Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Housing And Community Development topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Supervisors shape CDBG goals to favor existing residents; approve outreach funding for Working Families Credit
Summary
The committee amended a Community Development Block Grant goals resolution to clarify support for existing residents and local businesses in 'Communities of Opportunity' and forwarded it to the full Board; it also forwarded First 5 and Working Families Credit outreach and appropriations items.
The Budget and Finance Committee scrutinized a resolution supporting the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) consolidated-plan goals and directed edits to emphasize assistance to existing low- and moderate-income residents and businesses.
Fred Blackwell of the Mayor’s Office of Community Development explained the consolidated-plan goals and described "Communities of Opportunity" as primarily southeastern San Francisco neighborhoods near public housing and commercial corridors such as Third Street. Supervisors asked for explicit language to prevent outside investors from displacing local residents and businesses; the committee agreed to add wording that clarifies the intent is to support existing residents and businesses.
Supervisors also pressed about income-eligibility levels in the plan. Committee members moved to change references to median-income thresholds from 120% of AMI to 100% of San Francisco median income in the recitals and to make a related 60% threshold explicitly tied to San Francisco median income. The committee adopted those edits and forwarded the resolution to the full Board as a committee report.
Separately, the committee approved forwarding a First 5 San Francisco item to add a First 5–funded Senior Community Development Specialist position (not city general fund) and forwarded an ordinance appropriating $75,000 of general-fund reserve to support community-based outreach for the Working Families Credit (EITC) program; budget staff noted the outreach contractor is not yet identified so the appropriation is a policy matter requiring Board action.
Next steps: revised CDBG language and the Working Families Credit outreach appropriation were forwarded to the full Board; staff will provide the Communities of Opportunity business plan on request and the HSA will give further detail on current and prior-year program funding.
