Lurie orders $400M in city budget cuts amid worsening deficit

Some good news on SF’s otherwise s**t budget

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/gabriel-greschler/">Gabe Greschler</a></span><time datetime="2025-12-09T14:00:00.000Z">Published Dec. 09, 2025 • 6:00am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">San Francisco’s dwindling coffers haven’t given us much to celebrate this holiday season — until now. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Amid a projected<b> </b><a data-post-id="3eb963e6-746c-4028-8c66-5be9cf9a70b9" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/04/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-donald-trump-budget/">$1 billion budget deficit next year,</a> city officials said Tuesday they are expecting $277 million more in gross receipts tax revenue over the next two years than initially estimated — giving Mayor Daniel Lurie a little more wiggle room in how he closes the gap.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The city’s gross receipts tax charges businesses based on revenue generated. The city controller’s office initially projected next year’s revenue at $1.29 billion but now estimates it at $1.38 billion. Similarly, the initial 2027 forecast was $1.23 billion, while the latest assumes $1.42 billion. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The increase could help offset some of the more severe cuts that Lurie and city officials have warned might be necessary amid the financial impact of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which is expected to <a data-post-id="8796ed57-f632-4f5a-89a7-79c234e3844d" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/25/san-francisco-budget-deficit-big-beautiful-bill-trump-health-care/">deprive the city’s budget</a> of hundreds of millions of dollars and force tens of thousands off Medi-Cal.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie, a moderate<b> </b>Democrat, won the 2024 mayor’s race in part on his pro-business agenda and has made the city’s post-pandemic economic recovery one of his top priorities. His strategy has included <a data-post-id="6bc57da4-49ac-47c1-a28a-e2e352d5f52a" href="https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/08/25/daniel-lurie-permitsf-opengov/">overhauling the permitting process</a> to attract more businesses to the city.</p></div><div class="flex flex-col p-md xl:px-lg bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-200 rounded-xl" data-count="1"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-xs text-black text-md"><span class="italic">Listen to</span><span class="font-bold underline underline-offset-[7.5%] decoration-highlight decoration-[20%]">The Standard Podcasts</span></div><div class="border-t border-warm-gray-200 my-md"></div><div class="flex flex-col gap-y-xxs"><div class="flex flex-row justify-between items-center"><span class="bg-warm-gray-200 text-text-primary px-xs py-xxs rounded-2xl text-xs uppercase">Pacific Standard Time</span><span class="text-xs text-text-secondary uppercase">Wednesday, Nov. 26</span></div><div class="flex flex-row justify-between gap-x-sm"><div 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color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></a></div></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He touted the updated numbers as evidence of that focus and attributed the forecast to his administration’s focus on cleaner streets and public safety priorities.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Businesses are coming back to San Francisco, our economy is recovering, and that recovery is providing the revenue we need to pay for essential services for San Franciscans,” Lurie said in a statement. “I’m clear-eyed about the challenges that remain, including the changes at the state and federal level that pose a real threat to our residents and our budget.” </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">More details on the extent of San Francisco’s budget woes will become available over the next several weeks. Some of that will come when<b> </b>Lurie releases instructions this month<b> </b>to city departments about how much they must cut their budgets. Additionally, the city controller’s office will publish fiscal projections in the coming weeks.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Even with Monday’s good news, a possible $1 billion deficit could force Lurie to make another round of tough cuts in 2026. This year, Lurie faced a $780 million deficit that required shaving about $185 million from nonprofit contracts and spending and laying off about 40 city staffers. 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Uh-oh: Lurie says city deficit could reach $1B under Trump cuts

