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Committee forwards Human Rights Commission lease at Calvary Hill to full Board; staff to provide program memo
Summary
The committee forwarded to the full Board a three-year lease allowing the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to occupy approximately 13,000 sq ft at 141 Industrial Street (Calvary Hill), with supervisors requesting a written memo detailing year-round programming, staff presence and partner organizations before Board consideration.
The Budget and Finance Committee on June 26 forwarded a resolution authorizing a lease of approximately 13,000 square feet at 141 Industrial Street (Calvary Hill) to the San Francisco Human Rights Commission (HRC) for an initial three-year term at an annual base rent of $351,000.
Real estate staff said the site will allow HRC to expand on existing programs — including the Dreamkeeper Initiative, food-security partnerships and a community reading project — and provide meeting and program space for students and families. A BLA representative (Nick Menard) noted the lease term and base rent, estimated the city’s payment over the lease life at $1,023,750 to be paid from the general fund, and recommended that the Board treat this as a policy-level decision because program specifics were not fully documented in the package.
HRC director (Doctor Davis) described summer activity and year-round plans: HRC staff support community programs, host weekly literacy projects serving 75–200 families, operate internship programming and plan hybrid Dreamkeeper meetings. Davis said HRC would provide a formal memo with program schedules, staff counts and partner organizations to address the committee’s questions about hours, on-site staff and operations.
Concerns and safeguards: Committee members asked for clarity about whether city staff would be physically located in the leased space, whether an MOU exists for partner usage of the facility, and the potential ethics implications of a city entity occupying a community organization’s facility without a formal lease. Davis and staff said the department had previously used the facility under MOUs and that a lease clarifies the arrangement and avoids potential ethics issues.
Action: Member Miona Malgar moved to forward the resolution with a positive recommendation and to request a memo from Director Davis prior to full-Board consideration; roll call recorded three 'ayes' and the motion passed.
