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Supervisors advance emergency ordinance to keep 2,200 SIP hotel rooms available and filled
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee voted Feb. 24 to forward an amended emergency ordinance requiring the city to keep roughly 2,200 Shelter‑in‑Place (SIP) hotel rooms filled and to prioritize rehousing placements; the item moves to the full Board with a positive recommendation. Departments described operational constraints, vacancy counts and rehousing progress.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Feb. 24 voted to forward an amended emergency ordinance that would require the city to maintain and fill a minimum of about 2,200 Shelter‑in‑Place (SIP) hotel rooms and to prioritize keeping current SIP guests sheltered until permanent housing placements are available.
Chair Supervisor Matt Haney said the ordinance is intended to protect nearly 2,000 people who have sheltered in hotels during the COVID‑19 pandemic and to expand capacity so more people on the street and in shelters can come inside. "We must move with urgency to acquire some of these hotels more permanently or other buildings we are not currently in contract with to create permanent housing," Haney said during the committee hearing.
Human Services Agency Executive Director Trent Rohrer and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive…
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