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/gabriel-greschler/">Gabe Greschler</a></span><time datetime="2025-12-05T00:36:25.301Z">Published Dec. 04, 2025 • 4:36pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">San Francisco’s dire budget deficit could soar to nearly $1 billion in 2026, Mayor Daniel Lurie said Thursday, an increase to an already historic shortfall that prompted city layoffs and nonprofit cuts this year.  </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Last year was bad,” Lurie said during a discussion at Wired’s The Big Interview <a href="https://events.wired.com/big-interview-2025/agenda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">event at The Midway<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a>. “This coming year is gonna be worse.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie attributed the shortfall in part to President Donald Trump’s<b> </b>One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its impact on the city’s healthcare budget. The Standard <a data-post-id="8796ed57-f632-4f5a-89a7-79c234e3844d" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/25/san-francisco-budget-deficit-big-beautiful-bill-trump-health-care/">reported</a> in November that Trump’s legislation could subtract $400 million from city coffers, and tens of thousands of San Franciscans are at risk of losing Medi-Cal coverage under the cuts. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I’m focused on what I can control,” said Lurie. “And of course, if we can work with our federal and state officials who go to D.C. and help us, I will do that.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie inherited a challenging financial situation at City Hall when he took office in January, one that required balancing a roughly $780 million deficit via tough negotiations over the summer. The shortfall was <a data-post-id="05c530d2-65a5-4876-b7f5-83011c4dd3ec" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/san-francisco-budget-screwed-lurie/">caused</a> by a confluence of factors, including increasing wages for City Hall workers, a high number of property tax reassessments, and a lack of one-time funding to plug the deficit. 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0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></a></div></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie’s not-so-rosy estimate could foreshadow more cuts in 2026. This year’s budget deficit resulted in approximately 40 layoffs — a <a data-post-id="43a08598-6143-4ef4-ac7d-44298b3f6746" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/26/san-francisco-budget-government-population-daniel-lurie/">small slice</a> of the city’s workforce — and a reduction of about $185 million in nonprofit<b> </b>contracts and spending. Lurie also instituted a hiring freeze at City Hall, although public safety jobs were <a data-post-id="5340987c-3f3b-40d5-890e-a22055b54ca1" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/01/09/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-hiring-budget-deficit/">exempted</a>. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Details of next year’s budget challenges will become clearer in the coming weeks. </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie this month is expected to announce the mayor’s annual budget instructions, which provide guidance to departments on how much money the city has to work with and whether they need to make cuts. Last year, Mayor London Breed asked agencies to cut their<b> </b>budgets by 15%; some departments accomplished this, while others received an increase. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">This year’s budget, which the Board of Supervisors and Lurie finalized<b> </b>in July, included increased appropriations to the police, sheriff, and district attorney, despite the fiscal shortfall. Those budget bumps came after<b> </b>Lurie, who was elected on a pro-law enforcement platform, promised to prioritize public safety during his 2024 mayoral campaign.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“I cannot control what’s happening in D.C.,” Lurie said. “I can’t control what’s happening in Sacramento. I can only make sure that we spend our dollars more effectively and efficiently.”</p></div></div>

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How the Sunset became San Francisco’s political disaster zone

