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Board votes to submit charter amendment creating Homelessness Oversight Commission to voters
Summary
By unanimous vote, supervisors agreed to place a charter amendment on the November ballot to create a Homelessness Oversight Commission with authority to audit and oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on July 19 to submit a charter amendment to the November ballot that would create a Homelessness Oversight Commission to oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).
Sponsor Supervisor Safa Yi described the proposal as a long-overdue step to increase transparency and accountability for a department that manages a multi-hundred-million-dollar portfolio of contracts and services. Supporters pointed to a…
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