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Minutes. The commission approved the June 5 meeting minutes after a motion to approve and a second; the chair announced the motion carried with the ayes prevailing.

Consent calendar: 711 Post amendment. The commission approved an amendment to the existing grant agreement with Urban Alchemy for the 711 Post semi-congregate shelter. The agenda materials describe an additional allocation to expand capacity (the amendment and contingency amount were included in the consent materials). The motion was moved and seconded and the commissioners voted in favor.

New youth housing grants. The commission approved two separate new agreements for transitional-age-youth housing supports:

- Larkin Street Youth Services: The commission authorized a new agreement with Larkin Street to operate a flexible housing subsidy pool for young adults referred through a Young Adult Court program. The contract period listed in the materials runs from Sept. 1, 2025 to June 30, 2027 with a not-to-exceed amount of $744,786 (includes a 20% contingency described in the materials). The motion was made, seconded and approved unanimously (Chair Jonathan Butler; Commissioners Katie Albright, Bevan Dufty and Joaquin Guerrero recorded ayes).

- Third Street Youth Center & Clinic (Just Home): The commission approved a new grant agreement with Third Street Youth Center & Clinic to operate a Just Home transitional housing program for justice-involved transitional-age youth (ages 18-27) at a site in the Bayview. The initial grant term is Sept. 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The not-to-exceed budget in the materials is $3,734,138, which includes a 20% contingency. Third Street representatives described a 19-unit program and on-site supportive services; the commission voted in favor.

Appointments to advisory committees. The commission voted to appoint Salvador Barr to Seat 6 of the Shelter Monitoring Committee and Mercedes Lomelo to Seat 4 of the Shelter Grievance Advisory Committee, following introductions and statements of interest. Commissioners moved and seconded the motions and the appointments passed by unanimous recorded vote.

All votes recorded in the public portion of the meeting were announced aloud; the minutes and consent items recorded 'ayes' for each commissioner present. No roll-call no-vote tallies (no/no abstain votes) were recorded in the public transcript for these items.

The commission also discussed recruiting volunteer arbitrators for the shelter grievance process, and directed HSH staff to circulate materials about arbitration duties and eligibility for attorney volunteers.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City of San Francisco - Video Open Video Only in Windows Media Player","oneSentenceSummary","At its Aug. 6 meeting the Homelessness and Oversight Commission approved the June 5 minutes, a consent amendment for the 711 Post shelter contract, new agreements with Larkin Street Youth Services and Third Street Youth Center & Clinic (Just Home), and voted to appoint members to the shelter grievance and shelter monitoring committees.","taxTitle","San Francisco City, San Francisco County, California","taxId",5751,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6506825,"HSH presents adopted FY25-26 budget and HAP-6 priorities; city reallocates $34.7M to shelter and interim housing",1017,4861000,5878000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f&start=4861&end=5878","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f/thumbnail_4861000.jpg","/articles/6506825/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/HSH-presents-adopted-FY25-26-budget-and-HAP-6-priorities-city-reallocates-347M-to-shelter-and-interim-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6506825-7b710d8ed3cc9fb58d8a5c7565c63342/orig.mp4?Expires=1770897178&Signature=mpLCLUwIdGc2kBqNe9Mn2DiY-7aXvbfkNHpx1LFtj7l3-QNzG50jJP59P7ZZiOLBOIObgqIQXn6ubluo6kW4aIBT5VtTCmvKodKXg-s5PX1snRwPhiId9-NE1gHzkZo3wam2UftSBFFYrBZh8~AeTDqWY7u3kWpilnBXAbNpBXbDc1uK21PkiVJ6gUhNHWzLPNrWMOprfcXyDEvThKotEl2b49hUpXSdDF2nZEXNCj5iEXvaeeWPt3RfTxq3LDHURLvWU~-P6hqKFc6yGIpzygaQjiXwoKhpDtGInyOKk1Lw1k5vxc65qEFJbEgyLuI79wPeHib8Ht2BWh9S62DO7Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing presented the department's adopted two-year budget and described state Homelessness Assistance Program (HAP) Round 6 priorities during the commission meeting on Aug. 6.

