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Ethics Commission Meeting: January 20, 2023 – Agenda Item 3 – Public Hearing on Ethics Commission FY24-FY25 Budget Priorities

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Print packet containing memo and presentation

January 17, 2023
To: Members of the Ethics Commission
From: Gayathri Thaikkendiyil, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer

Subject: January 20 Meeting Agenda Item 3 – Public Hearing on Ethics Commission FY24-FY25 Budget Priorities

Summary and Action Requested

The attached overview is presented for informational purposes only as background on the Ethics Commission’s departmental budget. No action is required at this public hearing. The Agenda item has been noticed for both discussion and possible action should the Commission wish to take action at this meeting after receiving public comment on departmental budget priorities for FY24-FY25.

Budget Submission Deadline

Departmental budget submissions for the Fiscal Years that begin July 1, 2023 and end June 30, 2025 must be submitted to the Mayor’s Office by February 21, 2023. As part of the annual budget process, departments are subject to requirements that took effect in 2020 under Ordinance No. 294-19. That ordinance was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in December 2019 and modified the process for adopting the City’s annual budget with the goal of expanding public input in the development of the City’s annual budget.

Public Hearing on Departmental Budget Priorities

Under the Ordinance, following the issuance of annual budget instructions from the Mayor, departments are required to hold a public meeting concerning departmental budget priorities at which members of the public may provide input. The purpose of the meeting is to allow for public input on departmental budget priorities for the upcoming Fiscal Years prior to the department finalizing its budget proposal for submission to the Mayor’s office. For departments subject to the oversight of a commission, this requirement may be satisfied by holding a public hearing regarding budget priorities at a regular or special meeting subject to both the Brown Act and the Sunshine Ordinance. The meeting must be held at least 15 days prior to the commission’s final approval of the agency’s proposed budget.

Subsequent Public Hearing on Department’s Proposed Budget

The Ordinance also requires that by no later than February 14 each year, agencies must hold a public meeting concerning the department’s proposed budget to allow for public input prior to the agency’s submission of their proposed budget. At that meeting, information provided must include information about the agency’s divisions; budget totals and major changes including new or reduced initiatives and staffing changes; changes in service levels; projected salary savings; and how the agency is meeting budget instruction targets. The Ordinance requires this public meeting to occur no less than 15 days after the public meeting to obtain input on budget priorities. For Commissions, this requirement can be satisfied at a regular or special meeting at which it considers final approval of the agency’s proposed budget.

Mayor’s Budget Instructions for Fiscal Years 2023-24 (FY24) and 2024-25 (FY25)

The Mayor issued annual budget instructions to City departments for FY24 and FY25 on December 16, 2022. The City is projecting a budget shortfall of approximately $728.3 million with a $200.8 million deficit in the first year and $527.6 million in the second year, out of an annual General Fund budget of approximately $6.8 billion. Therefore, City departments are required to propose cuts of 5% in FY24 and 8% (an additional 3%) in FY25 from their General Fund budgets. The budget instructions to departments are outlined below.

  • Prioritize filling or reclassifying vacancies for core departmental functions and Mayoral priorities
  • Propose remaining vacancies for budget savings
  • Maintain Mayoral initiatives and recommend ways to fund more efficiently
  • Prepare for outlook to worsen

The priorities that the Mayor has identified for the City are below.

  • Recovery of the local economy with focus on downtown and economic core
  • Improving public safety and street conditions
  • Reducing homelessness and transforming mental health service delivery
  • Accountability & equity in services and spending

Following submission of the budget proposals, the Mayor’s Budget Office will evaluate the requests and develop the Mayor’s proposed balanced budget to submit to the Board by June 1, 2023. The Board of Supervisors then considers the budget and must send a balanced budget back to the Mayor for signature by August 1, 2023.

Public Input on Ethics Commission Budget

In preparation for submitting its FY24-FY25 budget to the Mayor’s Office by February 21, as required, the Ethics Commission has planned the following opportunities to receive public input on its budget: 

  • In accordance Ordinance 294-19, the Ethics Commission has scheduled a public hearing on departmental budget priorities for Friday, January 20, 2023. This meeting will be held in person and remotely via Webex and livestreamed via SFGovTV website.  For the January 20 public hearing, Commission Staff will present an overview of budget priorities, which appears in Attachment 1.
  • Also in accordance Ordinance 294-19, the Commission will schedule a public hearing related to the department’s proposed budget at its next Regular Meeting on Friday, February 10, 2023. At this meeting Staff will provide a detailed presentation on FY24-FY25 budget proposal planned for submission. As a regular monthly meeting of the Commission, this meeting will be held in person and remotely via Webex and cablecast live on SFGovTV. Details and materials for this meeting will be posted in advance of the meeting as required by the Brown Act and Sunshine Ordinance.
  • Written comment on the Commission’s budget priorities and proposals may also be submitted to ethics.commission@sfgov.org.

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