San Francisco supervisors advanced a $15.9 billion budget on Thursday, restoring $41.4 million in cuts proposed by Mayor Lurie. This "add back" included $26.3 million to maintain nonprofit contracts and $15 million to prevent city worker layoffs, sustaining 57 positions. Despite public outcry against cuts that would lead to hundreds of layoffs, the supervisors were left with a small fraction of the overall budget to address concerns. Community protests included civil disobedience and emotional responses from workers, highlighting the struggles faced by those reliant on city funding.
Over the last month, the Board of Supervisors bore the brunt of the public's response to the budget - but, ultimately, was only left with a Lilliputian fraction of the budget to wrangle.
This budget was ultimately balanced on the backs of working people,
Everyone made sacrifices in this budget,
A total of $26.3 million of that will go toward restoring nonprofit contracts that were slated for cuts as part of a $185 million reduction from Lurie's original proposal.
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