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Budget hearing spotlights new navigation centers and temporary shelter expansions as homelessness priorities
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee reviewed Mayor and HSH proposals to expand navigation centers, temporary shelter capacity and rapid rehousing. Officials warned that many planned investments depend on Measure D or one‑time state funds and that the department must rebalance if those dollars do not materialize.
The Budget and Finance Committee heard detailed plans Friday for a package of new homelessness responses that city officials say aim to reduce unsheltered encampments and move vulnerable people into housing.
Jeff Kositsky, director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, told the panel the department is proposing four new temporary shelter sites, three navigation centers and a transitional shelter for pregnant women as part of a 2018–20 budget package. The investments also include a roughly $1…
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