SEC. 16.128-3. ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND.
§ 16.128-3
The City must contribute a baseline of $38 million annually to a fund for seniors and adults with disabilities, with increases totaling $6 million in 2017-2018 and $3 million annually through 2026-2027, then indexed to discretionary revenue growth through 2036-2037, unless a projected budget deficit exceeds $200 million.
San Francisco must set aside $38 million each year for services to seniors and people with disabilities. Starting in 2017-2018, the City increases this amount by $6 million; then adds $3 million more each year through 2026-2027. After that, the contribution grows or shrinks based on changes in the City's general revenue. However, if the City projects a budget shortfall larger than $200 million, it can pause the increases that year. The Controller keeps this money separate and any unspent funds roll over to the next year.
- Complex:The section involves multiple phases of contributions across 20 years (2016 baseline through 2036-2037), with different escalation rules and technical definitions of 'discretionary revenues' that exclude specific tax increases, requiring careful attention to dates and conditions.
- Controversial:Mandatory funding for public services and the conditions under which it can be frozen (budget deficit threshold) are inherently subjects of public debate about fiscal priorities and service delivery.
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Official text
(a) Annual Baseline Contributions to the Fund. Each year during the term of Charter Section 16.128-1 et seq., the City shall make an annual baseline contribution to the Fund in the amount of $38 million, representing the amount the City spent in fiscal year 2016-2017 to provide eligible services as identified in Section 16.128-4 to Seniors and Adults with Disabilities.
(b) Additional Contributions for FY 2017-2018 through FY 2026-2027. For fiscal year 2017-2018, the City shall increase its contribution to the Fund over the baseline amount in subsection (a) by $6 million. For each fiscal year from 2018-2019 through 2026-2027, the City shall increase its additional contribution to the Fund under this subsection (b) by $3 million over the prior year.
(c) Projected Budget Deficits. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), the City may freeze the City’s annual contribution to the Fund for any fiscal year 2017-2018 through 2026-2027 at the then-current amount when the City’s projected budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year at the time of the Joint Report or Update to the Five Year Financial Plan as prepared jointly by the Controller, the Mayor’s Budget Director, and the Board of Supervisors’ Budget Analyst exceeds $200 million, adjusted annually beginning with fiscal year 2017-2018 by the percentage increase or decrease in aggregate City discretionary revenues, as determined by the Controller, based on calculations consistent from year to year. In determining aggregate City discretionary revenues, the Controller shall only include revenues received by the City that are unrestricted and may be used at the option of the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors for any lawful City purpose.
(d) Additional Contributions for FY 2027-2028 through FY 2036-2037. For fiscal years 2027-28 through 2036-2037, the City’s annual contribution to the Fund shall equal its total contribution, including the baseline amount under subsection (a), for the prior year, beginning with Fiscal Year 2026-2027, adjusted by the percentage increase or decrease in aggregate City discretionary revenues, as determined by the Controller, based on calculations consistent from year to year. In determining aggregate City discretionary revenues, the Controller shall not include revenues received by the City under the increased rates in Business and Tax Regulations Code Sections 953.1(g), 953.2(h), 953.3(h), 953.4(e), 953.5(d), 953.6(f), 953.7(d), and 953.8(i) adopted by the voters at the general municipal election on November 3, 2020, and shall not include revenues received by the City under Article 36 of the Business and Tax Regulations Code adopted by the voters at the general municipal election on November 3, 2020. For purposes of this subsection (d), the “additional contribution” for these years shall mean the amount in excess of the baseline amount.
(e) The City may in any year contribute more to the Fund than the amounts required under subsections (a) through (d), but those increases shall not alter or affect the amounts of the City’s required contributions for subsequent years.
(f) The Controller shall maintain the Fund separate and apart from all other City funds. Any amount in the Fund unspent or uncommitted at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward to the next fiscal year and, subject to the budgetary and fiscal limitations of this Charter, shall be appropriated then or thereafter for the services and purposes specified in Section 16.128-4.
(Added by Proposition I, Approved 11/8/2016; amended by Proposition F, Approved 11/3/2020)