Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting summary
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The committee met in rescheduled session and considered multiple budget- and policy-related items. Several ordinances and resolutions were recommended to the Board of Supervisors (including extending a small-business fee waiver, library grant acceptance, public health patient rates, and weights & measures fee changes). Two election-related ordinances were tabled or continued, and hearings on the proposed appropriation and salary ordinances were held and filed.
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The committee recommended extending a waiver that reduces first-year permit and registration costs for certain new or expanding small businesses, which helps lower startup costs for those businesses while funding lasts. It also approved sending to the full Board a plan to accept up to $1.5 million from the Friends of the Public Library for the Chinatown Branch renovation, and approved public health rate and grant items that affect how the city funds health services. Proposed changes to fees for utility meters and device inspections were advanced, while proposed increases to paid ballot-argument fees were tabled and proposed changes to the Voter Information Pamphlet were continued for further consideration.
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- Recommended as amended to the Board of Supervisors: extend waiver of certain first-year permit, license, and business registration fees for specified small businesses until July 1, 2027 or until reimbursing funds are exhausted.
- Recommended to the Board of Supervisors: accept and expend up to $1,500,000 in in-kind gifts, services, and cash from the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library for the Chinatown Branch renovation capital project.
- Recommended to the Board of Supervisors: amend the Health Code to set patient rates for Department of Public Health services for FYs 2026-2027 and 2027-2028.
- Recommended to the Board of Supervisors: amend the Administrative Code to increase certain utility meter fees and authorize the Controller to annually adjust weights and measures and utility meter device fees up to the state-allowed maximum.
- Recommended to the Board of Supervisors: accept and expend recurring state grant funds for the Department of Public Health for FY2026-2027.
- Tabled: ordinance to increase the filing fee and per-word fee for paid ballot arguments under the Municipal Elections Code.
- Continued to call of the chair: ordinance to remove the requirement to publish legal text in the Voter Information Pamphlet and to allow the Director of Elections to determine pamphlet format.
- Heard and filed: hearings on administrative provisions contained in the proposed Appropriation Ordinance and the proposed Annual Salary Ordinance for FYs 2026-2027 and 2027-2028.
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Budget and Appropriations Committee (6/17/2026 10:05 AM)
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