Chair Lee questions DYCD on community development program reductions
Lee asks about $107.6M reduction in community development programs and $103.9M in contractual services. Officials explain the reduction is due to one-time council restoration funding for adult literacy that hasn't been added yet for FY27.
Great, thank you.
We've also been joined by Councilmember Brooks Powers.
And I'm just going to dive right...
Councilmember Wong.
Oh wait, I think I said it the first time, sorry.
Here we go.
Sure, Councilmember Felder.
For the second time.
Such a riot.
Okay, so I'm gonna just dive right in so I can pass it off to my colleagues.
For DYCD's FY27 budget in the executive plan,
When comparing FY27 budget and the executive plan to FY26 adopted budget, we see that there's a reduction of $107.6 million in
community development programs, of which $103.9 million is contractual services.
So why is there a reduction in contractual services for community development programs?
What is the reason for the reduction of 1.6 million in full-time salary positions?
Good morning, Chair Lee.
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
So the original reduction that you're referencing regarding is within the CD portfolio, and that's adult literacy, and that may be attributed to the one-time funding that we get annually for that portfolio, the restoration.
Okay, so, and then was the funding moved to other programs?
No, because it's a one-time restoration that we typically get from the council.
One shot.
Oh, it's one shot, yeah, okay, got it.