Mayor Defends $100M in Cuts as Federal Threats Push Deficit Toward $1 Billion

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors got a sobering fiscal preview from Mayor Daniel Lurie on April 14, who warned that federal and state funding losses could balloon the city's structural deficit to $1 billion — even as Supervisor Chyanne Chen pressed him on why painful mid-year layoffs are still on the table. Elsewhere, the Board unanimously passed its Climate Action Plan into law, greenlit more than $200 million in contracts and energy investments, and designated 14 historic landmarks in one of the largest single preservation actions in recent memory.

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• Climate Action Plan ordinance finally passes unanimously, codifying emissions-reduction goals into city law

• $75.9M clean energy storage deal approved for CleanPowerSF's 20-year Willow Rock investment

• 14 landmark designations advance, protecting LGBTQ, AIDS Foundation, indigenous and cultural heritage sites

• Supervisor Chen introduces charter amendment for a San Francisco public bank, citing 67% voter support

• Airport surveillance ordinance delayed one week (9-1) after Lyft raises objections — Walton dissents

• Fire Code advisory council created (9-1) over Walton's conflict-of-interest concerns about supervisor membership

In a special 2 p.m. appearance before the Board, Mayor Daniel Lurie laid out a fiscal picture that has darkened significantly since last year's budget cycle. While last year's process reduced the long-term structural deficit by roughly $300 million, Lurie said federal and state cuts have erased that progress entirely.