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Building Inspection Commission backs temporary shelter standards tied to state law
Summary
The Building Inspection Commission unanimously approved an ordinance to activate state AB 932 and adopt Appendix N as temporary building standards for homeless shelters during a declared shelter crisis; the measure requires interdepartmental MOUs and state HCD sign-off and will sunset with the state law.
The Building Inspection Commission unanimously approved on Feb. 20 an ordinance that allows San Francisco to use streamlined building standards for homeless shelters during a declared shelter crisis.
Emily Cohen of the Mayor’s Office told commissioners the ordinance (Board of Supervisors file no. 190,045) would activate state AB 932 and explicitly adopt Appendix N as a set of emergency standards for temporary shelter housing. Cohen said the city’s 2017 point‑in‑time count recorded about 7,500 people experiencing homelessness, roughly 4,300 of whom were unsheltered, and that more than 1,100 people…
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