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Committee reviews emergency homelessness spending and Inside Safe hotel contracts; members seek fiscal plan before council vote
Summary
The committee reviewed emergency fund expenditures, hotel-based shelter spending and contract terms for Inside Safe, approved routine filing of reports, and directed staff to provide a fiscal plan and extra information before the full council votes on large appropriations.
The Homelessness Strategies Committee examined the city's emergency homelessness account and recent spending on hotel-based shelter under the Inside Safe program, hearing staff detail expenditures and councilmembers raise concerns about cost, long-term affordability and reimbursement eligibility under the alliance agreement.
Office of the City Administrative Officer staff told the committee that from the start of the fiscal year through Dec. 31 the city had spent about $43 million from the emergency account. Of that total, $24.7 million was for fiscal-year 2024-25 spending, including $10.3 million on hotels and $14.3 million on services…
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