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Committee forwards several items including a $850,000 housing appropriation, planning‑commission stipend change and $19.5 million housing bonds
Summary
The Budget & Finance Committee moved multiple items to the full Board with recommendation: an $850,000 appropriation for homeless and low‑income housing, an amendment to planning‐commission member compensation and authorization to issue up to $19.5 million in multifamily housing revenue bonds for an 83‑unit supportive project.
The Budget & Finance Committee also handled several other agenda items and forwarded them to the full Board with recommendations.
Item 1: An ordinance to appropriate $850,000 from the sale of surplus property for homeless and low‑income housing in the Mayor’s Office of Housing was read and moved to the full Board with a recommendation without public comment.
Item 5: Supervisors considered an amendment to the annual salary ordinance to raise planning commission stipends from $50 per meeting to $200 for commissioners who remain for the full gavel‑to‑gavel meeting. Committee members asked about double payment for city employees who serve on commissions; the Controller's Office representative Monique Smuda explained time‑reporting and payroll certification procedures and said the office would work to ensure consistent information.
Item 6: Joel Olipski of the Mayor’s Office of Housing described authorization for multifamily housing revenue bonds not to exceed $19.5 million to finance the Arnett Watson Apartments, an 83‑unit supportive housing project supported by Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation and Community Housing Partnership; the committee moved the authorization to the full Board with recommendation.
Next steps: The items will appear on the full Board agenda. Committee members requested routine administrative follow‑up where applicable.
