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SF delays budget vote as departments lay out cuts

San Francisco Budget and Appropriations Committee: The committee heard 13 departments on the mayor's budget and delayed every budget vote to June 12. Health, arts, and jobs face proposed cuts.
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San Francisco
Budget and Appropriations Committee Meeting
June 11, 2026

TL;DR

  • The committee reviewed the mayor's two-year budget and pushed all three budget votes to the next day. Nothing is final.
  • Public Health proposed a $251 million increase in city money, mostly to backfill federal Medicaid cuts.
  • The Academy of Sciences told the committee it eliminated 53 jobs; Chair Chan said she might hold back its city funding pending an audit.
  • A proposal would cut the Arts Commission's gallery staff in half.
  • Economic and Workforce Development proposed cuts to small business and job programs and eliminated 19 positions.

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