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Mayor's office briefs Building Inspection Commission on emergency shelter ordinance to speed openings under AB 932
Summary
The mayor's office briefed the commission Jan. 30 on two companion ordinances intended to accelerate the opening of shelters during a declared shelter crisis by activating AB 932 and adopting Appendix N standards, using an MOU-based review in lieu of discretionary building permits; the item was for discussion only and no vote was taken.
Emily Cohen of the Mayor's Office told the Building Inspection Commission on Jan. 30 that the city is facing a "dire crisis" of homelessness and presented two companion ordinances intended to speed shelter openings under state law.
Cohen said the city's recent count estimates about 7,500 San Franciscans experience homelessness on any given night, roughly 4,300 of whom are unsheltered, and that more than 1,100 people are on the nightly shelter waiting list. "This is an ambitious goal and one that we have every intention of achieving," Cohen said as she described a mayoral target to open 1,000 new shelter beds over two years.
The mayor's package includes a contracting…
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