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/han-li/">Han Li</a></span><time datetime="2025-11-29T14:00:00.000Z">Published Nov. 29, 2025 • 6:00am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">It’s been a turbulent year and a half for the Sunset, with a series of dramas that have raised uncomfortable questions: Is the district doomed to political dysfunction, and how much of the recent meltdown is self-inflicted? </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">First, there was the saga over Proposition K, which prompted the recall of District 4 <a data-post-id="d3269933-88c9-4b5d-a826-ba1d66a31a65" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/san-francisco-joel-engardio-recall-election-results/?utm_campaign=power_play&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=sfs_newsletter&amp;utm_term={date(%27MM_dd_YY%27)}">Supervisor Joel Engardio</a>. The frustration intensified when Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed political newcomer <u><a data-post-id="d3b5525e-f94f-4671-b63a-7d32b74f10bb" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/06/lurie-picks-29-year-old-former-pet-store-owner-represent-sunset-bitter-recall/">Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz</a></u> to replace Engardio, only for her to <u><a data-post-id="9a4f5708-d1e0-4db4-9616-fbf2d530e3ec" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/15/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-isabella-beya-alcaraz/">resign after eight days</a></u> amid <u><a data-post-id="14a603bb-ef07-4f5e-b4d5-2b1d433a90a9" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/">scandals about her former pet store</a></u>. Before that, two former Sunset supervisors <u><a data-post-id="8501c6ee-d937-4e18-8295-312478d72857" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/10/sunset-supervisor-gender-appointment/">served jail time</a></u>, and another <a data-post-id="87c984be-65ec-4d73-9993-cfdb30fef682" href="https://sfstandard.com/2022/11/08/engardio-leads-mar-but-sf-sunset-supervisors-race-still-too-close-to-call/">lost reelection</a> amid the city’s public safety crisis.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The leadership void, combined with increasing friction between the city’s broader push toward an urbanist future and the district’s resistance to those changes, has added to decades of discontent, with many residents saying their voices are routinely ignored and their neighborhood dismissed as politically irrelevant.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">‘Western outerland’</h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Natalie Gee, a progressive City Hall staffer and declared 2026 D4 candidate (and potential appointee by Lurie), described what has happened recently as “an ill-fated political game.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“It is unacceptable for any district in our city to be subject to what has transpired in District 4,” Gee said. “Sunset residents did not have a leader that understood their needs.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lisa Arjes, a Sunset resident who contributed more than $40,000 to the campaign to recall Engardio, said the district has long been considered the “western outerland,” as opposed to the more politically active east side.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="" class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2000" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S640x427-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S750x500-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S768x512-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S828x552-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1024x683-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1080x720-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1200x800-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S1920x1280-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S2048x1365-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_t0titm6jed67l9b31fgrm9ba74/-S3840x2560-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 3000 2000'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="3000"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">Sunset resident Albert Chow said the supervisor vacancy has put the district at a serious disadvantage amid negotiations over Mayor Daniel Lurie’s zoning plan. <span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Thomas Sawano/The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Arjes said the closure of the Great Highway, brought about by Prop. K, was a breaking point for many residents. “I can’t be quiet any longer,” she said. “I’m not happy with what the city is doing to me — not with me or for me.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">With the D4 seat vacant, residents lack representation as supervisors debate another consequential policy: Lurie’s Family Zoning Plan, which calls for tens of thousands of more housing units over the next several years, including in the largely residential and development-averse Sunset. </p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Albert Chow, another contender for the D4 appointment, said the vacancy has put the district at a serious disadvantage as supervisors elsewhere secure amendments to the zoning plan that carve out exemptions for their constituents. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“That’s completely unfair,” he said. “If appointed, I have to vote no and come back another day to get those amendments done after hearing from my neighborhood.”</p></div><h2 class="heading-block article-body text-left">Self-inflicted wounds?</h2><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">While many in the Sunset feel abandoned, others argue that the district’s woes are self-inflicted.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Daniel Ramirez, an Irving Street merchant and organizer of the popular <u><a data-post-id="968087c5-45ae-4c25-9300-153d518f8949" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/08/25/sunset-after-dark-night-market/">Sunset After Dark night market</a></u>, said Engardio’s recall was driven by emotion rather than logic, leaving the Sunset without an advocate at City Hall.