Overview
- Workers and unions rallied Wednesday at San Francisco General Hospital and City Hall after the mayor issued 127 layoff notices and told departments to plan for roughly 500 cuts.
- Mayor Daniel Lurie told supervisors the reductions are “incredibly painful” yet necessary to address a two‑year shortfall now estimated at about $643 million.
- Advocates warned at a hearing called by Supervisor Danny Sauter that a possible $3 million reduction to the Department of Disability and Aging Services would harm seniors and people with disabilities.
- Health and community workers described real‑world impacts, including Laguna Honda nurses who received notices and clinic staff who fear closures that could leave patients without care.
- City budget analysts point to weak office leasing and recent federal funding cuts as key drivers of the gap, with Lurie’s formal budget due June 1 for Board review in June.