Budget and Finance Committee forwards 17 items including Ocean Beach design amendment, Homecare contract changes and HealthRight 360 extension

San Francisco — The San Francisco County Budget and Finance Committee on April 30, 2025 forwarded 17 items to the full Board of Supervisors, unanimously recommending approval on each. The slate included contract amendments and grant applications affecting public utilities, homelessness programs, behavioral health treatment providers and citywide IT purchasing.

The most publicly prominent items included an amendment to the Public Utilities Commission's coastal engineering contract for the Ocean Beach climate adaptation project, a request to increase engineering support for major transmission-pipeline projects, modifications to Human Services Agency grants for Homebridge in-home supportive services (IHSS), and a three-year extension and funding increase for HealthRight 360's substance use and mental health services contract.

Anna Roche, project manager for the Ocean Beach climate adaptation project at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, told the committee the work supports the city's long-term shoreline plan and compliance with coastal permitting: "This is San Francisco's first cross-agency climate adaptation project meant to protect the western Pacific Ocean side of San Francisco from sea level rise." The committee voted to forward the SFPUC amendment (Item 3) with a positive recommendation.

The committee also approved (Item 4) a $7 million amendment request to an engineering services contract for transmission-pipeline work (contract PRO168A), raising that contract's not-to-exceed amount to $14,000,000, and explained the increase as driven by condition assessments that expanded project scope and construction estimates. Tedman Lee, civil division manager at SFPUC, said completed condition assessments and unexpected rehabilitation needs were the primary drivers of cost increases.

On social services, the committee considered two related Human Services Agency items for Homebridge, which provides contracted IHSS caregivers. Shannon Morgan, program director for the Department of Disability and Aging Services, described Homebridge as a long-standing partner that serves many of the program's most medically and psychosocially complex clients and said recent increases in referrals and hours served prompted a request for additional funding. Item 6 sought a short-term modification of the current grant for $2,419,719 to cover May 1–June 30, 2025. After discussion the chair proposed and the committee adopted an amendment to Item 5 to limit initial release of funds for the new four-year agreement to the first fiscal year amount of $39,600,000 and to require the department to return for budget authority for the remaining years. The amended Item 5 and Item 6 were forwarded with positive recommendations.

The Department of Public Health asked the committee to approve two contract amendments with community providers. Item 9 extended DPH's agreement with Community Forward (A Woman's Place program) three years and increased the not-to-exceed amount to approximately $42,000,000 to continue a drop-in center, transitional housing and outpatient services for women. Director Tsai told the committee DPH has strengthened performance monitoring and will insist on clearer metrics and oversight going forward.

Item 10 amended the DPH agreement with HealthRight 360 to extend the term three years and increase its maximum funding level to support withdrawal management, residential treatment and outpatient programs. Director Tsai and DPH staff described steps the agency and the provider have taken to improve life-and-safety practices at residential sites after recent adverse events, including more frequent bed checks and tightened on-site security and pass policies. The committee voted to forward the amendment with a positive recommendation.

The committee also approved an Office of Contract Administration amendment to increase an Intervision Systems LLC contract for Juniper network equipment and services — used primarily by SFO and SFPUC — from $40,000,000 to $74,400,000 (Item 7). The airport's planned network modernization was cited as the principal new cost driver; the airport's project is estimated at roughly $44,000,000 and $20,000,000 of that was already encumbered under the existing contract.

Housing and homelessness items advanced included two Homekey Plus grant applications (Items 13 and 14) that the mayor's office and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing will submit to the California Department of Housing and Community Development for conversions at 835 Turk Street and 1035 Van Ness Avenue. The committee approved increasing the not-to-exceed request for the 1035 Van Ness application to $37,500,000 and forwarded both applications for Board consideration.

The committee also authorized multiple HCD award accept-and-expend agreements for the Balboa Reservoir projects (Items 15–17) — awards the mayor's housing office said will supply both housing loans and transportation/streetscape grants tied to two 100%-affordable residential buildings at the Balboa Reservoir site.

Smaller administrative and housekeeping items were also moved forward. The committee approved an ordinance to clean up Chapter 10 of the Administrative Code that removes authorizations for closed cash revolving funds and adjusts limits for others (Item 2); Claire Stone of the Controller's Office said the changes are intended to "accurately reflect which cash revolving funds across city departments have been closed" and to strengthen financial oversight. The committee also forwarded a resolution acknowledging requirements for a 2024 grant application to the California Energy Commission (Item 1).

Other forwarded items included accept-and-expend authorization for a San Francisco Public Health Foundation gift supporting clinic-based food pharmacies, two three-year ATM leases at SFO with Wells Fargo and Bank of America, and routine contract authorizations for water, wastewater and other capital projects described in agency presentations.

All votes on items 1–17 were taken by roll call during the meeting; Vice Chair Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Member Supervisor Joan Gardio and Chair Supervisor Connie Chan recorded aye votes on the motions to forward each item. Committee members and agency staff repeatedly noted that forward recommendation does not itself authorize spending beyond amounts the Board ultimately approves and that many awards and amendments still require follow-up approvals, contract execution or budget authority on the full Board agenda. The clerk said items acted on at this meeting are expected to appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on May 6 unless otherwise noted.

The committee adjourned to allow members to attend a Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting later the same day.