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Board releases $1.4 million reserve to expand homeless outreach; stakeholders seek clear evaluation metrics
Summary
The Board approved releasing approximately $1.4 million from reserve funds to expand the San Francisco Homeless Outreach Team, adding street-medicine capacity and a stabilization-room coordinator after stakeholder meetings. The motion passed 10–1 after debate about timing and evaluation of services.
The Board of Supervisors on May 6 voted to release about $1,400,000 in reserve funding to expand homeless outreach services citywide, approving a reconfigured plan that adds medical street-medicine staffing and a stabilization-room coordinator and redistributes previously approved dollars to better support outreach teams.
Supervisor Mark Farrell, who led the supplemental request, said the release follows four stakeholder meetings with DPH, the Human Services Agency, the Mayor’s Office of HOPE, service providers and advocates. He summarized that stakeholders asked for better coordination between the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) and local service providers, more presence across neighborhoods, enhanced medical capacity on outreach teams, strengthened team management and pathways to flexible housing and permanent exits for clients.
Maria Martinez, interim director of the San…
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