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Board approves ordinance to create Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
Summary
Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance to establish a new department to coordinate homeless services, require at least six navigation centers, and set up a local coordinating board; the ordinance passed first reading unanimously.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to create a new Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, transfer homeless-related functions to that department, require no fewer than six navigation centers offering comprehensive services, and establish the Local Homeless Coordinating Board as the city's governing body for continuum-of-care matters.
Supervisor comments and the ordinance text referenced coordination among departments, development of plans to move people from the street into permanent housing, and confirmation of prior CEQA determinations. The ordinance passed on first reading with 10 ayes.
The new department is intended to consolidate responsibilities now distributed across city departments and to centralize strategy and operations for homelessness response and supportive housing. The Board's action sends the measure to second reading under the normal ordinance process.
