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SF puts $195M toward hospitals, streets, and downtown plazas

San Francisco Budget and Finance Committee: Backed $195M in bond spending for hospitals, clinics, street safety, and plazas, repaid by property taxes. All eight cleared committee 3-0.
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San Francisco
Budget and Finance Committee Meeting
May 20, 2026

TL;DR

  • The committee backed $195 million in voter-approved bond money for hospitals, clinics, street safety, and downtown plazas, repaid through property taxes.
  • It endorsed two contracts that keep Healthy San Francisco and SF City Option running through 2030, with Healthy SF's budget up about 170%.
  • Mental health support at 15 high schools keeps running two more years, adding $5,594,232 for a total of $15,010,725.
  • A separate peer mental health contract runs three more years, adding $19,095,330 for a total of $48,211,511.

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