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Supervisors hear detailed plan for CART pilot as advocates press for faster rollout
Summary
The City’s Department of Emergency Management told supervisors it expects to release an RFP for a community-based Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) in September, with a pilot funded for about $3 million to run roughly 12 months; advocates urged the Board to preserve the program’s community-led design and measure outcomes.
San Francisco supervisors on Thursday heard a detailed plan to launch a community-based Compassionate Alternative Response Team (CART) to handle low-priority, nonmedical calls involving people experiencing homelessness, and advocates pressed the Department of Emergency Management (DEM) to speed implementation.
DEM Deputy Director Mary Ellen Carroll said the pilot would respond to low‑priority, “C‑priority” calls that often do not require police or medical intervention — examples include blocked sidewalks, noncriminal trespass and encampment‑related issues. Carroll said DEM aims to release a request for proposals in September and that the pilot would be funded at about $3 million and cover roughly 12 months of operations. "The timeline is expected to be 8 to 12 months," Carroll told the committee, describing procurement, contracting,…
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