Lisa Agustin, HSH finance director, presented the final adopted budget figures: $785,600,000 for fiscal year 2025'26 and $705,200,000 for fiscal year 2026'27. Agustin said the year-over-year decreases (7% in 25'26 and 10% in 26'27) reflect the end of one-time investments made in the prior fiscal year, including one-time Prop C allocations and round-specific HAP investments. Agustin said some program funds were transferred out of HSH to other city offices to better align administration with program delivery; the adopted budget also reflects salary and benefits adjustments and a shift of certain grant expenses to professional services per city attorney contracting guidance.

The adopted budget adds funding for an interim housing expansion tied to the mayor's Breaking the Cycle initiative. Agustin said approximately $64.7 million in one-time funds were identified for interim housing efforts, of which $53.6 million was added to support new interim housing beds for adults (including 120 restore beds) and $10 million-plus in one-time items to support hotel vouchers for households fleeing violence and other targeted interim supports. The adopted budget also included $9.9 million to maintain 130 hotel vouchers for families, $1.3 million for HSH staffing to implement the expansion, and $25.4 million over two years for the vehicle-intervention (large-vehicle) strategy covering outreach, vehicle buyback and rapid rehousing subsidies.

The adopted budget contains one-time Prop C investments: $30 million in the first year for TAY and family housing supports, including 130 new rapid rehousing slots for families, 30 new shallow-subsidy slots, and 100 new TAY rapid rehousing slots; and $6.7 million for prevention programming for families and transitional-age youth. Agustin also described small capital investments (for example, roof and elevator work at known properties) and the department's vacancy and position changes (a net reduction of 20 vacant positions, 11 positions moved to the Department of Public Health, and several new positions approved to support the expansion).

To fund the adopted investments the Board of Supervisors approved trailing legislation affecting the city's OCO fund. Agustin said the approved action reallocated $34.7 million in unencumbered OCO funds and unappropriated earned interest, suspended a 12% cap on short-term rental subsidies through FY27'28, and authorized the city to spend up to $19 million of future OCO revenue through FY25'27 on eligible homelessness programs rather than allocating strict percentages under the tax code.

Separately, HSH staff summarized the HAP Round 6 program and the department's draft priorities for a state HAP application. Emily Cohen said the state has appropriated $1 billion for HAP Round 6; HSH noted that prior rounds totaled roughly $227 million allocated to San Francisco over five rounds. HSH said Round 6 requires that at least 50% of awards be spent on housing solutions and at least 10% be spent on services for transitional-age youth, and that local applications demonstrate sustainability plans for any interim housing proposed. HSH said its HAP-6 action plan will align with Home by the Bay and the mayor's Breaking the Cycle initiative and will prioritize prevention, interim housing that can be sustained during the grant term, added permanent housing units, and scaling shallow subsidies and rapid rehousing.","HSH presented a two-year adopted budget (FY25-26: $785.6M; FY26-27: $705.2M), one-time reallocations from city funds totaling $34.7M to support shelter and interim housing expansions, and an HAP Round 6 application plan aligned with prevention, interim housing and permanent housing investments.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6506830,"San Francisco rolls out large-vehicle strategy: outreach, permits and vehicle buyback to address rising vehicular homelessness",546,1438000,1984000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f&start=1438&end=1984","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f/thumbnail_1438000.jpg","/articles/6506830/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/San-Francisco-rolls-out-large-vehicle-strategy-outreach-permits-and-vehicle-buyback-to-address-rising-vehicular-homelessness","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6506830-d82c85c877376fc485e25a885111118f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770897178&Signature=LHPeIyePV-8hZdWCJs-BCRcrdaro5G38byJCbQIRNYWt-B9FfIF0ecpvnFxtPVQjticw6y-kDpypYtKj-pLGsYVm94BttLupTTrnMXZUd3C4m0JQv1h9wCS9h62gchMw9BEaeMFuONz0CSitWjfU6K3CNLF-zWXrJfI0e4htU0UE7rfBOmu34S~6Wxu57deayKJbxc3TDtpJ1hTJMhnv3cRRjqB8KPUBtxM~QiIrJiLDEzYAk9WeSuKPlB9~OKjlMqTNHhwYitqk2CZHaiakYEtq-GgI0l5WfU3AHezZXCFniqAImlUmkHpFV0WjsblhfvwrfXxb03L7h-VITLc7VQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","San Francisco officials on Aug. 6 outlined a citywide strategy to address the rising number of people living in vehicles, combining outreach, housing offers that reflect the autonomy of vehicle dwellers, a vehicle buyback option and a permitting scheme that temporarily shields individuals engaged in services from parking enforcement.

