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City housing & community office outlines recommended cuts; community groups urge restore funding
Summary
MOHCD presented recommended cuts to community development grant portfolios, and dozens of nonprofits and service users urged supervisors to restore funding for legal aid, gender‑based violence services, community building and youth programs.
The Budget and Appropriations Committee held a hearing April 23 on the Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development’s (MOHCD) proposed funding recommendations for community development programs across San Francisco.
Dan Adams, director of MOHCD, told the committee the office funds ‘‘essential services that promote housing stability’’ and that making cuts to community development grants had been painful. He said MOHCD had eliminated 11 positions and tried to move eligible programs to non‑general‑fund sources to reduce the impact of local reductions. Adams said the department had at one point faced an $11 million reduction and had managed to reduce the immediate impact to roughly $5 million through mitigation and one‑time funding sources.
Deputy Director Julia Sabore summarized the department’s grantmaking process, noting MOHCD runs a five‑year funding cycle and launched extensive community needs assessment and RFP work…
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