The Budget and Appropriations Committee, chaired by Vice Chair Matt Dorsey, and joined by Supervisors Danny Sauter and President Raphael Mandelman, held a hearing on February 25, 2026 to examine the San Francisco Environment Department's (SFE) budget for fiscal year 2026-2027. The hearing was called by President Mandelman to address concerns over proposed cuts that would eliminate 7.81 full‑time equivalent positions, primarily affecting climate accountability, building electrification, and clean transportation programs. The committee heard from SFE Director Tyrone Jew, Mayor's Budget Director Sophia Kittler, and received extensive public comment overwhelmingly in support of restoring funding. The hearing was continued to the call of the chair.
Over 25 members of the public spoke, including SFE staff (on their own time), community organizations (PODER, Sierra Club, 350 San Francisco, Climate Emergency Coalition, Bayview Hunters Point residents, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and others). Key positions:
This meeting will come to order. I would like to welcome everyone to the February 25th, 2026 meeting of the budget and appropriations committee. I am Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Vice Chair of this committee, and supervisors Danny Sauter and President Raphael Mandelman are joining me today. Our clerk is the always capable Brent Halipa, and I would like to thank everyone from the staff of SFGov TV, especially Jaime Saver Usher Berry, who was facilitating today's meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices to prevent interruptions to our proceedings. Should you have any documents to be included as part of the file, they should be submitted to myself, the clerk. Public comment will be taken on the item on this agenda. When public comment is called, please line up to speak on the west side of the chamber to your right, my left, along those curtains and the while not required to provide public comment. We do invite you to fill out a comment card and leave them on the trade by the television to your left by the doors. If you wish for your name to be accurately recorded for the minutes, alternatively, you may submit public comment in writing in either of the following ways. Email them to myself, the budget and appropriations committee clerk at br e n t.j.org. If you submit public comment via email, it will be forwarded to the supervisors and also included as part of the official file. You may also send your written comments via U.S. Postal Service to our office in City Hall at one. Dr. Carlton be good at place room two forty-four, San Francisco, California, 94102. And um, Mr. Vice Chair, that concludes my announcements. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Before we get underway today, I would like to make a motion to excuse Chair Connie Chan. Could I have a second on that motion? Seconded by Supervisor Sauter. Uh Mr. Clerk and we have a roll call. And on that motion, whether we excuse uh Chair Chant from attending today's meeting. Uh by Vice Chair Dorsey, seconded by Member Sauter. Vice Chair Dorsey. Aye. Dorsey, aye. Member Sauter. Sauter, aye. Member Walton. Walton absent. Uh member Mandelman. Aye. Mandelman, aye. Mr. Vice Chair, we have three ayes with Member Walton absent. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. The uh item passes. Mr. Clerk, would you please call item number one? Yes, item number one. Is the hearing on the San Francisco Environment Department's budget for fiscal year 2026 to 2027.