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Committee approves HSH waiver to solicit donations for temporary shelter expansion
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to forward a resolution authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to solicit private donations to expand temporary shelter capacity, with reporting requirements and a narrowed list of staff covered by the waiver.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 20 voted to forward a resolution authorizing the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) to solicit donations from private and philanthropic entities to support expansion of temporary shelter and other homelessness services.
The measure, described by HSH Executive Director Shereen McSpadden as the department’s fourth behested payment waiver, narrows who may solicit donations to 10 leadership staff and includes a reporting requirement: the committee’s chair introduced an amendment requiring a report to the Board of Supervisors 60 days after the waiver’s expiration. The…
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