6-in-1 Hearing on Homeless Policy
The City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee of the SF Board of Supervisors met yesterday in the main legislative chambers. Good thing they did because the place was packed.
Committee Chair McGoldrick and Supervisors Dufty and Ma played nice while Supervisor Daly convened a 6-in-1 hearing on the current administration's homeless policy (Care Not Cash, program design, Project Homeless Connect, MOH's mission as it relates to diversity, prioritization of McKinney funds, and single standard of care).
Here's my attempt at summarizing Supervisor Daly's premise:
Several years ago, the SF Board of Supes approved a document called the Continuum of Care and since that process and paper lays out a vision and a plan of action. The Continuum of Care document should guide the hand of our local government. Any action by this adminstration not called for or contemplated in the Continuum of Care is a deviation from city policy. [end]
Supervisor Daly began the hearing by attempting to put these 6 items into context. These comments were peppered with references to his blogging (everyone knows you have a blog Chris). The Supervisor's comments were followed by expert testimony from those who bring thousands of units of affordable housing, as well as, providers of support services (to the housed and unhoused). The Supervisor (Daly) also had a large pile of speaker cards and I took that to mean dozens of people were on hand to bolster his argument. As I said earlier, his colleagues seemed cordial and they even engaged speakers from time to time.
Shoehorning a 6-in-1 hearing inside the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee meeting isn't how you're going retool homeless policy. I'd like to be wrong on that because the matter of homeless policy, resource and service provision is very critical. I promised myself that I wasn't going to spend more than three hours in City Hall. Since I left before it came to an end, I cannot report the outcomes from this 6-in-1 hearing. All I can say is...I hope something good came out of all the talking. Maybe I'll check out Chris Daly's blog for an update.
PS - The City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee had two other items on their agenda sponsored by Supervisor Fiona Ma. Items #27 and #28 were to focus on the Section 8 (federal housing subsidies) and summer programming opportunities for out-of-school youth. If our government can work with youth and family advocates we might avert a disastrous summer in Frisco.
Committee Chair McGoldrick and Supervisors Dufty and Ma played nice while Supervisor Daly convened a 6-in-1 hearing on the current administration's homeless policy (Care Not Cash, program design, Project Homeless Connect, MOH's mission as it relates to diversity, prioritization of McKinney funds, and single standard of care).
Here's my attempt at summarizing Supervisor Daly's premise:
Several years ago, the SF Board of Supes approved a document called the Continuum of Care and since that process and paper lays out a vision and a plan of action. The Continuum of Care document should guide the hand of our local government. Any action by this adminstration not called for or contemplated in the Continuum of Care is a deviation from city policy. [end]
Supervisor Daly began the hearing by attempting to put these 6 items into context. These comments were peppered with references to his blogging (everyone knows you have a blog Chris). The Supervisor's comments were followed by expert testimony from those who bring thousands of units of affordable housing, as well as, providers of support services (to the housed and unhoused). The Supervisor (Daly) also had a large pile of speaker cards and I took that to mean dozens of people were on hand to bolster his argument. As I said earlier, his colleagues seemed cordial and they even engaged speakers from time to time.
Shoehorning a 6-in-1 hearing inside the City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee meeting isn't how you're going retool homeless policy. I'd like to be wrong on that because the matter of homeless policy, resource and service provision is very critical. I promised myself that I wasn't going to spend more than three hours in City Hall. Since I left before it came to an end, I cannot report the outcomes from this 6-in-1 hearing. All I can say is...I hope something good came out of all the talking. Maybe I'll check out Chris Daly's blog for an update.
PS - The City Operations and Neighborhood Services Committee had two other items on their agenda sponsored by Supervisor Fiona Ma. Items #27 and #28 were to focus on the Section 8 (federal housing subsidies) and summer programming opportunities for out-of-school youth. If our government can work with youth and family advocates we might avert a disastrous summer in Frisco.
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