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DAS reports progress on community needs assessment, warns of possible oversight changes under streamlining task force
Summary
Executive Director Kelly Dearman updated the commission on a citywide Dignity Fund community needs assessment—12 town halls, a 2,250‑response survey target and 14 focus groups—and warned that a Board of Supervisors streamlining task force prompted outreach because it could merge or alter advisory bodies created by the Dignity Fund.
San Francisco’s Department of Disability and Aging Services (DAS) told the commission on Sept. 3 that the department is midway through a citywide community needs assessment for Dignity Fund planning and is preparing for a Board of Supervisors streamlining task force hearing on Oct. 15 that could change the department’s advisory structure.
Why it matters: The CNA will inform how DAS allocates Dignity Fund dollars over the next four years. Simultaneously, the streamlining task force created after Proposition E could recommend consolidating or eliminating advisory bodies that give residents and providers a formal role in oversight.
Executive Director Kelly Dearman told commissioners that DAS is hosting 12 town‑hall style forums (one in each supervisorial district plus one citywide virtual session) and has completed about five in‑person forums to date. The CNA also includes a…
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