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Committee advances two-part shelter crisis package to speed shelters, contracting and approvals
Summary
The committee forwarded two mayoral ordinances to streamline contracting and adopt alternative building procedures for shelters during a declared shelter crisis; the measures include a five-year sunset (or a 30% reduction trigger), adoption of California Appendix N for emergency shelter standards, and a board veto process for specific sites.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee on March 19 recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider two ordinances intended to accelerate the creation of homeless shelters and related services during a declared shelter crisis.
Emily Cohen of the Mayor's Office framed the package as building on a 2018 shelter emergency. She said San Francisco faces roughly 7,500 people experiencing homelessness on any given night, about 4,300 of whom are unsheltered, and that the city's shelter waiting list runs at more than 1,100 per night. Cohen said the 2018 emergency authority helped open temporary beds and navigation centers and that the current ordinances would expand contracting tools and adopt alternative building procedures tied to AB 932 and California state building code Appendix N.
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