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Rules committee backs amendments to ordinance to tighten city grant rules after auditor findings
Summary
The committee advanced Supervisor Stephanie’s ordinance to create uniform competitive standards, reporting and oversight for city grant awards — citing an auditor report that documented thousands of grant awards and billions in spending — and adopted technical amendments before continuing the item for scheduling and final revisions.
The Rules Committee on June 7 advanced an ordinance that would tighten San Francisco’s grant‑making rules by establishing a uniform definition of grants, minimum advertising and evaluation standards, reporting for sole‑source awards and five‑year documentation and auditability requirements.
Supervisor Stephanie introduced the legislation, saying it was drafted in response to the city auditor’s public integrity review and specifically to address a finding that Public Works had issued 19 grants totaling about $24 million. She told the committee that, across city…
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