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/great-highway/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Great Highway</span></a></div><ul class="flex flex-col gap-md"><li class="flex flex-row gap-sm"><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/" tabindex="-1"><div class="flex-none w-[90px] h-[60px] overflow-hidden"><img alt="A woman wearing a gray penguin shirt stands near bird cages with colorful toys and seed feeders inside a pet store or aviary." class="object-cover w-full h-full lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="666.6666666666666" loading="lazy" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S1024x683-FPNG 1x, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_f4qako516d4qt6i5eo9199l511/-C100.00%25x99.95%25%2C0.00%25%2C0.00%25-S2048x1365-FPNG 2x" style="color:transparent;aspect-ratio:1.5;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1000 666.6666666666666'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="1000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Dead critters, filthy cages: New Sunset supervisor left pet store in squalor, owner says</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“District 4 lost the right to demand community input when they decided to recall the previous supervisor,” he said. “We gave up the right to be represented.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lucas Lux, a supporter of Prop. K and head of the nonprofit Friends of Sunset Dunes, pointed to competing interests in the district, noting that a third of Sunset voters approved closing the road.</p></div><figure class="ImageBlock_ImageFigure__ZnquR inset-image mobile-grid-full mobile-grid-full" data-align="none"><div class="relative"><div><img alt="A skateboarder performs a trick mid-air near a large, curved purple tentacle sculpture at an outdoor skate park with people watching." class="block lazyloaded" data-nimg="1" decoding="async" height="2855" loading="lazy" sizes="(min-width: 1001px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 700px, 100vw" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S3840x2560-FPNG" srcset="https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S640x427-FPNG 640w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S750x500-FPNG 750w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S768x512-FPNG 768w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S828x552-FPNG 828w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1024x683-FPNG 1024w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1080x720-FPNG 1080w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1200x800-FPNG 1200w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S1920x1280-FPNG 1920w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S2048x1365-FPNG 2048w, https://assets.sfstandard.com/image/994911177489/image_q6ocjc86u10d7821mdg2an0v74/-S3840x2560-FPNG 3840w" style="color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 4282 2855'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4282"/></div></div><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">The Sunset’s year of chaos largely centered around Proposition K, which closed a portion of the Great Highway to make room for a coastal park. <span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Manuel Orbegozo for The Standard</span></figcaption></figure><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“If you look at the Sunset today, you will see a lot of folks seeing the benefits of living next to a coastal park,” Lux said.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He said the Sunset has for years diverged from the priorities of the city’s broader electorate, which has grown more favorable to urbanist policies, such as building more housing and funding transit. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">He pointed to a similar land-use fight in the 1990s, when residents of the Sunset, along with other west-side neighborhoods and <u><a href="https://www.sfpublicpress.org/not-just-the-great-highway-sf-chinese-american-history-freeway-controversies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">parts of the Chinese community<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, unsuccessfully fought to preserve the Central Freeway. Similarly to the Prop. K scenario, voters citywide <u><a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Timeline-A-look-back-at-Octavia-St-and-the-2680322.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">approved a measure<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> to replace the freeway.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Three decades later, some west-side residents who fought to keep the Central Freeway were reinvigorated by Prop. K, Arjes said. She noted that the Sunset’s victory in ousting its supervisor showed that the neighborhood can’t be taken for granted.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“The recall shows a very important claim: a victory against billionaire dollars. We needed to win that,” Arjes said. “Otherwise, people would have lost hope.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lurie is expected to announce the next supervisor within days. The mayor’s appointment, which poses a tricky situation for him, could shape Sunset politics for years. Lurie has an incentive to find someone with a pro-housing perspective who will support his upzoning plan but who can appease locals who remain outraged over the Great Highway’s closure. That might include putting a referendum to overturn Prop. K on the ballot.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">As usual, it makes the next supervisor’s job anything but easy — and any decision the appointee makes is likely to stir up more controversy. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Is the office cursed?” Ramirez asked. “Who knows.”</p></div></div>

