Public Health Cuts Offer New Twist in Budget Fight

Now the Board is grappling with $6.9 million in proposed cuts to existing programs, including 17 non-profits who provide front-line health services to the indigent, as well as psychiatric beds at S.F. General Hospital. At last night’s meeting, the Board listened to four hours of public testimony from groups who are fighting for crumbs – when most should be fighting to expand their existing budgets. But Daly told his colleagues before public comment that he didn’t have to stick around to hear the testimony, and gave the most passionate speech I have ever heard him give.