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County human‑services briefing outlines rising demand and HUD grant allocations; supervisors press for neighborhood equity
Summary
A statewide human‑services report presented county-level caseload increases, economic multipliers for assistance spending, and a local estimate that San Francisco’s share of statewide shortfall is about $31 million. The committee also considered three HUD grant resolutions (CDBG, ESG, HOME) and questioned neighborhood coverage and nonprofit capacity.
A county-level human‑services briefing and a set of HUD grant resolutions were heard together by the Board’s Full Budget Committee, which focused on rising caseloads, local general‑fund exposure and neighborhood coverage of federal formula grants.
Trent Rohrer (presenting a report prepared with the California State Association of Counties and the County Welfare Directors Association) told the committee statewide unemployment in March 2009 was approximately 11.5% and San Francisco’s unemployment was about 9%. Beacon Economics analysis, commissioned alongside the report, estimated a conservative $1.32 in local economic activity for every dollar spent on human-services assistance (food stamps, CalWORKs, general assistance).
Rohrer said food‑stamp applications had grown rapidly…
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