That article, I believe, was a reaction to http://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/san-franciscos-incredible-expanding-budget http://modernluxury.com/san-fr

That article, I believe, was a reaction to http://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/san-franciscos-incredible-expanding-budget http://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/san-franciscos-i... While an interesting "matter of fact" summary it doesn't really answer the question posed - Why, in a decade of 21% inflation and 10% population growth, has SF's budget doubled? And why hasn't that spending translated into meaningful solutions to pressing city issues like decaying infrastructure (roads, sewers, pub trans) or homelessness. The likely real answers, hidden in those departmental budgets, are administrative waste and generous, massively underfunded city employee benefits packages - particularly from the 1990 to 2010 era.