Board passes ordinance to create shelter grievance advisory committee, 9-1 on first reading

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9 to 1 on first reading on April 19 to amend the Administrative Code to establish a Shelter Grievance Advisory Committee and to codify the city’s shelter grievance procedure for clients of city-funded shelters.

The ordinance, introduced as Item 13 on the board’s agenda, directs the new advisory committee to advise the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing on policies and procedures for shelter clients and to provide a process for appealing denials of shelter services. The measure also codifies the city’s existing shelter grievance policy into the Administrative Code.

The measure passed on first reading after a roll-call vote. Voting records in the meeting show nine supervisors voted in favor and one supervisor voted against the ordinance. The transcript records Supervisor Mandelmann as the lone dissenting vote; the other recorded votes were in favor.

The ordinance passed first reading only; the meeting record does not include a final, adoption vote on second reading or additional amendments. No additional procedural directions or implementation deadlines were specified on the record.

The measure will return for the next steps required by the city’s ordinance process.

In the meeting, the board conducted a roll call for the item and completed the first-reading vote without extended public debate recorded in the transcript.