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Board approves reduced emergency grants after heated debate over Baker Places and Positive Resource Center solvency
Summary
After extensive questioning, the Board of Supervisors approved a reduced, emergency appropriation to help Baker Places and the Positive Resource Center (PRC) stabilize payroll and operations. DPH and the agencies said deficits and pandemic impacts created a fiscal crisis that threatened continuity of behavioral‑health services.
The Board of Supervisors approved an amended emergency grant package on June 14 to help Baker Places and the Positive Resource Center (PRC) avoid immediate insolvency and preserve behavioral‑health and detox services in San Francisco.
DPH had asked for one‑time, deliverable‑based grants totaling $3.2 million — $1.2 million for Baker Places and $2.0 million for PRC — to keep the agencies operational through the end of the fiscal year and to buy time to develop financial sustainability plans. Baker Places runs detox and residential substance‑use programs and PRC provides related administrative and outreach services and financial assistance.
The request drew intensive questioning from supervisors who said they had not been given sufficient advance information. Supervisor Aaron Peskin, among others, said the scope and timing of the ask were extraordinary and pressed DPH and the agencies for details about the causes of the shortfalls. Deputy finance officer…
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