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Committee advances urging resolution on incentive pay and continues hotel appropriation for more review
Summary
The Board's Budget & Finance Committee advanced an urging resolution calling for flexible contract augmentations, testing and incentive pay for nonprofit frontline homeless-service workers and continued a proposed $17.8M appropriation for hotel rooms to the call of the chair for further analysis.
The Budget & Finance Committee on April 29 moved an urging resolution calling on city departments to authorize additional funds and supports for contracted nonprofit homeless‑service providers — including guaranteed testing, flexible contract spending and incentive pay — to the full Board without recommendation, and continued a proposed $17.8 million appropriation for additional hotel rooms for COVID‑19 isolation to the call of the chair.
Supervisor Matt Haney framed the resolution as an effort to shore up frontline nonprofit workers who provide shelter, drop‑in and outreach services and who face greater exposure during the pandemic. Emily Cohen and Gigi Whitley of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) described a package of actions HSH has taken: $511,000…
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