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Supervisors introduce resolution urging DPH to rescind 60‑day relocation notice for adult residential facility
Summary
Supervisors Ronan and Haney introduced a resolution asking the Department of Public Health to rescind an August 19 relocation notice that requires residents of a long‑term adult residential facility to move within 60 days, citing anxiety among residents and risks of homelessness; hearing and related legislation are scheduled.
A group of San Francisco supervisors introduced a resolution on Sept. 17 urging the Department of Public Health (DPH) to withdraw an Aug. 19 letter that notified severely mentally ill residents at an adult residential facility they must relocate within 60 days.
Supervisor Catherine Ronan and Supervisor Matt Haney said staff, family members and residents told them the 60‑day deadline has caused “extreme anxiety” and raised a real concern that vulnerable residents could end up back on the streets if beds are removed. Ronan said the resolution asks DPH and the Department of Human Resources to meet and confer with unions representing affected employees and to publicly consult with impacted residents and families.
Ronan and Haney said the resolution is intended as a stopgap measure. Ronan noted the board is also considering separate legislation introduced last week that would require the city to keep the facility open; she said that ordinance will take more than a month to move through the legislative process and would not reach the current 60‑day deadline. Haney said staff from the facility told supervisors their attempts to communicate with DPH were repeatedly ignored.
Supervisor Ronan said the city is currently holding people in jail and in locked hospital wards because of an overall shortage of long‑term beds, and she urged retaining — and expanding — the number of beds for people with severe mental illness rather than closing them.
Supervisors who cosponsored the resolution included Haney, Walton, Marr and Feuer; Ronan thanked psychiatric nurses, social workers and union representatives (SEIU Local 1021) who worked with her on the measure. The resolution calls on DPH to rescind the letter, to meet and confer with affected unions and stakeholders, and to publicly consult with the impacted community so residents are not displaced on Oct. 19, the day the 60 days would expire.
A hearing on related legislation was noted as scheduled for Oct. 17. The supervisors said they will continue to pursue both the stopgap resolution and the ordinance introduced last week so that residents and staff have time and input before any relocation proceeds.
