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Committee approves recommendation to accept $978,000 forgivable loan to create 100-bed Bayview shelter after extended debate
Summary
After hours of testimony and sharp debate over outreach, zoning and safety, the Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward a resolution authorizing the Human Services Agency to accept a $978,000 forgivable loan to convert 2115 Jennings Street into a 100-bed, 24/7 shelter adjacent to Mother Brown's resource center; opponents raised process and CEQA concerns.
The committee spent the majority of its meeting on Item 3: a resolution authorizing the Human Services Agency (HSA) to accept a $978,000 forgivable loan from the California Department of Housing and Community Development to renovate 2115 Jennings Street into a 100-bed homeless shelter adjacent to Mother Brown's drop-in resource center in the Bayview.
District 10 Supervisor (Supervisor Cohen) opened public remarks on the item, saying she had conducted community meetings after neighbors raised concerns and that the neighborhood had not been adequately consulted before the city applied for the state funds. "This issue has split the community," Cohen said, citing a lack of prior outreach, the PDR zoning classification at the site, and unanswered questions about impacts and mitigation.
Trent Rohrer, Director of the Human…
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