Trump’s ‘beautiful bill’ may drop 50,000 SF residents from care, trigger $400M deficit

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/joe-fitzgerald-rodriguez/">Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez</a></span><time datetime="2025-11-25T12:00:00.000Z">Published Nov. 25, 2025 • 4:00am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">President Donald Trump’s “<u><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1/text" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">One Big Beautiful Bill Act<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>” could blow a less-than-beautiful $400 million hole in San Francisco’s coffers, city officials have warned, with tens of thousands of people at risk of losing Medi-Cal coverage.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The San Francisco Department of Public Health and Human Services Agency estimate that Trump’s signature bill could cost the city hundreds of millions in federal funding through 2038, according to <u><a href="https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/HR_1_and_State_Budget_Health_Commission_11.17.25.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a new analysis<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. The bill could also impact the Human Services Agency’s budget by up to $81 million, potentially affecting healthcare and food assistance programs.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Between 25,000 and 50,000 San Franciscans could be kicked off Medi-Cal, which is California’s Medicaid plan, by the end of 2027, the analysis found, and nearly 20,000 San Franciscans may lose food-stamp benefits.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Undocumented people <u><a href="https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-big-beautiful-bill-trump-e2f61c37d6cc7b6d96e85a679944476a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">are at particular risk<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> under the Trump administration’s freeze on Medicare enrollment for immigrants.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Mayor Daniel Lurie said he’ll spend several months trying to mitigate the worst impacts of these cuts on next year’s budget, which is due in the summer. While the funding impacts stretch through the next decade, $315 million of the hit could come next year. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“These changes at the state and federal level represent a real threat to San Francisco — to our residents and to our budget,” Lurie said in a statement.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Trump signed the federal bill in July, celebrating its passage for dramatically increasing funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and <u><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/president-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-is-now-the-law/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">eliminating “waste and fraud” in Medicaid<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. Republicans said it would strengthen Medicaid for “<u><a href="https://www.majorityleader.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5590" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">those who need it most.<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>” </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The law clawed back nearly $1 trillion in federal spending from healthcare and food assistance, while providing $4.5 trillion in tax breaks for <u><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/11/05/nx-s1-5590112/trump-beautiful-bill-taxes-republican-rich-wealthy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wealthy Americans<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. It included a bevy of new restrictions on Americans who receive public benefits, from instating work requirements to cutting funding to administer social safety-net programs. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Many of the new restrictions target immigrants. Hospitals will no longer be reimbursed if they provide emergency-room care for undocumented adults, and lawful and undocumented immigrants will face new eligibility restrictions to receive food stamps. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Under Trump’s policy, “more people will be uninsured, threatening their access to services including primary care, prenatal services, and chronic disease management,” the departments wrote in their analysis. “This will place additional pressure on San Francisco’s safety-net hospitals and clinics. Many clients will lose access to food assistance and be forced to make difficult tradeoffs between basic needs such as rent and healthcare.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Nationally, a staggering 10 million people may lose medical insurance by 2034; this could cause 22,000 medically preventable deaths per year, a Harvard Medical School <u><a href="https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-enrollment-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-26f8a24c2e495ea10b65c5bbc7b551af" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">study<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> estimates.</p></div><div class="w-full bg-warm-gray-50 border border-warm-gray-300 rounded-xl flex flex-col gap-md px-lg py-[20px]"><div class="flex flex-row text-medium leading-[1.1] text-black font-inter gap-xs"><span class="italic font-normal">More about</span><a href="https://sfstandard.com/tag/trump-vs-california/"><span class="font-bold underline decoration-highlight decoration-[3.2px]">Trump vs 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stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=='/%3E%3C/svg%3E&quot;)" width="4000"/></div></a><a class="h-fit" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/connie-chan-announces-campaign-congress-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi/"><h3 class="text-medium sm:text-lg leading-[1.3] font-medium text-warm-gray-900 font-ivar-headline">Supervisor Connie Chan launches 2026 bid to succeed Nancy Pelosi</h3></a></li></ul></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The bill’s funding cuts could cause devastating financial losses to San Francisco’s Department of Public Health, which serves low-income and immigrant populations on public aid programs. The city could shore up that funding loss by slashing other department budgets.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">If not, impacts to services could create a ripple effect across the local healthcare system, said Johanna Liu, president and CEO of the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, which represents a dozen healthcare providers serving more than 100,000 San Franciscans at the Native American Health Center and Healthright 360, among other sites. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“If one of us has to tighten up, or doesn’t have appointment times to see patients, then it sort of creates an impact on the system,” Liu said. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The city analysis additionally warned that the $6 million drop in monthly food-stamp support may threaten hundreds of local grocery jobs. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“A robust response is needed to help as many clients as possible maintain eligibility, first and foremost for the nutrition/health of the clients themselves, but also to mitigate the revenue losses and prevent further strain on the city’s food distribution and healthcare systems,” the department wrote. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The city was facing a <u><a data-post-id="05c530d2-65a5-4876-b7f5-83011c4dd3ec" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/30/san-francisco-budget-screwed-lurie/">tough budget outlook</a></u> even before the passage of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, and Lurie has warned that steep cuts are on the horizon for 2026. The mayor and Board of Supervisors closed a roughly $800 million deficit in the budget this year, about a third of which was recurring.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">In 2025 budget negotiations, Lurie and Supervisor Connie Chan, who chairs the Budget Committee, negotiated <u><a href="https://www.sf.gov/news-mayor-lurie-presents-balanced-responsible-budget-to-advance-san-franciscos-recovery" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a $400 million reserve<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> to cushion the city from federal cuts. But that agreement focused on backfilling <u><a data-post-id="aedf6f52-d94b-44b4-8e8e-9ce99787d0e7" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/04/10/san-francisco-lurie-budget-trump-2-billion/">one-time cuts</a></u>, not recurring deficits that will affect food-stamp and Medi-Cal programs in the long term.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Before the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, Gavin Newsom, the mayor at the time, and Supervisor Tom Ammiano worked on legislation that created a city healthcare program called <u><a href="https://www.foundsf.org/Labor_and_the_San_Francisco_Universal_Health_Care_Security_Ordinance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Healthy San Francisco<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. It served 51,000 San Franciscans, according to the Department of Public Health, but as of September, only 2,900 people were enrolled — largely because it was made redundant when the federal plans became available.  </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The Public Health Department wrote in its analysis that Healthy San Francisco may again need to be an option for those who will lose their benefits under Trump’s bill. </p></div></div>

