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Committee backs six-month waiver to expand Civic Bridge pro bono program
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted 2-0 (Supervisor Chan excused) to forward a mayor-sponsored resolution that would let the Mayor’s Office solicit in‑kind pro bono services for Civic Bridge notwithstanding the city’s behest-of-payments ordinance for six months. The program will focus on homelessness, street outreach and housing and aims to begin a 16-week cohort in mid‑March.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Jan. 18 voted to send a mayor-sponsored resolution to the full Board that would allow the Mayor’s Office to solicit in‑kind donations of labor for the Civic Bridge program for six months notwithstanding the city’s behest-of-payments ordinance.
Sophia Kittler of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation told the committee that “Civic Bridge is a program that started in 2015; we are in our tenth cohort,” and that this year’s cohort will concentrate on…
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