SAN FRANCISCO — Government lawyers in San Francisco will vote today and Wednesday on whether to take a 2 percent pay cut for the coming fiscal year in an effort to ease the burden on the city’s strained budget.

The lawyers approved the same cut a year ago after initially rejecting it. The decision they face now is whether to effectively extend that 2 percent giveback by another year. Officials in the lawyers’ union, the Municipal Attorney’s Association , said they expect a close vote.