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Committee approves five-year sublease of 167 Jesse St. to youth nonprofit At the Crossroads
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee voted unanimously to authorize a five-year sublease (with a five-year option) of 167 Jesse St. to At the Crossroads, enabling one-on-one case management space for homeless youth and preserving nonprofit service capacity.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Transportation Committee on an uncontested vote authorized a five-year sublease of 167 Jesse Street to At the Crossroads, a nonprofit that serves homeless youth.
Chair Malia Cohen called the item forward and Brian Chu of the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development summarized the city’s prior 2015 lease for the building and the subsequent return of roughly 4,000 square feet of unimproved space to the city. Chu said the city issued an RFP in September 2015, received interest from 25 nonprofits and two completed applications, and determined At the Crossroads was the best fit to use the space for direct services.
Rob Giddings, executive director of At the Crossroads, told the committee the organization has operated in San Francisco for 18 years and that losing its prior lease created a significant threat to its programs and clients. He said the new space will allow the nonprofit to provide one-on-one case management and to expand services that he estimated would help more than 1,000 young people a year.
Chu described the proposed sublease as an initial five-year term with a five-year option to extend. He said part of the original long-term lease arrangement had included community development funds to support capital improvements for nonprofit tenants.
The committee moved the item after the presentation, took public comment with no speakers altering the recommendation, and approved the resolution without objection. The matter will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda on August 2, 2016 unless otherwise stated.
The action secures indoor office and service space for a nonprofit that focuses on homeless and disconnected youth, and the city said it will use existing community program income and related resources to support the conversion and operation of the space.
