Amended in Committee

Recommendations 2

• R1

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  2 reflects the above response to Innovation, Silos and More [for F1] individuals well qualified in budget processes and [August 24, 2024] implemented
• R3

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  1, the functions described Innovation, Silos and More [for F3] with the Controller and the City Administrator, shall [August 24, 2024] implemented in the proposed ordinance are already performed by the Board of [June 25,2024] introduce an ordinance requiring a disclosure of because it is not Supervisor's Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA). The BLA's expected costs and benefits associated with all warranted or is not responsibilities are defined in charter and already include independent legislative proposals that exceeds a minimum cost reasonable analysis and reporting on all fiscal matters in legislation referred to the threshold. This disclosure shall take place prior to Board of Supervisors' Committees. seeking first passage by the Board of Supervisors. A parallel or duplicative process, or one that usurps the current role of the BLA in assessing fiscal matters before the Board, would provide neither more clarity into expected costs than currently exists, nor a meaningful avenue to explore the benefits (or lack thereof) of legislative proposals. While it is possible that legisation before the Board of Supervisors could have measurable and tangible outcomes, an analysis of "benefits" is necessarily subjective. The Board of Supervisors, through their legislative process, is the appropriate venue to assess the merits of new legislation and policy, including perceived benefits. Lifting the Fog: On Budgets, R4.2 Based on the