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Board declares a shelter crisis but debate exposes limits: ordinance clarifies community input and waivers won’t bypass laws
Summary
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8–3 on April 5 to declare a shelter crisis aimed at giving the city added flexibility to respond to homelessness, while an amendment requiring that community input and applicable city laws be observed limited the ordinance’s ability to expedite siting.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on April 5 voted 8–3 to declare a shelter crisis intended to give the city additional flexibility to respond to homelessness — but floor debate and a committee amendment left unclear how much the declaration will accelerate the opening of temporary shelters or navigation centers.
Sponsor Supervisor David Campos described the ordinance as a tool to “increase our city's capacity” to respond to street homelessness by allowing the city to suspend, for selected sites, some structural or habitability technical requirements when appropriate. He said the declaration would let officials more quickly convert locations into navigation…
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