year two.
  • 920 SF households on Emergency Housing Vouchers face a subsidy cliff this October; advocates asked for $39M from the city's $400M federal reserve to backfill about 6,200 households for two years.
  • Street outreach moves from HSH to the Department of Public Health on July 1, shifting about 11 staff positions and three outreach contracts.
  • Prop C revenue is forecast $68M higher in the current year and $93M higher in the budget year than previously assumed.

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