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Committee continues DPH contract items on syringe access and sugary-drinks project to chair at department request
Summary
Items to amend public-health contracts (San Francisco AIDS Foundation syringe access expansion and DPH/SF Public Health Foundation sugary-drinks distribution project) were continued to the call of the chair at Department of Public Health request; committee was assured services would not be interrupted.
The Budget and Finance Committee on June 3 continued two Department of Public Health contract items — an amendment with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation for citywide syringe access services and an amendment with the San Francisco Public Health Foundation for a sugary-drinks distribution project — to the call of the chair at DPH's request.
Chair Sandra Lee Feuer said DPH asked to continue items so both contracts could be considered as part of the city’s budget process; she noted the department assured the committee the continuances would not interrupt services. The committee opened the items for public comment and received a caller who used the opportunity to urge broader budget reforms and greater nonprofit support, but public comment on these specific items was limited and the committee approved continuing both items to the chair’s call.
What’s next: DPH will work with the clerk to reschedule the items to a future committee agenda to align contract amendments with the broader budget process.
