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The Budget and Legislative Analyst Office conducted an analysis of San Francisco’s post-entitlement permit processes, survey of other jurisdictions, and identified potential practices to improve the process, particularly for housing development permits.

The San Jose Mercury News published an article on a study conducted by HMR (in its role as the contract Management Audit Division for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors) on the administration of Santa Clara County’s senior nutrition programs.

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on a study conducted by HMR (in its role as the contract Budget and Legislative Analyst for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors) on the City’s high speed fiber-optic networks and the lack of a map to track its extent and location.

The San Francisco Chronicle published an article on a study conducted by HMR (in its role as the contract Budget and Legislative Analyst for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors) on the demographics of the Mission District and how the economic and racial diversity of the neighborhood may change over the next 10 years if…

The San Jose Mercury News published an article on recent changes made to municipal taxi regulations by the Sunnyvale City Council following our study on the impact of transportation network companies (such as Uber and Lyft) in the City.

The San Francisco Chronicle published an editorial by Chip Johnson, which recommends that Oakland establish an independent budget analyst. The editorial mentions the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst, which is contracted out to a joint venture partnership, including Harvey M. Rose Associates, LLC as a model.