Revised Spending Plan Submitted to SF Board of Supervisors

The Board of Supervisors is set to take up a spending plan later this month that restores $25 million of social service funding cut by the mayor.

The package submitted by the supervisors' budget committee Thursday was a hopeful indication the city budget could be balanced without painful cuts, said mayoral spokesman Tony Winnicker.

"Certainly disagreements and questions remain that we'll have to discuss and work out in the coming weeks, but we are confident that ultimately the mayor will be able to sign a balanced budget later this month that protects vital services and doesn't require new taxes," he told KCBS.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports city officials hope to work out the final details of the budget by Wednesday.

Further changes would include moving money out of vacant positions that will not be filled. The newspaper reports two of Mayor Gavin Newsom's ideas were rejected by the budget: contracting out nursing and service positions and allowing owners of tenancies in common to pay a one-time fee to bypass the condominium lottery.