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Committee backs temporary navigation center at 1515 South Van Ness; staff cites urgent need and $400,000 retrofit estimate

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee · May 1, 2017
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Committee recommended forwarding an ordinance authorizing an agreement with LMC San Francisco I Holdings LLC to operate a temporary navigation center at 1515 South Van Ness; staff said the site would house about 120 people at a time, could serve up to 300 individuals, and retrofit costs were estimated around $400,000.

Department staff and Sam Dodge of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing told the committee the city faces a public-health and safety crisis in the Mission and that Lennar Multifamily offered the property at 1515 South Van Ness as a temporary navigation center while the developer awaits permits to build permanent housing. Staff cited a 2015 point-in-time count of about 6,500 unsheltered individuals…

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