The Budget and Appropriation Committee, chaired by Supervisor Connie Chan and joined by Vice Chair Matt Dorsey and members Danny Souter and Shaman Walton, convened on May 13, 2026, at 9:45 AM to hear the Mayor's proposed budget for 13 departments for fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28. The committee reviewed presentations from department heads, heard public comment, and voted to continue the items to the next meeting.
The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the May 13, 2026 meeting of the budget and appropriation committee. I'm Supervisor Connie Chan, Chair of the Committee. I'm joined by Vice Chair, Supervisor Matt Dorsey and members Supervisor Danny Souter, Supervisor Shaman Walton, and our clerk is Brent Hutt Lipa. I would like to thank Kalina Mendoza from Essekov TV for broadcasting this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a friendly reminder to those in attendance to please 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 files, they should be submitted to myself, the clerk. Public comment will be taken on each item on this agenda. When your item of interest comes up and 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 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 ENT.j SFGO V dot or G. 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 1. Dr. Carleton be good at place. Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. And thank you, Madam Chair. Then that concludes my announcements. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. And before we start, we will need to excuse President Rafael Mendelman. Um like to move to excuse him. Second by Vice Chair Dorsey and roll call, please. And on that motion, do we excuse Supervisor Mandelman for attending today's meeting? Moved by Chair Chan, seconded by Vice Chair Dorsey. Vice Chair Dorsey. Dorsey, I. Member Sauter. Sauter, aye. Member Walton. Aye. Walton, aye. Chair Chan. Aye. Chan, I. We have four eyes. Thank you. The motion passes. And um before we start and call the um items today, I would like to limit public comments to one minute. And with that, uh Mr. Clerk, please call items one, two, and three together. Item numbers one through three. Item one is our hearing to consider the mayor's May proposed budget for the Airport Commission, Board of Appeals, Department of Building Inspection, Planning Department, Child Support Services, Department of the Environment, Law Library, Municipal Transportation Agency, Port, the Public Library, the Public Utilities Commission, Rent Arbitration Board and Retirement System as of May 1st, 2026 for fiscal years 2026 to 2027 and 2027 to 2028. Item number two is the proposed appropriation ordinance appropriating all estimated receipts and all estimated expenditures of the aforementioned departments, and item number three is the proposed annual salary ordinance, enumerating positions in the same. Madam Chair.