BOS Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting - Apr 14, 2026

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Who is present and how does the Board open the April 14, 2026 meeting?

Board President Aaron Peskin (President Mandelman) 0:05

Good afternoon. Welcome to the April 14, 2026 regular meeting of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll? Thank you, Mr. President. Supervisor Chan. Present. Chan present. Supervisor Chen. Present. Chen present. Supervisor Dorsey. Present. Dorsey present. Supervisor Fielder. Fielder not present. Supervisor Mahmoud. Present. Mahmoud present. Supervisor Mandelman. Present. Mandelman present. Supervisor Melgar. Present. Melgar present. Supervisor Sauter. Present. Sauter present. Supervisor Sherrill.

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Present.

Board President Aaron Peskin (President Mandelman) 0:39

Cheryl present. Supervisor Walton? Walton present. And Supervisor Wong? Wong present. Mr. President, you have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, The Ramatush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, or forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramatush Ohlone community, and by affirming their rights as first peoples.

Board President Aaron Peskin (President Mandelman) 1:29

Colleagues, will you join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance?

Board President Aaron Peskin (President Mandelman) 1:54

On behalf of our board, I want to acknowledge the staff at SFGov TV. Today, that is especially Kalina Mendoza. They record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam Clerk, let's go to our 2 PM special order. Yes, the special order at 2 p.m. is the appearance by the Honorable Mayor, Daniel Lurie, here to discuss the eligible topic submitted from the District 11 Supervisor. The Mayor may address the Board initially for up to five minutes. Welcome, Mr. Mayor. Do you have any opening remarks?

Mayor Daniel Lurie 2:29

I do. Good afternoon, Board President Mandelman and members of the Board. In the coming weeks, my office will finalize the proposed budget and prepare the formal package for the Board's consideration. Thanks to this Board, with the leadership of President Mandelman, Chair Chan, and members of the Budget Committee, we made hard but responsible choices last year to pass a budget that protected core services while taking roughly $300 million off of our long-term structural deficit. But despite that progress we made last year, federal and state cuts to health care and safety net funding have set us back, and our deficit will reach $1 billion in the coming years if we do not act further. The impacts of HR1 alone may exceed $300 million annually and could force tens of thousands of San Franciscans off of Medi-Cal and SNAP.

Mayor Daniel Lurie 3:32

Not only that, but the proposed federal budget for the next fiscal year would eliminate continuum of care homelessness funding, which provides services or subsidies for over 2,200 households citywide. Last year, we took significant steps away from the long-time practice of using one-time funds to pay for ongoing costs. The city has to stop spending more money than we have. Temporary fixes may buy time, but tackling the structural deficit is the best thing we can do to set up our city for a broad-based, durable recovery. This year, we are continuing that work, and I look forward to working with each of you to ensure we deliver a budget that is responsible, that protects core services, and that helps accelerate our city's recovery.

Board President Aaron Peskin (President Mandelman) 4:31

Thank you, Mayor Lurie. Madam Clerk, could you please call the topic for District 11? The first topic submitted by the member representing District 11, Supervisor Chen, is the revenue projections and proposed layoffs to city workers. Supervisor Chen, you may ask your opening question. Thank you, President Mendelman. Thank you, Mayor, for joining us. San Francisco prides itself on being a world class city that provides world class services that meet the needs of our most vulnerable populations.