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The day after: Inside the mayor’s revamped process for selecting a new supervisor

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/joe-fitzgerald-rodriguez/">Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez</a></span><time datetime="2025-11-17T12:00:00.000Z">Published Nov. 17, 2025 • 4:00am</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">It was 6 p.m. Friday in the mayor’s office, almost 24 hours since a political misstep tarnished his reputation in the Sunset. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Isabella “Beya” Alcaraz, 29, had <u><a data-post-id="9a4f5708-d1e0-4db4-9616-fbf2d530e3ec" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/15/san-francisco-daniel-lurie-isabella-beya-alcaraz/">resigned from her seat on the Board of Supervisors</a></u> just eight days after her appointment by Mayor Daniel Lurie, mired in controversy. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">As the festive LED lights strung across Civic Center blinked into Room 200, the mayor’s inner sanctum, his senior staff strategized.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left"><u><a data-post-id="1badc39b-1823-45c2-98dd-4965291371b8" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/06/house-daniel-lurie-power-players-mayor-s-political-deck/">Chief of Staff Staci Slaughter</a></u>, Deputy Chief of Staff Aly Bonde, Press Secretary Charles Lutvak, and Deputy Communications Director Annie Gabillet sat around the mayor in a semi-circle, laptops at the ready. Han Zou, the head of communications, was traveling and attended by speakerphone. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">They had been in constant communication since Thursday evening; it was time to hear the game plan. As he sometimes does when fixated on a problem, Lurie donned his glasses and rested his hand on his chin.</p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The need for an overhaul of the vetting process was obvious. Headline after headline revealed the neophyte supervisor’s unsavory back story. Alcaraz ultimately lasted less than 200 hours in her role. Her rodent-infested pet store held a nightmarish collection of <u><a data-post-id="14a603bb-ef07-4f5e-b4d5-2b1d433a90a9" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/san-francisco-alcaraz-daniel-lurie-sunset-supervisor-animal-connection-pet-store/">animal carcasses</a></u>; she allegedly scammed friends out of dinner money; and <u><a href="https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/alcaraz-text-message-under-the-table-taxes-animal-connection/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">she admitted in text messages to paying employees under the table<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Her appointment was a rare public misstep by Lurie, so glaring it prompted an <u><a data-post-id="e578c647-0ca5-4758-8eb7-1eee3fffab9b" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/11/14/sf-sunset-supervisor-isabella-alcarez-resignation/">equally rare public apology</a></u>. It informed the urgency of the meeting.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Here’s the plan conceived by the inner circle, as pieced together by sources on background who have knowledge of the meeting.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Perhaps the most transformative difference in the mayor’s vetting process is a simple piece of paper. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Before, when the mayor’s office looked into supervisor appointees, it kept with the standard practice of past administrations: conducting interviews, examining public records about the appointee, and asking around about the person’s reputation.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Now, the team will also give candidates a written questionnaire that will dive into their professional history, public persona, owned businesses, and more — in hopes of uncovering any skeletons in closets. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Another change? Who’s in charge.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Previously, Zou, the communications and public affairs director, had oversight over the selection process, which utilized a paid firm to research candidates. But Zou learned of some key facts about Alcaraz too late for it to make a difference. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Text messages from <u><a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/julia-baran-beya-alcaraz-21182881.php" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Julia Baran<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, who bought The Animal Connection from Alcaraz, show Zou learning of the horrid conditions of the pet store in the days following the appointment — after Baran disclosed the messages to The Standard. The texts with Zou were first obtained by Mission Local. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Thank you for sending the videos and confirming I’ve received them. I’m making sure the appropriate people from our office are aware,” Zou texted to Baran. That was the first time the office had seen those videos, sources confirmed. Baran called them out for “appointing someone like this without doing any proper due diligence.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Now, Adam Thongsavat, the mayor’s liaison to the Board of Supervisors, will be in charge of overseeing the vetting process. Thongsavat deals with the board daily, giving him an insider’s view into the qualifications needed for an appointee. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Lastly, while the mayor’s office previously took community organizing as a bonus, it will now be a requirement. If community leaders aren’t willing to go to bat for a candidate, the person won’t pass muster. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Jason Elliot, an advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom who served in his mayoral administration, told The Standard this level of scrutiny is unheard of at City Hall.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“This is a more in-depth written screening than anything I’ve seen for mayoral appointments, supervisors, commissions, jobs,” he said. “I understand why they’re going to this length. They obviously missed something in the process in choosing Ms. Alcaraz, and I’m certain they want to hold themselves to a higher level now.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">When Lurie and his team finished debating the finer points of the plan Friday night, he dismissed the majority of his crew and thanked them.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Let’s get back to work,” he said.</p></div></div>

