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Oversight committee reviews 2025 homelessness needs assessment; calls for clearer outcomes, data alignment and emphasis on racial equity
Summary
Committee members flagged a large inflow of people into homelessness versus placements, urged more person‑level outcome tracking, asked staff to clarify DPH/HSH data differences (DPH uses a two‑year accumulation), and proposed a short cover letter highlighting inflow, rising family/TAY counts and racial disparities.
The San Francisco Oversight Committee on Homelessness spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing the draft 2025 Homelessness Needs Assessment and identifying changes it wants before sending the report to the mayor and Board of Supervisors.
Member Alton urged the committee to emphasize outcomes and drew attention to Slide 20, saying the draft shows a roughly "3 to 1 inflow challenge" of people entering homelessness relative to the system's placements. "When you look at, for example, homeless prevention, we see a lot about units of service. But it's important to look at outcome numbers when you look at people coming into homelessness at the rate that they're coming in," Alton said.
Staff and departmental representatives explained methodological choices. Sarah (from staff presenting…
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