hsh started a program called homeward bound in april 2023 to supplement hsh's program. the program serves all cap clients including people without an active file, ien application process or old file. one access the program, and in the first half of fiscal of the fiscal year, 10 people were served in this program and hsh, and hsh, also coordinate on a program called journey home which is the lowest barrier for relocation. for people experiencing holelessness on the street, the program offers pretravel and a shelter day if necessary. referrals through law enforcement and help systems, they, people can also self refer and the phone number to self refer is on the screen. this program served 13 households in the first part of the fiscal year. so all of these programs together, basically achieve the same thing but they're designed a little bit differently, for different segments of the homeless population. and then moving to our housing inventory dashboard, as a reminder we have inventory housing programs. we're still at 13,200 units of housing. housing placements, takes back

we will move on to our next speaker, marianne sanders, hsh. thank you. >> thank you kelly. >> thank you so much, really helpful. >> [off mic]. >> sorry about that. hello committee. my name is marianne sanders and the chief deputy at hsh and here to provide you all with our ocoh implementation update. most of you guys i have met and i am coming up on six months at the department, so -- >> congratulations. >> congrats. >> yes. >> it's still alive. >> [laughter] >> . >> i started back in september so i have my team to help me with some of the questions that come up some of the nuisances but it's my pleasure to be here today to provide you with this update. let's go to the next slide so i want to walk you through this overview quickly just to level set before i deep dive into the programmatic components of the funding and just how it's implemented spot homelessness response system, so hsh adopted budget for fiscal year '23-24 is $713 million and roughly 33% of that is ocoh revenue, and the components are broken down as such: housing at 149 million

it isn't just about hsh. way about dph asking for the same thing for the beds for the mental health beds outside county. just kind of wanted to put it out there. this isn't just about hsh, just contracting in general. let's go to public comment. >> thank you madam chair. we invite members of the public who wish to speak number 7, now is your opportunity to approach the lectern and address this committee. as the chair stated, we are taking 1 minute for public comment today. first speaker, please. >> hi. debbie lurman, san francisco human service network. homelessness is in a state of crisis in san francisco. streamlining contracts has lead to the ability to rapidly open and continue critical homeless services and to expand the system. this has been an effective strategy, and so denying the extension would be disruptive and would cause delays in services. we urge this committee to approve the extension and quickly as possible. thank you. >> thanks so much debbie lurman. next speaker, please. >> good morning sup

for hsh there are two [indiscernible] depending on the funding. 65 and older and 60 and older. the second population that serves by this plan and it is not only these [indiscernible] these are the main populations served by the plan, are lower income adults with disabilities. defining this population defined by the american disability act as a person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. a person with a history or record of impairment or person who received by others as having such a impairment. the idea is the plans are served more people outside of these two populations, but it mainly target this population because they are the most vulnerable. and who are affordable housing program should be serving basically. next slide, please. i also want to comment or provide definitions on what do i mean when i say affordable housing. i will go into what are the three main types of affordable housing we are trying to-we are discussing in this plan. the first one is 100 percent affordable housing and this is city funded units re

for hsh there are two [indiscernible] depending on the funding. 65 and older and 60 and older.he second population that serves by this plan and it is not only these [indiscernible] these are the main populations served by the plan, are lower income adults with disabilities. defining this population defined by the american disability act as a person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. a person with a history or record of impairment or person who received by others as having such a impairment. the idea is the plans are served more people outside of these two populations, but it mainly target this population because they are the most vulnerable. and who are affordable housing program should be serving basically. next slide, please. i also want to comment or provide definitions on what do i mean when i say affordable housing. i will go into what are the three main types of affordable housing we are trying to-we are discussing in this plan. the first one is 100 percent affordable housing and this is city funded units rent

then hsh promised summer 2023.rticular thank the budget committee and supervisor safai for really drilling down in that budget committee when we were not getting commitments around when the funds will be released and delays. supervisor safai pushed and demanded hsh come to the hearing and make a commitment. they did and committed the notice offunding availability would go out by that summer, by summer 2023. that date came and went. next they committed that they would issue the notice offunding availability by the end of the calendar year in 2023. that date came and went. finally, after we submitted the topic for the most recent mayoral appearance january 30, we were told the nofoissued by february 12. when that deadline was blown we brought the issue to the attention of san francisco chronicle and just hours after the chronicle published their story on friday, february 16, we receive an e-mail that early evening from hsh at long last over year and half later notifying the funding availability was officially posted

then hsh promised summer 2023.ular thank the budget committee and supervisor safai for really drilling down in that budget committee when we were not getting commitments around when the funds will be released and delays. supervisor safai pushed and demanded hsh come to the hearing and make a commitment. they did and committed the notice offunding availability would go out by that summer, by summer 2023. that date came and went. next they committed that they would issue the notice offunding availability by the end of the calendar year in 2023. that date came and went. finally, after we submitted the topic for the most recent mayoral appearance january 30, we were told the nofoissued by february 12. when that deadline was blown we brought the issue to the attention of san francisco chronicle and just hours after the chronicle published their story on friday, february 16, we receive an e-mail that early evening from hsh at long last over year and half later notifying the funding availability was officially posted onli

