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Supervisors press mayor for timeline on $10 million SRO elevator repairs NOFA
Summary
Supervisor Preston pressed Mayor London Breed on when a notice of funding availability (NOFA) for $10 million in single‑room‑occupancy (SRO) elevator repairs would be published; the mayor declined to commit to a firm date but said the administration was ‘moving as quickly as possible.’
Supervisor Preston asked Mayor London Breed on Jan. 30 for a firm deadline for releasing a notice of funding availability for elevator repairs in single‑room‑occupancy buildings, citing a $10 million allocation the board and mayor agreed to in June 2022.
The issue matters because, Preston said, many SRO residents have mobility limitations and rely on elevators to leave their units; the board set aside $10 million within a larger $112 million housing package specifically for elevator work. “Will you commit to making sure the notice of funding availability for elevator repairs is published no later than February 12?” Preston asked.
The mayor acknowledged the seriousness of the problem and said she shares the urgency but would not make a firm public pledge. “I am not gonna go on the record and and make that commitment because, you know, this is the city, and I’ve seen us try to make those kinds of commitments…rather than the fifteenth, it happens the sixteenth,” Breed said, adding that she had instructed departments to “move as quickly as possible.”
Preston told the mayor the delay has been long and detailed instances of harm: residents forced to climb stairs or repeatedly rescued by the fire department. Preston noted public statements and shifting timelines from HSH, including reports in 2023 that the NOFA would be issued “later this month” or “this summer,” and said his office had been told the NOFA was “under final review” and was expected “this month or early February.”
Breed said the administration had encountered procurement and capacity constraints and that some repairs require specialized contractors and parts, but she also said her office could explore procedural changes with the supervisor to speed delivery. Breed described similar personal experience with a long outage at City Hall and said the administration would take responsibility to expedite repairs where it safely could. “We need to move faster,” she said.
No formal vote or binding deadline was recorded on the floor. The NOFA’s release date remained “under final review” in correspondence the mayor’s office referenced; the mayor declined to commit to the February 12 date requested by Preston.