No dealers convicted: Watch the video of SFPD’s high-profile, low-impact drug raid

<div class="content-grid article-content"><div class="Metadata_container__fxAzw"><div class="flex flex-row gap-x-md"></div><div class="Metadata_metadata__W_0LF"><span>By <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/jonah-owen-lamb/">Jonah Owen Lamb</a></span><span>Additional reporting by <a class="" href="https://sfstandard.com/author/david-sjostedt/">David Sjostedt</a></span><time datetime="2025-11-12T23:07:26.813Z">Published Nov. 12, 2025 • 3:07pm</time></div></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">When San Francisco <u><a data-post-id="d87262b7-869f-4b10-ad81-fd03583e57b1" href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/27/jefferson-square-park-raid-san-francisco-police-drugs-arrests/">police and sheriff’s deputies raided Jefferson Square Park</a></u> in February, detaining 86 people, officials touted it as a show of force illustrating newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie’s tough approach toward open drug dealing and use.  </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">However, when the smoke settled, no one was convicted of a serious crime. The only man charged with dealing narcotics was acquitted. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Newly released footage of the sweep appears to show officers using questionable tactics to round up people lingering on side streets.</p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The three-minute video from an officer-worn body camera on the night of Feb. 26, released by the San Francisco public defender, shows cops on foot commanding people in the area to walk to the park, without providing an explanation. Some try feebly to refuse police orders; others are more vigorous in their efforts to avoid detention. Few make it past the lines of police. </p></div><figure class="relative m-[0_0_1em] w-full"><video class="w-full" controls="" playsinline="" src="https://assets.sfstandard.com/asset/994911177489/video_acegk7rd813916adue60k7fv1i/?content-disposition=inline"></video><figcaption class="basis-full mt-[10px] text-xs text-gray-550 font-inter leading-[18px]">SFPD officers round up people at Jefferson Park.<span class="image-caption-divider"> | </span><span class="image-credit"><span class="sr-only">Source: </span>Courtesy Public Defenders Office</span></figcaption></figure><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“Nope. No one’s going. Stop. Hands out of your pocket,” an officer says to a group on a sidewalk, pushing some of them. “Let’s go. Walk your way back to the park.”</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">A man on a scooter is forced to head back to the park after trying to pass the police blockade, the video shows. At the park, the suspects are lined up, and many are zip-tied. </p></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">As officers encircle a group of people sitting on the sidewalk, one yells at a woman, “Grab your shit, let’s go.” He then tells a man, “Stand the fuck up. You ain’t running things around here.” When the man protests, the officer tells him: “No one cares.” </p></div><div class="!p-0 !m-0"></div><div class="floats"><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The raid employed significant city resources, including drones, motorbikes, a jail bus, and floodlights. Of the 86 people detained, 29 were booked into jail — most on charges of loitering. The man who was arrested for dealing was acquitted last week, according to the public defender’s office.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“What became clear through police body-worn camera footage is that raids like these — where officers are pushing people, cursing at them, and rounding them up like cattle — are dehumanizing and ineffective,” Public Defender Mano Raju said in a statement. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left"><u><a href="https://law.stanford.edu/robert-weisberg/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robert Weisberg, a Stanford Law School professor<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u>, said officers are required to meet certain standards to make arrests. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“To have probable cause, either the police need to have an arrest warrant in hand or they need to be observing something on the street that establishes probable cause,” he said.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">The San Francisco Police Department in February released a <u><a href="https://vimeo.com/1061031091?share=copy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">highlight reel<span class="sr-only"> (opens in new tab)</span></a></u> from the operation and said such tactics would be deployed anywhere in the city plagued by similar issues.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">Charles Lutvak, a spokesman for Lurie, called the raid a success because it sent a message to drug users and dealers. </p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left">“We will bring this strategy anywhere in the city to send the message loud and clear: San Franciscans deserve safe, clean streets, and that’s what they are going to get in every neighborhood under this administration,” Lutvak said in a statement after the raid.</p><p class="paragraph-block article-body undefined text-left"><br/></p></div></div>

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The Abatement Appeals Board provides a final review process for City permitting decisions. It ensures fair and efficient adjudication of permit-related disputes before an impartial panel. The board holds authority to make binding decisions on appeals concerning notices of abatement.