HSH Executive Director Shereen McSpadden said the department and the Mayor's Office convened more than 10 departments to craft the plan, which the mayor's task force described as having three goals: create better housing and service options for people living in vehicles, restore public spaces for neighborhoods, and coordinate a data-driven response across city agencies.

HSH cited March 2025 counts that found 472 occupied oversized vehicles and a 2024 point-in-time estimate of 1,444 households living in cars or vans, a 37% increase since 2022. The department said the vehicles are geographically concentrated: roughly 55% of occupied RVs were in District 10 and 25% in District 7 in the March count.

The city emphasized that offers to vehicle dwellers must be at least as attractive as vehicle living, citing autonomy, safety and privacy as central reasons some people choose vehicles. HSH laid out three population categories that call for different responses: people who are unsheltered and have no alternative; voluntarily mobile residents who choose vehicle living as a lifestyle; and people who operate predatory rental schemes or commit crimes from vehicles.

Four core service components named in the plan are:

- Outreach and case management: a dedicated, peer-based outreach team made up of people with lived experience of vehicular homelessness to assess needs, determine homelessness status and connect people to housing resources.

- Vehicle buyback program: targeted voluntary buybacks that recognize the vehicle as a significant asset and pair relinquishment with housing assistance and financial compensation.

- Appropriate housing or shelter offers: units and subsidies designed to replicate the privacy and autonomy of vehicle dwelling where feasible, including non-congregate shelter options and time-limited rental subsidies.

- Large-vehicle refuge permits: a permitting tool administered by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) that would allow households actively engaged in services to park without facing the new two-hour oversized-vehicle parking limit.

McSpadden said the MTA and the Board of Supervisors voted to approve transportation-code changes limiting citywide parking for oversized vehicles to two hours, to create a large-vehicle refuge permit and to define large vehicles by dimensions. HSH said it will contract with providers to run outreach, case management, buyback and housing placement components and that the city has completed the legislative stage and is moving into outreach and implementation.

Advocates and public commenters at the meeting urged caution: they asked for clear, multilingual notices about permits, protections against revocation of permits for legitimate refusal of service, and safeguards so that newly prioritized resources do not displace single adults with higher acuity who are sleeping on the street. HSH said the strategy was designed using best practices, that enforcement will be paired with services, and that the program will draw upon newly funded resources and existing shelter and subsidy capacity where appropriate.

