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Committee forwards shelter‑standards ordinances after amendment and assurance of six‑month review
Summary
The committee forwarded two related ordinances — one to add minimum standards and enforcement provisions for city‑funded shelters and another to require Department of Public Health staffing for shelter monitoring — after accepting amendments that reduce new staffing to 1 FTE and add a six‑month post‑enactment review.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to forward two ordinances to the full Board next week that would impose minimum contractual standards for city‑funded shelters and require the Department of Public Health (DPH) to assign staff to support shelter monitoring.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano described the legislation as the result of broad stakeholder work with the Human Service Agency, the Department of Public Health, the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, shelter providers, the Coalition on Homelessness and shelter residents. He said the rules are intended to establish basic congregate‑living standards — comparable to those used in hospitals, nursing homes and jails — and to improve infection prevention, resident dignity and staff training across the shelter system that serves "more…
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