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In SF, a similar problem in the public school district (the majority of the budget goes to administration, not teachers or schools) is in part due to tort-happy parents and a huge amount of regulation and compliance needs. Unfortunately, it sort of snowballs, because vital functions like payroll get starved of funding (and thus competence), and that exposes the district to legal troubles and liability, which further costs the district and starves funding from vital functions…