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Budget committee amends sheriff’s grant approval, requires plan to secure SRO beds
Summary
The Board of Supervisors’ Budget & Finance Committee amended and forwarded a resolution authorizing the sheriff’s department to accept a $950,000 mentally ill offender crime reduction grant, adding a requirement that the department submit an implementation plan to secure 19 SRO/group‑home beds by Nov. 30, 2015.
A San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 4 amended and forwarded a resolution to authorize the Sheriff’s Department to accept and expand a $950,000 mentally ill offender crime reduction grant covering 07/01/2015–06/30/2018. Ally Ryker, Director of Programs for the Sheriff’s Department, said the grant will fund transitional and supportive services and housing for participants in the NOVA (No Violence Alliance) program and include a full‑time peer specialist contracted through West Side Community Services.
The committee’s analyst, Mr. Rose, reviewed budget tables and told supervisors the three‑year program budget and funding mix shown in the report include roughly $950,000 (about 51%) from the state grant and the remainder through in‑kind matches. Rose recommended the resolution be amended to require the Sheriff’s Department to provide an implementation plan to secure 19 needed SRO or group‑home beds to the Board of Supervisors no later than Nov. 30, 2015, citing low vacancy rates for SRO units.
Supervisor Katie Tang moved to amend the resolution consistent with the recommendation and to forward it to the full Board with a positive recommendation. The committee took the motion without objection, advancing the amended resolution for Board consideration.
Quote from the hearing: “The focus of the mentally ill offender crime reduction grant is to provide incentives such as transitional and supportive services to encourage individuals with mental illness,” Ally Ryker said, describing the program’s housing and peer‑support components.
Next steps: The Sheriff’s Department must submit the implementation plan by Nov. 30, 2015 as a condition of the committee’s recommendation; the full Board will consider the amended resolution at its Nov. 17 agenda.
