Budget & Finance Committee advances overtime appropriations, grants, port waiver and SFO roof grant to full Board

San Francisco ' The Budget and Finance Committee on May 3 voted to forward a set of budget and grant measures to the full Board of Supervisors with positive recommendations, including overtime appropriations for several departments, multiple public‑health and housing grants, an amendment to an HIV services agreement, a Port tenant‑improvement waiver and acceptance of a potential Federal Aviation Administration grant to fund part of the San Francisco International Airport's international terminal roof replacement.

Key outcomes and context

- Overtime appropriations (Item 1): The committee forwarded an ordinance that shifts roughly $62.3 million from permanent salaries to overtime and requests additional appropriations across departments including Fire, Public Health, Public Works, the PUC, the Sheriff's Department and Recreation & Parks. Nick Menard of the Budget Legislative Analyst said the DPH overtime number rose to about $30.7 million largely because of General Hospital needs, and recommended approval.

- Civic Bridge in‑kind consulting (Item 2): The Mayor's Office of Innovation, represented by Sofia Kittler, described five Civic Bridge projects with in‑kind consulting valued at about $739,000 for May–August, including partnerships with Adobe (SFO), Accenture (Planning), Zendesk (Transgender Initiatives) and Slalom (digital equity). Kittler said firms recruit their own team members and that agreements include terms barring partners from applying for upstream procurement opportunities tied to the Civic Bridge work.

- Title X family planning (Item 3): DPH requested retroactive acceptance of a $221,725 grant increase from Essential Access Health to support family planning services during a retroactive period. Jenny Lopez said the program has operated with a roughly 50% vacancy rate and estimated it served about 500–800 clients during the retroactive window.

- HIV services amendment (Item 4): DPH requested Amendment #3 to increase a contract with the Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (doing business as San Francisco Community Health Center) by about $5.5 million to a not‑to‑exceed $15.2 million, extending the term and continuing Ryan White–funded HIV care for low‑income residents.

- Port tenant improvements waiver (Item 5): Port staff requested a Chapter 6 contracting waiver to allow select tenant‑managed tenant improvements for Port leases with a program cap of $20 million; the waiver would only apply to leases that return to the Port Commission and Board for finalization.

- SFO international terminal roof grant (Item 8): Kathy Widener said SFO received a FAA grant offer of up to $31 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law competitive terminal grants program to replace the International Terminal roof and related systems; the airport presentation said solar panels are expected to be installed and the presentation referenced "up to 2,000" units of on‑site generation (transcript used the term "megawatts"). BLA recommended approval.

- HUD formula grants (Items 10–13): MOHCD presented annual apply/accept/expand resolutions for HOPWA (~$7.4M), ESG (~$1.6M), CDBG (~$18.8M) and HOME (~$5.26M). Staff said these allocations are formulaic rollovers and routine.

Votes at a glance

- Item 1 (Overtime appropriations): Forwarded to full Board with positive recommendation; committee vote 3 ayes (Chan, Mendelmann, Safai).
- Item 2 (Civic Bridge consulting gifts): Forwarded to full Board, 3 ayes.
- Item 3 (Title X retroactive grant): Forwarded to full Board, committee reported 2 ayes (Safai absent); motion passed.
- Item 4 (API Wellness Center amendment): Forwarded to full Board, 3 ayes.
- Item 5 (Port tenant waiver): Forwarded to full Board, 3 ayes.
- Item 6 (PUC power contracting amendments): Continued for one week for additional reporting and technical edits.
- Item 7 (SFPUC–Caltrans cooperative agreements for stormwater): Forwarded to full Board, 3 ayes.
- Items 8 & 9 (SFO FAA grant and lease amendment): Forwarded to full Board, 3 ayes.
- Items 10–13 (HOPWA, ESG, CDBG, HOME): Forwarded to full Board together, 3 ayes.

Public comment: Many public speakers used their time to voice concerns about downtown safety, family planning and program transparency; several urged more oversight of private‑sector partnerships and demanded clearer procurement and ethics review.

What to watch: The PUC power contracting item (Item 6) touches procurement waivers and labor standards; supervisors asked for explicit reporting on any waivers the PUC exercises (especially labor and health‑care waivers), and the committee continued that item to allow staff to provide those details before the next committee vote.

Next steps: Items forwarded with positive recommendations will appear on the full Board of Supervisors agenda; Item 6 is set for reconsideration at the next Budget & Finance Committee meeting.