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Commission asks staff for grant-by-grant homelessness funding summary and forms subcommittee to advise council
Summary
The Budget and Finance Commission reviewed existing documents about homelessness spending, directed staff to deliver a simple grant revenue-and-expenditure spreadsheet (capital vs. operating), and appointed a three-person subcommittee to draft a letter to City Council requesting higher-priority direction and better consolidated accounting.
The Budget and Finance Commission continued a previously opened item on Feb. 13 to review city spending and funding related to homelessness. Staff provided a set of documents—including a multi-department spreadsheet from fiscal 2022-23 and recent council reports—but commissioners said the materials did not yet answer the core question: how much is the city currently and annually spending on homelessness from general fund and grant sources.
Stephanie Mayer of the Finance Department told the commission the packet was intended to be a starting point and explained the challenge: departments track grant and program funds…
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