Mayor’s office and business groups assail a report highlighting $15 million in proposed downtown recovery spending for possible trimming
Mayor London Breed ’s office and a coalition of San Francisco business groups reacted hotly Tuesday to a budget analyst’s report that highlighted $15 million in downtown recovery spending from Breed’s proposed budget that could be trimmed.
And Supervisor Connie Chan, chair of the supervisors’ budget committee, on Tuesday questioned the relative need for multiple elements of the mayor’s proposals in the Office of Economic and Workforce Development budget — including 24-hour security patrols in the Union Square and Yerba Buena areas, temporary free parking to lure shoppers and funding related to marketing — given the cuts facing other city programs, including those focused on food and health.
The analyst’s report also identifies $3 million proposed for free parking on nights and weekends to attract shoppers and visitors, $1 million for programming in Union Square and money for projects on Powell Street, which is lined with numerous empty retail spaces from Market Street to Union Square. SF won’t have power to regulate robotaxis anytime soon Sen. Dave Cortese pulled SB 915, which would have allowed cities to limit the number of robotaxis on their streets, after the Assembly gutted it
Jeff Cretan, the mayor’s spokesperson, called the idea of slashing the downtown core recovery funding “hugely problematic,” and urged supervisors to reject it. He said investing in downtown brings benefits to the whole city because the area contributes so much economically. The budget analyst issued its wide-ranging, nearly 250-page report late Monday night. By Tuesday morning, a coalition of local business groups representing the travel, restaurant, retail, and commercial real estate industries, among others, had crafted a statement urging supervisors to maintain the mayor’s funding proposal targeting downtown.
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