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Email Directs San Francisco Departments to Cut $100 Million in Personnel, About 500 Jobs

Departments must submit plans by March 12.

The Lurie administration is negotiating new contracts with the unions for San Francisco police officers and firefighters. Next year, he’ll need to do the same with unions representing an even larger swath of City Hall’s 34,000-person workforce.
Mayor Daniel Lurie chats with children on the second day of SFUSD teacher’s strike at an after-school enrichment center that has extended its hours to accommodate families in reaction to the strike.  
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Overview

  • The directive responds to a reported $877 million budget shortfall facing the city.
  • In an email obtained by The SF Standard, the budget director said meeting the target requires eliminating filled positions.
  • Departments were also told to propose reductions to contracts and overtime spending.
  • The $100 million personnel target is reported to equal roughly 500 budgeted positions, with the final number contingent on department proposals and potential union negotiations.
  • Local reporting links much of the deficit to federal healthcare funding reductions under President Trump.