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BLA audit finds MOHCD reporting gaps; department pledges clearer fund breakdowns
Summary
A Budget and Legislative Analyst performance audit found gaps in how the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development tracks commitments and reports quarterly milestones for affordable housing funds. MOHCD said it will revise reporting, add site‑level fund breakdowns and adopt written principles for funding decisions.
The Budget and Legislative Analyst (BLA) told the Government Audit and Oversight Committee on May 18 that San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) needs stronger reporting and clearer records of fund commitments to improve transparency over affordable housing financing.
Fred Brussell of the BLA summarized three findings and nine recommendations after a five‑year review of revenues, expenditures and fund balances. The BLA reported that average expenditures from 2018–22 were about $177 million per year while average revenues were roughly $215.2 million, producing a multi‑hundred‑million dollar fund balance. At…
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