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The Adult Day Health Care Planning Council advises on the development and improvement of adult day health care services. It provides expertise in healthcare planning, policy recommendations, and program evaluation. Key responsibilities include assessing community needs and advising on service delivery enhancements.

Adult Day Health Care Planning Council

Adult Probation Department supervises individuals on probation and facilitates their reintegration into the community. It provides reentry and rehabilitative services, including victim restitution and financial assistance for crime victims. The department values public safety, offender rehabilitation, and community partnerships.

Cristel Tullock

The Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners evaluates arts and crafts applicants and monitors program compliance. It conducts studio visits and public screenings to ensure adherence to established criteria. Members also revise program criteria and undertake additional tasks as needed.

Advisory Committee of Street Artists and Crafts Examiners

The Advisory Council on Human Rights advises on anti-discrimination laws and racial equity initiatives. It provides expertise on reparations and public policy impacts on Black communities. It guides efforts to establish partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities in San Francisco.

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San Francisco Airport manages air traffic operations and ensures safe aircraft movement. It provides parking facilities and maintains airport infrastructure to accommodate travelers and staff. The department oversees ground transportation and coordinates with airlines for efficient passenger services.

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The Airport Commission oversees policy and strategic planning for San Francisco International Airport. It makes key decisions on airport development projects and financial management. It ensures compliance with regulations and collaborates on initiatives like terminal naming.

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The San Francisco Arts Commission oversees the integration of arts into city life and ensures public access to cultural experiences. It makes decisions on public art programs and allocates grants to support local artists and performances. The commission actively shapes policies affecting the arts ecosystem in San Francisco.

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San Francisco Arts Commission invests in a vibrant arts community and shapes cultural policy. It enlivens the urban environment through public art programs and supports diverse artistic expressions. The commission facilitates meetings and discussions to engage the community in cultural development.

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The Asian Art Commission determines policy and administers the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. It oversees museum operations and collaborates with the Asian Art Museum Foundation on fundraising efforts. Commissioners ensure the museum's strategic direction and financial sustainability.

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Asian Art Museum showcases Asian art and culture through exhibitions and educational programs. It offers diverse collections and hosts special events to engage the community. The museum fosters cultural appreciation and understanding by providing access to its extensive art collections.

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The Assessment Appeals Board #1 hears property tax assessment appeals in San Francisco. It evaluates evidence presented by taxpayers and the Assessor to determine property values. The Board has the authority to make final decisions on assessments regardless of property type or value.

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The Assessment Appeals Board #2 adjudicates property tax assessment appeals for San Francisco taxpayers. It evaluates evidence presented by taxpayers and the Assessor to determine accurate property values. The Board exercises authority to render final decisions on residential properties and specific real estate assessments.

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The Assessment Appeals Board #3 provides a platform for San Francisco taxpayers to contest property tax assessments. It conducts hearings where evidence from both taxpayers and the Assessor is evaluated. The Board makes binding decisions on property assessments based on presented evidence.

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The Ballot Simplification Committee ensures voter materials are clear and understandable. It reviews and revises ballot language to accurately reflect propositions and measures. The committee advises on simplifying complex legal and technical terms for voter comprehension.

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The Bayview Hunters Point Citizens Advisory Committee provides policy advice on planning and land use matters in Zone 2 of Bayview Hunter's Point. It offers expertise in land use policies, zoning issues, and urban development. The committee advises the Board of Supervisors, City Boards, and commissions on relevant projects and initiatives.

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The Behavioral Health Commission advises on mental health policy implementation and quality service delivery. It reviews and advocates for effective mental health services, ensuring policies meet community needs. It educates stakeholders to integrate mental health considerations into broader health strategies.

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The Bicycle Advisory Committee advises on making bicycling safer and more accessible in San Francisco. It provides recommendations to city agencies to address traffic violence and climate change. The committee advocates for cyclists and addresses biking-related complaints.

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