as director of reardon mentioned d b is completely self funded, and it relies. it is completely funded by the fees that the department collects. any time that revenues are greater than expenditures that surplus falls to the department's fund balance and after the great recession in 2008, there was a boom in construction and revenues far exceeded expenditures, resulting in the accumulation of a large fund balance. however, uh, when the pandemic hit. there was a complete reversal and as you can see, revenues dropped as the director had mentioned and expenditures stayed relatively steady. the department is mostly labor and does not have control over most of these expenditures. and so the current state we find ourselves in is with expenditures far exceeding our revenue. we have a large deficit and we have been utilizing one time sources are accumulated fund balance to balance the past few years budget and we expect to completely exhaust our balance by in the next two fiscal years. this uh, chart also 11. other notable thing to mention is revenue increases there have

as director of reardon mentioned d b is completely self funded, and it relies. it is completely funded by the fees that the department collects. any time that revenues are greater than expenditures that surplus falls to the department's fund balance and after the great recession in 2008, there was a boom in construction and revenues far exceeded expenditures, resulting in the accumulation of a large fund balance. however, uh, when the pandemic hit. there was a complete reversal and as you can see, revenues dropped as the director had mentioned and expenditures stayed relatively steady. the department is mostly labor and does not have control over most of these expenditures. and so the current state we find ourselves in is with expenditures far exceeding our revenue. we have a large deficit and we have been utilizing one time sources are accumulated fund balance to balance the past few years budget and we expect to completely exhaust our balance by in the next two fiscal years. this uh, chart also 11. other notable thing to mention is revenue increases there have

i want to thank director of reardon and his team , um, for the work they've done with us. we understand that he issued a memorandum on site permit criteria to begin to explicitly explain what is requested of applicants. but i think the important point here is that regardless of the bulletin. to put it in the code gives it an extreme level of a surety. and from my experience over the last 20 years of working in this city and working with builders and others you hear over and over again if it's not in the code. then there's always room for interpretation, and that happens often in the field. you hear it over and over again. if it's not in the code, there's a lot of leeway and a lot of interpretation. so we believe that putting it in the code is an important step. and that's why we took the process of crafting this legislation. um want to thank also my co sponsor , supervisor, melgar former building and planning commissioner who absolutely is extremely experience and understanding. want to thank president veto for spending the time with us. we spent a considerable amount of t

good afternoon, chair chen and members of the budget and appropriations committee, patrick reardon, department of building inspection. i'd like to start by thanking the budget analyst for working with us and stating that we accept the recommendation. if i might, i'd like to turn it over to our cfo , alex koskinen, to speak to a policy matter and maybe touch on item 16 relating to fees. uh yes. are we calling that together or no? we're going to wait till later. we're going to act all the building fee later so we will not be calling the item together. we will not be calling the item right now. okay or should we? i don't know, building fee. i'm going to pause that thought, but go ahead to let's discuss the actual budget first and then let me sort out the legislation shortly. and so let's yeah, let's do that. the what are you agree with the boa and then we'll go to the boa. okay. good afternoon. supervisors. alex koskinen, deputy director administration for we are indeed in agreement with the bla on all of the technical recommendations. but much like the other departments, there is a policy recomm

good afternoon, chair chen and members of the budget and appropriations committee, patrick reardon, department of building inspection. i'd like to start by thanking the budget analyst for working with us and stating that we accept the recommendation. if i might, i'd like to turn it over to our cfo , alex koskinen, to speak to a policy matter and maybe touch on item 16 relating to fees. uh yes. are we calling that together or no? we're going to wait till later. we're going to act all the building fee later so we will not be calling the item together. we will not be calling the item right now. okay or should we? i don't know, building fee. i'm going to pause that thought, but go ahead to let's discuss the actual budget first and then let me sort out the legislation shortly. and so let's yeah, let's do that. the what are you agree with the boa and then we'll go to the boa. okay. good afternoon. supervisors. alex koskinen, deputy director administration for we are indeed in agreement with the bla on all of the technical recommendations. but much like the other departments, there is a policy recomm

old article examiner that that gives some of that history um i think my only question for director reardon through the chair is just you know, the comment that you have no choice and i understand the bind you're in and the instructions you're under, but i do. um okay. i do want to understand. um. like in deciding to cut this particular program that i think you and i probably share a view of its its importance and value. um half how that decision was reached. what other alternatives were considered as potential cuts and also just to be really clear. is that the desire of db? i should , through fee increases or other savings should there be those? should those funds be available ? i assume it remains the desire of d b. i to continue to be a leader and pioneer in this work and fund. the program with the money is there. yeah thank you for the accommodation of our housing inspector supervisor preston. it's much appreciated. i share the same sentiments. um how we got to here to your to your question. you and i spoke several weeks ago, and i told you that we you know, i didn't know that there was