HSH indicated that MTA will roll out the refuge permit program and that contracting for program operators will proceed in the next implementation phase.","HSH and the mayor's task force described a multi-department plan combining outreach, a peer-based casework team, a vehicle buyback program, housing offers that preserve autonomy, and a large-vehicle refuge permit tied to services; the MTA and Board of Supervisors approved parking changes including a 2-hour citywide limit for oversized vehicles.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6506835,"HSH tightens family shelter length-of-stay rules, standardizes extensions at 90 days",353,1025000,1378000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f&start=1025&end=1378","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5546688-c219d4196bd980cd2c5cfd8f5e8b231f/thumbnail_1025000.jpg","/articles/6506835/San-Francisco-City/San-Francisco-County/California/HSH-tightens-family-shelter-length-of-stay-rules-standardizes-extensions-at-90-days","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6506835-af0a8c0026685b5c34152ed0f451aac6/orig.mp4?Expires=1770897178&Signature=X9UkTEGmxMzYWcJ~G6bDX5aqqDXr1pNPZ6TEYv6P4-mxABPutYBXVxgxey9JuwRVmqeWOlYfoYCk-5hQO0VIzbPL~-nNGdT1cToCKxhfx2-EIlqHV4ai8b6SRu74UXjYjbMdfq441vGjXTU0HJfbUP0~1k1KNQ2obyM-2U2OqmPoBUSAKsMqw3J2ddvIVXU0SGjBVuErAQA15PTbHymM0tCXa98q1aMw7Kq3Eza0ycivsbV1cJkkO3ej6XunVMrEw81tkPzm3uoYtu2-Vc5kHHXd16JUs4hxvilRTyKrC9lcYyvCPqZ4w8vjL3x7h2TeQMopaDr4lSbpt6SkQEda1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) on Aug. 6 detailed changes to the family shelter length-of-stay policy, saying the department will maintain a 90-day initial length-of-stay goal and standardize extensions to 90 days.

HSH Executive Director Shereen McSpadden told the Homelessness and Oversight Commission the department will allow an initial 90-day stay for families in shelter. The first extension'previously 30 days in some cases'will be changed to a 90-day extension that can be directly authorized by the shelter provider; further extensions will be for 90 days and require HSH authorization. HSH said there is no numerical limit on the number of extensions if families continue to meet eligibility criteria.

HSH framed the change as an attempt to balance emergency shelter capacity with fair access. The department said family homelessness has risen sharply: its 2024 point-in-time counts showed a 94% increase in families experiencing homelessness since 2022 and that 32% of those families were unsheltered. HSH said that, in November 2024, more than 500 families were on the family shelter wait list.

Under the revised policy, HSH said a family must meet clarified criteria to be eligible for an extension. Those criteria include consistent engagement with a case manager and active participation in housing search; having a medical condition under active treatment; a pending shelter, transitional or permanent housing placement (for example, rapid rehousing or permanent supportive housing); or housing barriers outside the family's direct control, such as immigration or criminal-background barriers. HSH also said it will provide clearer guidance and trainings for shelter staff about the criteria and how to document eligibility for extensions.

McSpadden said the department will run a human-centered design process with the Mayor's Office of Innovation and people with lived experience to rewrite client-facing communications (letters, flyers, translations) and staff trainings before implementation. HSH also said it will finalize a grievance process for families to appeal provider denials of requested extensions and that it will report to the Board of Supervisors every six months on the policy's impact.

HSH said that until the updated policy is fully rolled out, families already in shelter were given a 90-day extension so no household is immediately subject to the new limit.

Public commenters and commissioners raised concerns about implementation and transparency. Transitional-age-youth providers and advocates urged HSH not to classify two-year transitional housing programs as short-term shelter in public reporting, saying those programs operate differently and should be displayed separately from emergency shelter wait lists. Other commenters asked that HSH disaggregate reasons families are removed from wait lists (for example, decline of offer, non-response, housed elsewhere) to better target solutions.

HSH said additional implementation details'including the finalized grievance process and the training schedule'will be included in the materials distributed to providers and shelter guests prior to the policy taking effect.","San Francisco's Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing said it will keep a 90-day shelter goal for families, change provider-authorized extensions to 90 days, and require HSH authorization for subsequent extensions; the department said it will publish new communications, trainings and a grievance process before the policy takes effect.","actionData","errors"]

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Commission approves minutes, contract amendments and two youth housing grants; appoints shelter committee members

HSH presents adopted FY25-26 budget and HAP-6 priorities; city reallocates $34.7M to shelter and interim housing

San Francisco rolls out large-vehicle strategy: outreach, permits and vehicle buyback to address rising vehicular homelessness

HSH tightens family shelter length-of-stay rules, standardizes extensions at 90 days