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San Francisco departments report partial progress on SOGI data; advocates press for trans-specific housing action
Summary
City departments described early steps and persistent gaps in implementing the 2016 ordinance requiring sexual-orientation and gender-identity (SOGI) data collection; advocates and dozens of public commenters urged more targeted housing and shelter solutions for transgender people and demanded accountability and faster implementation.
For more than two hours on April 18, seven city departments described their steps to comply with San Francisco—s 2016 ordinance requiring collection and analysis of sexual-orientation and gender-identity (SOGI) data from clients of city-funded health and social services.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelmann, who called the hearing, and former Supervisor Scott Wiener (now a state senator) opened by stressing that collecting SOGI data is a tool to expose disparities and to direct resources, particularly for LGBTQ people who are overrepresented among people experiencing homelessness.
Claire Farley, director of the Office of Transgender Initiatives (OTI), said OTI has provided guidance, helped remove an "assigned at birth" question for nonmedical services, and conducted trainings and listening sessions. Farley said the city finished a pilot year (FY17-18) and departments submitted midyear FY18-19 reports.
Department presenters described a mix of technical and operational obstacles:
- The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) said it is consolidating legacy systems into a single "1 system" that will…
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