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Board committee continues encampment-removal ordinance after lengthy public debate; DHSH outlines mapping and engagement
Summary
The committee advanced further stakeholder work on an ordinance that would authorize an encampment-removal process when housing or shelter is available. Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (DHSH) outlined mapping, weekly encampment-resolution coordination and navigation-center results; public commenters were sharply divided between calls for housing-first solutions and business/merchant concerns about public-safety impacts.
Supervisor Jane Kim moved Item 5 forward for an early staff presentation and described legislation to codify best practices for removing encampments only when housing or shelter is available and to authorize the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (DHSH) to develop protocols.
Sam Dodge, chief deputy at DHSH, told the committee the department has budget authority since Aug. 15 and is using a mapping and encampment-resolution team that convenes weekly with outreach workers, Department of Public Health, SFPD, Port, Public Works and other partners. Dodge said the department tracks between 70 and 80 locations with large-scale encampments and cited the…
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