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Board Hears Civil Grand Jury Critique of Homeless Spending; City Officials Defend Supportive‑housing Strategy
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee heard the civil grand jury’s report saying the city spends about $186 million on homelessness yet lacks consolidated accounting and consistent outcome measures; mayoral and health officials defended permanent supportive housing and described new monitoring and evaluation steps.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on April 1 heard a civil grand jury report that faulted San Francisco for lacking clear, consolidated accounting of its homelessness spending and for continuing street-level problems even after housing placements.
Patricia Knight, the grand jury foreman, told the committee that "at the time we wrote our report, there was $186,000,000 allocated to the problem of homelessness," and urged three actions for the Board of Supervisors: update the city’s analysis of homeless spending, commission a comprehensive cost‑benefit analysis of supportive‑housing programs, and require program-level attention to quality‑of‑life impacts on the streets.
Dariush Khayon, the mayor’s homeless director, said the administration has centered its strategy on permanent supportive…
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