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Board committee advances $40.6 million in rental assistance amid dispute over La Raza CRC funding
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee advanced amendments to expand local emergency rental assistance and to increase three providers' grants while temporarily excluding La Raza Community Resource Center pending controller certification; dozens of community members urged reinstatement of La Raza's full award.
The Budget & Finance Committee on March 23 approved amended measures to expand San Francisco’s emergency rental assistance program and to authorize roughly $40.55 million in grant amendments to three community providers, forwarding both items to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
The Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development presented two linked items: an ordinance (item 7) to let the Rent Resolution and Relief Fund provide direct assistance to low‑income tenants, authorize grants to nonprofit community‑based organizations to administer relief, and extend the fund’s use to June 30, 2023; and a resolution (item 8) to expand three existing provider contracts above the $10 million threshold, which requires Board approval. MOHCD said the changes align local rules with the department’s local rent relief program as the state portal closes on April 1.
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