Committee forwards housing bond inducement, CDC HIV funding, legacy business grant timing and jail reentry contract to full Board

The committee moved several additional items to the full Board with positive recommendations.

• Item 1: The Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development presented an inducement resolution for issuance of up to $95 million in residential mortgage revenue bonds to finance the Eddie & Taylor family housing project, a proposed 113‑unit affordable rental development in the Tenderloin to serve households at or below 50% area median income; staff said no tenants would be displaced because the site is a vacant lot.

• Item 2: The Department of Public Health requested authorization to apply for approximately $5.7 million in CDC HIV prevention grant funds to continue testing, linkage to care and PrEP implementation; staff noted declining local HIV infection rates and thanked the Board for maintaining local funding as federal grants shrink.

• Item 3: The Office of Small Business sought authorization to disperse up to $1,000,000 in legacy business assistance grants and to extend the application window to Dec. 15, 2016, citing initial delays in program roll‑out and the timing of legacy registry additions.

• Item 7: The Sheriff asked to accept and expend up to ~$1.6M from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to house eligible state inmates in the County jail reentry pod through 6/30/2017; staff noted the pod historically hosts a small number of state inmates and provides reentry services for additional local inmates.

All four items were forwarded to the full Board with positive recommendations; final approvals and any contract terms will be decided by the Board.