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Eisen said the city’s calculation methodology starts with funded positions in the annual salary ordinance, subtracts budgeted attrition and then subtracts filled positions to produce a vacancy count. Using that approach, she said the city had 39,664 FTEs in the salary ordinance and reported a citywide vacancy rate of 6.6% as of June 3. For ongoing, on-budget operating positions, she reported a 4.3% vacancy rate.

Why it matters: AB 2561 requires California cities to report vacancies and hiring efforts to legislative bodies while budgets are being prepared. City vacancy levels and hiring timelines affect service delivery across departments and shape budget decisions for the coming fiscal year.

Eisen described the pandemic as a period when vacancy rates rose sharply and said the city has since reduced its vacancy rate from a peak above 14% to levels approaching pre-pandemic figures. She identified targeted process improvements: moving to online, on-demand examinations with continuous lists for many citywide classifications; historic rewrites of civil service rules for sworn and non-sworn staff; streamlined onboarding; and technology upgrades to replace paper transactions. She also highlighted a newly opened DHR career center in City Hall that offers coaching, apprenticeships and recruiting events.

On specific job classes, Eisen said some areas remain challenging. She told the committee the bargaining unit that includes rank-and-file police officers had a vacancy rate of 19.6% as of the June 3 snapshot, noting most of those vacancies are on-budget positions and that the city and police department were engaged in addressing the shortfall.

When asked by Vice Chair Sauter about obstacles to hiring and progress in removing barriers, Eisen said the city’s merit-based and highly regulated civil-service system adds procedural steps to hiring. She described trade-offs between openness and speed, and said DHR has focused on technology and process changes to speed applicant processing while maintaining merit protections. Eisen said some occupation-specific hiring (for example, nurses) had been shortened to a matter of weeks where candidate supply and process adjustments allowed.

Committee members asked about the average time to complete hiring and the average number of applicants per opening; Eisen said a prior grand jury report had cited lengthy timelines (several months), that DHR had not run an updated citywide average for the committee that day, and that applicant volumes vary by job class. DHR staff indicated they could run snapshots on request.

No members of the public offered comment during the item. Chair Jackie Fielder moved to file the item; the roll call recorded aye votes from Vice Chair Sauter, Supervisor Sherrill and Chair Fielder. The motion to file passed, 3-0.

Context and next steps: Eisen cautioned that the June 3 snapshot did not reflect personnel changes already approved in the pending budget; she said the vacancy figures will likely change after budget adoption. DHR indicated it will continue to implement the process and technology reforms described to reduce time-to-hire and improve candidate experience.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","San Francisco County - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player - Jun 27, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Department of Human Resources told the Board committee that San Francisco’s citywide vacancy rate was 6.6% as of June 3, 2025, and outlined process improvements — including on-demand online exams, civil service rule rewrites and a career center — to reduce hiring delays. The committee voted 3-0 to file the AB 2561 report.","taxTitle","San Francisco County, California","taxId",2862,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6552793,"Committee clears $76 million tax-exempt financing for Sunnydale Block 7; forwards to full board",325,105000,430000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5091883-d3d1a5a56755edbda7a8f3ff3d63ce79&start=105&end=430","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5091883-d3d1a5a56755edbda7a8f3ff3d63ce79/thumbnail_105000.jpg","/articles/6552793/San-Francisco-County/California/Committee-clears-76-million-tax-exempt-financing-for-Sunnydale-Block-7-forwards-to-full-board","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6552793-e7504335d2078a9fda6d99a9cb3fc585/orig.mp4?Expires=1771099526&Signature=Jf16ZIVNJTAfHUZHv584kgGlbjtHI4~G6g0l~0lCaDULc34FzO3JdVmOej~qNjfYV1zcs8I8AhWN5u0c8cjHP~saE7DrIdPBobXTkquJpebvyFHZdDr5D9eyeC9lgqC0qW0Xhsntgu0-jtzLvOZOnGxxsbXBgFGp7N7-lbcas~r41JvMbZypy1rC3OnsE-ohkcilKKbV4c1sVXWHDLvUWinPSVhXmLBRjFLd4gGicGcHRAyKmI8~ktrkel5f8AI3qbgVnSG-GU2iGLD3V0g9o3nFnAp4cajpVf9NSvgPtAPpZ6pqhUMLKIhYG59HGWCX4x6cQHk9KyDdWz9Wna7KFQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously June 27 to send a resolution to the full Board recommending authorization of up to $76 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for Sunnydale Hope SF Block 7.

The resolution would authorize the city to execute and deliver a multifamily housing revenue note in one or more series with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $76,000,000 to finance construction of an 89-unit rental housing project at 65 Santo Street, known as Sunnydale Hope SF Block 7. The committee forwarded the item as a positive committee report for consideration by the full Board on July 1, 2025.

Why it matters: The Sunnydale redevelopment is part of the Hope SF initiative, a long-running, multi-phase effort led by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to replace aging public housing with mixed-income communities. Approving the financing would permit construction of the next affordable phase at Sunnydale and continue the city’s replacement-housing commitment for former public housing residents.

City and project officials said the Block 7 development will be sponsored by Mercy Housing California and Related California. Jason Liu, policy director for community development for the Hope SF initiative at the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, told the committee Hope SF represents a “more than 20-year human and real estate capital commitment” by the city and framed the Block 7 financing as the next step in that work.

Ryan Van Slyen, identified in the presentation as a senior project manager at the Mayor’s Office of Community Development, said the resolution would authorize issuance of the bonds and approve related loan agreements, a regulatory agreement and declaration of restrictive covenants, and other documents needed to implement a back-to-back loan structure. Van Slyen said construction is expected to begin in a few weeks and finish by March 2027.

Project details presented to the committee state the development will include 89 units, of which 67 are set aside as replacement units for former public housing residents earning 50% of the San Francisco area median income; the remaining units will be lottery-restricted to households earning up to 70% of area median income. The residential mix presented included nine four-bedroom units, 23 three-bedroom units, 43 two-bedroom units and 13 one-bedroom units. Total development cost was presented as roughly $107,000,000.

Van Slyen said the city loan will be leveraged with a state housing commitment (identified in the presentation as the state Housing and Community Development ASEC program), private construction and permanent financing and housing tax credits obtained by the project sponsors. Mercy Housing’s Elizabeth Kuwata was present and available to answer questions.

No public comment was offered during the item. Chair Jackie Fielder moved to forward the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the roll call recorded votes from Vice Chair Sauter (aye), Supervisor Sherrill (aye) and Chair Fielder (aye). The motion passed, 3-0.

Background and next steps: If the Board approves the committee’s recommendation, city officials would complete the execution of the note, funding loan agreement, borrower loan agreement and the regulatory agreement and complete any related ministerial actions needed to close construction financing. The resolution also rescinds a prior resolution referenced in the materials (identified in the presentation as Resolution No. 162-25). The full set of financing documents and final loan terms will be brought forward for Board consideration as required by the resolution.","The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 3-0 to forward a resolution authorizing up to $76 million in tax-exempt and taxable bonds to finance an 89-unit affordable housing project at Sunnydale, with 67 units reserved as replacement homes for former public housing residents.","actionData","errors"]

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City reports 6.6% vacancy rate as of June 3; DHR outlines hiring reforms under AB 2561

Committee clears $76 million tax-exempt financing for Sunnydale Block 7; forwards to full board