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San Francisco receives increased food-recovery funding, outlines outgoing community grants
Summary
Staff reported a bump in CalRecycle funding for SB 13 83 edible food recovery (department said it applied for ~$1.3M and received ~$2.16M) and described an EPA Government-to-Government grant (~$1M) that will fund multiple outgoing community grants and no-cost appliance-installation programs; outgoing grants to SFUSD and RFPs for food distribution drivers were highlighted.
At the June 24 meeting the department reviewed AAO budget line items that include several grants and prizes with embedded outgoing grants to community partners.
Charles Sheehan, Chief Policy Officer, outlined major line items: BayREN (nearly $9 million over multiple years), an SB 13 83 edible food recovery award from CalRecycle (Sheehan said San Francisco applied for roughly $1.3 million and was awarded about $2.16 million), an EPA Government-to-Government Environmental Justice grant (~$1,000,000) and a Department of Energy prize and Energy Efficiency Block Grant that may contain smaller outgoing grants. Sheehan said the AAO items that will include outgoing grants above $100,000 are SB 13 83 and the EPA grant.
Sheehan outlined planned outgoing uses for the SB 13 83 funds: a $440,000 grant to SFUSD to stand up school food-recovery programs; roughly $420,000 to be distributed via RFPs to fund food-recovery drivers for pantries and nonprofits; and an array of smaller professional services, equipment purchases and subscriptions totaling about $405,000 (described as many sub-$100,000 grants). For the EPA grant, Sheehan said the department expects a $120,000 RFP for no-cost installation of electric hot-water heat pumps for low-income residences and multiple other community-capacity grants (each under $100,000), plus a further ~$200,000 source still being finalized for two to four capacity-building grants.
Commissioners asked about timelines; Sheehan said the EPA contract is being finalized and the department hopes to issue RFPs later this year or early next year and bring back community-grant recommendations to the Commission for approval as has been tradition. Sheehan emphasized that grants will align with the City—s Climate Action Plan and the EPA—s priorities.
