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After hours of testimony, supervisors continue shelter standards ordinance to refine costs and amendments
Summary
Supervisor Tom Ammiano's ordinance to require minimum standards of care in city-funded shelters and to staff the shelter monitoring committee drew extensive public support and testimony; the committee passed amendments and continued the matter two weeks to refine language and address fiscal concerns, including ADA spacing and potential bed loss.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano introduced companion ordinances to require minimum standards of care in city-funded shelters and to staff the Shelter Monitoring Committee with three full-time employees. He described the proposals as public-health and human-rights measures that would require basic supplies, ADA compliance, staff training, minimum spacing and contractual remedies for noncompliance.
The City Attorney summarized amendments that add contract provisions (training,…
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