Supervisors’ committee endorses Tenderloin Community Action Plan, urges continued funding

The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in committee on June 12, 2025, to send a resolution endorsing the Tenderloin Community Action Plan (TCAP) investment blueprint to the full Board with a positive recommendation and a non‑substantive amendment to recognize an additional community partner.

The resolution, introduced by Vice Chair Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, asks city departments, philanthropic partners and private sector entities to use the TCAP investment blueprint as a coordinating framework for future investments in the Tenderloin and requests continued city staffing and a renewal of participatory budgeting funding the community used in the plan’s development. The committee voted to amend the resolution on the record to add Chinatown Community Development Center to the list of community-based organizations credited with developing the blueprint; the amendment and the final motion each passed with three ayes and Chair Dorsey excused.

Why it matters: TCAP is a community-led roadmap that its authors say aligns city resources to seven interlocking strategies — street stewardship and cleanliness; eliminating open-air drug markets; public space improvements and activation; youth investments; strengthening wellness and services; small business support; and housing preservation and services — aimed at recovery and long-term neighborhood revitalization.

San Francisco Planning and community partners told the committee the plan grew from more than two years of resident-led engagement, including participatory budgeting. Presenters said an initial $4,000,000 city investment supported 21 community-prioritized projects and that those efforts had leveraged additional resources; the presentation said the first round of funding had “leveraged over $6,600,000” and listed program outcomes including meals delivered and new public‑space improvements. Committee members and dozens of public commenters — neighborhood residents, service providers and nonprofit leaders — urged the city to preserve the planning and implementation staff who have supported TCAP and to continue the participatory budgeting approach.

Speakers at the hearing described specific neighborhood impacts attributed to TCAP-funded projects: night safety navigators, a teen drop‑in center, murals and public-space activations, and community grants that providers say expanded youth, housing navigation and culturally specific services. Several presenters asked the Board to allocate an additional $4,000,000 for a new round of participatory budgeting over the next three years to sustain momentum; planning staff and community leaders said that request was not included in the mayor’s current budget and encouraged supervisors to seek funding or identify overlapping departmental investments that could support implementation if the full $4,000,000 is not available.

Public comment was extensive: more than 40 individuals and organizational representatives spoke in favor of the resolution at committee (testimony included residents, service providers, youth, and leaders from Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, Tenderloin Community Benefit District, Chinatown Community Development Center, GLIDE, St. Anthony’s Foundation and others). Many described TCAP as a rare, community-driven planning process and urged the supervisors to protect the staffing and funds that enable implementation.

The committee recorded a motion to forward the resolution, as amended, to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The roll call recorded "Member Chen, aye; Member Salter/Slaughter, aye; Vice Chair Mahmood, aye," resulting in three ayes with Chair Dorsey excused. The motion passed.

Looking ahead: The committee’s positive recommendation sends the resolution to the full Board of Supervisors; proponents said further city budget or departmental actions will be required to fund the next phase of TCAP implementation and maintain the staff capacity that has supported the participatory process and project administration.