File 23-0656 includes appropriations for Port Commission and San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) in FY 2023-24, while File 23-0669 involves amending the Annual Salary Ordinance to adjust positions at the Port Commission and add and substitute positions at the Airport Commission.

The proposed changes include increasing SFPUC's expenditures by $95.1 million, primarily due to increases in power purchase costs, deleting the Port's $500,000 General Fund budget which was intended to support black-owned businesses, and substituting and adding new positions at the Airport Commission, despite an overall budget decrease there.

The fiscal impact of these changes would be a significant increase in SFPUC's budget, the elimination of certain funding for black-owned businesses at the Port, and an increase in staffing at the Airport to levels higher than 2019, while enplanements have not recovered to previous levels.

The rationale for the SFPUC budget increase is due to unexpectedly high wholesale energy market prices, influenced by supply chain delays, global events, and environmental factors. The Port's changes reflect new park maintenance responsibilities, and the Airport's staffing changes are proposed despite a projected $40 million salary surplus and existing vacancies.

These budget changes require Board of Supervisors approval as they meet the thresholds for 'significant' changes laid out in the City's administrative code. Amendments post-certification of funds also need Board approval, as per the City Charter, including approvals for general and non-General Fund changes.

The legislative documents suggest amendments to delete new Airport positions in order to align the staffing with the current operational needs and enplanements, also providing oversight by the Board of Supervisors for the General Fund budget changes at the Port and appropriations for the SFPUC's increased expenditures.