Mayor Lurie Unveils New Office of Management and Budget, Continuing Work to Deliver Effective, Responsive Services for San Franciscans

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today announced his new Office of Management and Budget (OMB), building on reforms he has introduced in the budget process to ensure San Francisco funds and delivers effective, responsive city services. To run the office, Mayor Lurie has selected Jake Berliner, a partner at McKinsey and Company and a fourth-generation San Franciscan with a track record of civic engagement and a family history of public service. As part of the Fiscal Years 2027-28 and 2028-29 budget process that is currently underway, OMB will lead a strengthened public engagement process, creating opportunities for community groups and organizations to share their priorities directly with the Mayor’s Office.

The new Office of Management and Budget, as the successor to the Mayor’s Budget Office, and these budget reforms build on work Mayor Lurie started in his first two budgets—prioritizing limited city resources for programs that are delivering results for San Franciscans, tackling the structural budget deficit, and broadening access to the city’s budget process. Facing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal healthcare cuts, Mayor Lurie last year made key investments to strengthen San Francisco’s social safety net, while protecting critical funding for the city’s immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. At the same time, he reduced the city’s structural deficit by approximately $300 million, put the city on a more sustainable fiscal path and reducing the need for difficult decisions and painful cuts in future budget cycles.

“The city budget process shouldn’t just ask how much taxpayer money we can spend. It should answer how much we can get for San Franciscans,” said Mayor Lurie. “In the last two years, we’ve started redesigning the budget process to ask that question and bring in the community to help answer it. We’re going to keep moving forward, and I’m excited to have Jake leading that work with an outsider’s perspective and a deep and genuine commitment to San Francisco.”

“I am excited to help accelerate the incredible momentum and results of Mayor Lurie’s administration. Our city is at a critical moment: economic resurgence but with a budget deficit, unprecedented wealth creation but with an affordability crisis,” said Berliner. “My goal is to deliver world-class services with the resources San Franciscans entrust to the city. This city means so much to me and my family, and I am grateful to Mayor Lurie for the opportunity to return to my public service roots and go to work for the people of San Francisco.”

In spring 2027, OMB and the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs will lead a process for community groups and organizations to present budget priorities directly to the Mayor’s Office. This year’s process will offer both in-person on online venues for providing feedback, building on the 60 public sessions held last year.

Jake Berliner has been a partner at McKinsey and Company in San Francisco for over 13 years, partnering with large organizations to drive complex financial and operational change. His practice specifically focused on helping companies better understand and deliver on their customers’ needs, along with work serving education providers, state governments, and philanthropies.

Berliner began his career in economic policy and political campaigns, including work for a Washington, D.C. think tank and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. His first roles in public service were in the office of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. He has served on the executive committee of the Bay Area Council and the board of trustees of Gateway Public Schools in San Francisco. He holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. in political science from Tufts University.