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San Francisco officials report progress on $350 million public health and safety bond; COVID-19 drives extra costs
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City staff told the committee the $350 million Public Health and Safety bond has funded health, fire and homelessness projects and that three bond sales have closed; officials warned contractors are submitting COVID-19 cost claims and some schedules have shifted.
San Francisco public-works officials told a remote committee meeting that the $350 million Public Health and Safety (PHS) bond is largely funded and projects are moving from design into construction, but the COVID-19 pandemic has created added costs and schedule risk.
Joe Chin, public-works program manager for the 2016 Public Health and Safety Bond Program, said the overall bond authorization is $350,000,000, with roughly $272,000,000 allocated to three Department of Public Health components, $58,000,000 to San Francisco Fire Department components, and $20,000,000 to homeless services. Chin said the program has completed three bond sales, with the third and final sale completed in November and reported in the presentation as roughly $126.9 million.
Chin told the committee that several ZSFG…
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