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DPH and HSH outline midyear spending, new behavioral-health facilities and housing investments

Our City Our Home Oversight Committee · January 22, 2026
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San Francisco DPH and HSH reported midyear spending updates: DPH expects roughly $100M in behavioral health spending and outlined recent property purchases and new residential programs; HSH described $46.9M in housing investments, new rapid rehousing slots and outreach metrics for large-vehicle households.

Department of Public Health and the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing presented six-month program and financial updates to the committee, describing capital acquisitions, new residential capacity and midyear spending projections.

Kelly Kirkpatrick, who identified herself as a Behavioral Health Services staffer at DPH, said DPH anticipates spending about $100,000,000 on mental-health and related programs this fiscal year — a roughly 26% increase from FY24–25 — and an annual operating budget for behavioral health of about $130,000,000. Kirkpatrick said almost half of the behavioral health allocation is for treatment-bed operations (about 300 additional behavioral health beds), and reported an…

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