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Board appropriates roughly $5 million for CalWORKs housing assistance; ordinance passed on first reading
Summary
The board approved, on first reading, an ordinance to appropriate approximately $5 million in state and federal funds to the Human Services Agency for rental subsidies and services through the CalWORKs housing support program for FY 2024–25.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 18 passed on first reading an ordinance appropriating approximately $5 million in state and federal revenues to the Human Services Agency to provide direct client rental subsidies and services through the CalWORKs housing support program for fiscal year 2024–25.
The item was introduced by the clerk and taken without objection; the board recorded the ordinance as passed on first reading under Charter Section 9.113(c), which governs certain appropriations requiring an eight-vote supermajority. The clerk announced the item required a two-thirds (eight votes) threshold; the item passed per the board’s procedural call.
Why it matters: The CalWORKs housing support program provides temporary rental assistance and related services to eligible families; this appropriation directs state and federal funds to that program for the current fiscal year.
What happens next: The ordinance was passed on first reading. Implementation and expenditure of funds will be managed by the Human Services Agency according to the ordinance and applicable grant terms.
