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{"title": "Budget and Finance Committee Regular Meeting - October 28, 2026", "summary": "# Budget and Finance Committee Regular Meeting - October 28, 2026\n\nThe Budget and Finance Committee met on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Chair Matt Dorsey, Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen, and Member Danny Sauter presided. The committee considered 13 agenda items, including grants, contract amendments, appropriations, and a participatory budgeting ordinance. All items were forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors with positive recommendations.\n\n### Public Comments & Testimony\n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n- \n## Discussion Items\n\n### Items 1-2: Grants for Elder Abuse and Underserved Victim Advocacy Programs\nKarima Baptiste, Chief of Victim Services Division of the District Attorney’s Office, presented. Item 1 accepts $640,008 from Cal OES for elder abuse program (Jan 2027-Dec 2029). Item 2 accepts $590,718 for unserved/underserved victim advocacy (same term). She noted 8,263 victims served last year. The committee approved unanimously.\n\n### Item 3: EPA Brownfield Cleanup Grant for India Basin Shoreline Park\nCaitlin Hall (Recreation and Park Department) presented. The resolution accepts $4,000,000 from EPA for Brownfield Cleanup Program to support cleanup at India Basin Shoreline Park. Phase three groundbreaking occurred August 2025, completion anticipated spring 2027. The committee approved unanimously.\n\n### Item 4: Airport Contract for Baggage Systems and Boarding Bridges\nDeanna Vollock (Airport Waterfront Manager): PUC presented. The resolution approves $38,000,000 contract with Professional Business Services. General future (CFO, etc.). The committee approved unanimously.\n\n### Item 5: Contract Amendment for Pickup Trucks\nAngela Yip (Office of City Administrator) presented. The resolution OCA contract with Ford Sales TOW increased by being closed, but not be approved.\n\n### Item 6: Bond Bill (USD BHCIP Gov Grant for UCSF Health Hyde Hospital\nYun Jung Kim (Director Affairs Health CSDepartment) present. The2 raises by 70, development. The state investment full support overall. OEWD clarification. The committee approved unanimously.\n\n### Item 7: Easement Acquisition for Folsom Area Water improvements.\nDina Brazil (Dive managers certainty. The matter of the Folsom Area (by the Parcel Cal OEWD, for the item conditions of the larger property. The committee approved purposes.\n\n### Item 8: Contract Amendment for Tunnel Rehabilitation Services\nTedman Lee (MTA purposes. The committee approved.\n\n### Item 9: Grant Amendment for Supportive Housing\nEmily Cohen Associates for approval. The committee approved Unanimous.\n\n### Item 10: B Grant Amendment for Baldwin Navigation Center\nEmily Cohen (Eq support with. The committee approved Amendment measures.\n\n### Item 11: Decrease Increase for Budget Legislative vote Rents for. The committee approved.\n\n### Item 12: Item 13: Purchase and Document (cont. from last we head. The committee approved.\n the back floor support. The committee approved.\n
Good morning. This meeting will come to order. Welcome to the October 28th, 2026 meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee. I'm Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Chair of this committee, and I am joined today by Vice Chair Cheyenne Chen and Member Danny Sauter. Our clerk today is Mr. Brent Halipa, whom we thank in advance for staffing and keeping us on track. Uh as well, we are appreciative to the entire team at SFGov TV for facilitating and broadcasting today's meeting. And that is especially true for our producer today, Mr. Jaime Escherberry. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements? Thank you, Mr. 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. And 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 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 those 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.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 and city hall at one. Dr. Carlton be good place. Room 244, San Francisco, California, 94102. And finally, items acted upon today are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors' agenda on election day, November 3rd, unless otherwise stated. Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Uh, before I ask you to call item number one, I would like to remind viewers and attendees that we have budget and legislative analyst reports for items four through thirteen on today's agenda. For those items, we will first hear the department presentation and then next hear from our budget and legislative analyst. We will then facilitate questions and comments from the committee, and then we will invite a public comment. Now, Mr. Clerk, would you please call items number one and two together? Yes, item numbers one and two are resolutions authorizing the Office of the District Attorney to accept and expend grants with the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services for three-year terms of January 1st, 2027 through December 31st, 2029. Should the parties agree to an amendment as allowed under the provisions of the respective grant agreements. Item number one is for an estimated annual amount of approximately 213,000 for an estimated total amount of approximately 640,000, dependent on approval of the Cal OES funding for recurring grants that support uh uh the elder abuse program. And item number two is for an estimated amount of approximately 197,000 for an estimated total grant amount of approximately 591,000, dependent on approval of the Cal OES funding for recurring grants that support the underserved slash underserved victim advocacy and outreach program. Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Clerk, and we are joined today by uh Ms. Karima Baptiste, Chief of the Victim Services Division with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office. Uh Ms. Baptist, we welcome you to the budget and finance committee. The floor is yours. Thank you.