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Rules Committee approves advisory group to study guaranteed income pilots
Summary
The committee recommended an ordinance to create an 11‑member Guaranteed Income Advisory Group to advise city leaders and departments on pilot designs, with a deadline for a final report no later than Dec. 1, 2021; the measure was advanced with two non‑substantive amendments.
The Rules Committee voted to forward to the full Board an ordinance establishing a Guaranteed Income Advisory Group to advise the Board of Supervisors, the mayor, and relevant city departments on how San Francisco might design, administer and evaluate guaranteed income pilots. The committee recommended the ordinance as a committee report after adopting two non‑substantive amendments.
Supervisor Haney presented the ordinance and said the advisory group would be an 11‑member body: eight appointments by the Board of Supervisors plus one each appointed by the treasurer, the executive director of the Human Rights Commission, and the executive director of the Human Services Agency. The ordinance requires the advisory group to submit a final report with findings and recommendations no later than Dec. 1, 2021, addressing program design, administration, effects on poverty and work stability, consumer protections, and impacts on children and families.
Haney described two non‑substantive amendments the committee adopted: increasing membership from nine to 11 to add a seat for someone 24 years or younger with lived experience of poverty and a seat for a professional with experience serving low‑income populations; and adding an explicit duty to study effects on children and families. Haney thanked Treasurer Jose Cisneros and community partners including staff from the Human Rights Commission and the Economic Security Project for helping craft the legislation.
Several community callers and the San Francisco Youth Commission expressed support and urged compensation for advisory group members and an emphasis on reaching marginalized populations, including undocumented residents. Public commenters who spoke in support included Calvin Quick (San Francisco Youth Commission), Dr. Veil Malawa (pediatrician, Abundant Birth Project), Deborah Karasek (UCSF researcher, co‑lead of the Abundant Birth Project evaluation), and others.
After public comment, the committee voted, first to adopt the proposed amendments and then to forward the ordinance as amended; both motions passed without objection. The matter will be scheduled for Board consideration.
