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Supervisors call for hearings on Baker Places, nonprofit oversight after reported financial and management problems
Summary
Supervisors requested hearings and policy reviews following concerns about Baker Places9 finances and potential conflicts of interest in Department of Public Health oversight; clients urged the board to protect programs in public comment.
Two supervisors on Oct. 27 asked the Board of Supervisors to hold hearings and pursue legislative changes after recent problems surfaced at Baker Places, a nonprofit that provides substance-use treatment and supportive programs.
Supervisor Ahsha Safaie submitted a hearing request focused on the city's supplemental appropriation earlier in the year that provided emergency funds to Baker Places and on potential conflict-of-interest issues in the Department of Public Health9s oversight of nonprofit contractors. Supervisor Shamann Walton presided; Supervisor Dean Preston (chair of GAO) and Budget Chair Hillary Ronan were referenced during discussion of prior appropriations.
Why the board is acting
Supervisor Safaie said the board once advanced funds to prevent Baker Places from shutting down but that subsequent developments suggested the bailout had not secured the organization's solvency. Safaie said she has requested an investigation into whether a Department of Public Health staff member who held secondary employment (and was reportedly on call…
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