Budget and Finance Committee advances housing bonds and several grants, asks for Sunnydale cost breakdown

The Budget and Finance Committee met Oct. 9, 2019, and recommended several housing finance actions and grant agreements to the full Board of Supervisors while asking staff for additional cost detail on a large Sunnydale housing project.

The committee recommended that the Board consider a bond application for Mission Bay South Block 9, a 141-unit development for formerly homeless households, and moved multiple funding items forward with positive recommendations. It also approved moving to the Board a retroactive, three-year intergovernmental agreement with the State Department of Health Care Services for Drug Medi-Cal substance use disorder services totaling $171,700,000 (07/01/2019–06/30/2022). Jim Stillwell of the Department of Public Health told the committee the contract is retroactive because the city received the agreement late and noted the agreement establishes Drug Medi-Cal billing rules. Severn Campbell of the Budget Analyst's Office (BLA) summarized the grant as reimbursable spending and recommended approval while cautioning that year-two and year-three amounts could change with state…