A new audit has found that San Francisco’s internal budgeting system is wasting tens of millions of dollars annually due to inefficient practices, and is pushing for urgent reforms to increase transparency and accountability.
The People’s Budget Coalition rallied outside City Hall to demand a greater community voice in the city’s budget process, calling for reforms to the mechanisms the city uses to make spending decisions and urging for a process that meaningfully incorporates the voices of those most affected by funding allocations.
U.S. Senator Alex Padilla joined San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie to tour the Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center, a flagship affordable housing facility for low-income seniors, and to highlight ongoing efforts to address California’s housing and homelessness crises, while also advocating for the Housing for All Act to expand federal investment in affordable housing.
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The People’s Budget Coalition rallied in San Francisco to demand transparency, inclusion, and equity in the city’s budget process, which they say has increasingly excluded the voices of those most impacted by economic instability.
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