funding, member walton. >> based on things that were said, one very specific request to particular hsh is that we heard several times earlier in this meeting that 8% fwoez to tay and they represent 20% but at different meetings, some difficulties that some are in the system and i want them to clarify how that all fits together. so that we have a sense if that covers if they're in the family. i think that would help us understand very clearly the balance that we need to adjust for. >> can we do a shout out welcome to the middle schoolers. hi. >> welcome. >> so awesome. >> 7th grade class. >> fantastic. welcome welcome. >> member preston do you have any items? >> i think a lot has been touched on. i want to hear about the scope of the programming and the target populations and what we know about individual success in these programs. but all of the information has been very helpful and i know that's just getting a real understanding of who these programs are reaching and how we're moving people individuals into success. >> wonderful. >> i just want to add on prevention, i will not be at t

[applause] and instead i will introduce the head hsh. >> thank you. randled and he thank you to thc for your per inship with the city on this. i want to thank the mayor for her support of the project. and i want to start out by saying this is the beginning. our community engagement process. we are excited that thc will be occupying this building and -- really work to support people through their recovery. and -- in their sobriety. but we also know that we need to reach out to the community and hear from the community about what is needed to make this building and the people who live in it good partners and engaged partners and neighbors. so we will be starting that process as. today this . is really just us announcing that we are getting red to do this. um -- i want to thank the mayor for her vision to further diversify the housing we provide. i want to thank the recovery community for your on going advocacy for people in recovery in our programs. we hope this new model will bhrt support people in achieving goals. we continue is very hard to be in rec

i think the proposed amendment was very clear to instead of the blanket waver of 5 years for hsh to thenpliance of the procurement requirement at the end of the 5 years blanket waver, i propose the 2 years of facing in the procurement process for different kind of contract. different existing contract that went through the procurement, those were sole sourced as well as the new contract, the amendments was on the record that i put it on the record last wednesday. i am just going to-i don't have anymore questions. i think that supervisor mandelman was very clear since december of where he's been. no questions about that, which i appreciate. i am still where i'm at since last wednesday about the amendments that i would like to see moving forward without it i will-i need to really reconsider my thinking around this legislation, which i will not be able to colleagues to say this could go out of this committee with recommendation today. i think no matter how it goes i like this for it to go out without recommendation just allow us some conversation at the full board to make sure that colleagu

this past year we have implemented a change in administrative plan to accept direct referrals for non hsh funded units. those are two things we already implemented to try and target these vacancies. we are doing-in the planning stage doing a larger scale opening across all the wait lests where there are a need for more names on those lists where they have been exhausted so that will be detailed in the 2024 leasing plan, but i was aware there was a ask for this summary of the vacant units so i wanted to provide that to you all today. >> great. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioners, any questions? alright. >> thank you very much. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you. >> our next item 7f, the finance report. >> just before we begin, i want to check in with commissioners. is our hard stop before we lose quorum 5 p.m. or do we have any no pressures here, do we have leanancy on time? given we are hard stop and probably need at least 15 minutes to go into closed session, we'll take the next 5 minutes for presentation and then move into closed session. >> this is the first quarter o

i think the proposed amendment was very clear to instead of the blanket waver of 5 years for hsh to thenpliance of the procurement requirement at the end of the 5 years blanket waver, i propose the 2 years of facing in the procurement process for different kind of contract. different existing contract that went through the procurement, those were sole sourced as well as the new contract, the amendments was on the record that i put it on the record last wednesday. i am just going to-i don't have anymore questions. i think that supervisor mandelman was very clear since december of where he's been. no questions about that, which i appreciate. i am still where i'm at since last wednesday about the amendments that i would like to see moving forward without it i will-i need to really reconsider my thinking around this legislation, which i will not be able to colleagues to say this could go out of this committee with recommendation today. i think no matter how it goes i like this for it to go out without recommendation just allow us some conversation at the full board to make sure that colleagu

>> so, it is a really--let me answer by saying, we work very closely with hsh. i think you--the sort of how common mental health and substance use needs are in permanent housing is extremely important in thinking how we design and implement those services. our services by in large are not permanent housing. they are temporary and i think that is a characteristic that is different from the coordinated entry system which as i understand it is really aiming to get people into permanent housing, and so what we are doing often for higher level of care is assessing folks clinically using clinicians, using level of care assessments in order to place people correctly. the assessment and placement functions are different and so it would be something that i would need to talk in more detail with hsh about. >> okay. i think that is all. thank you. >> thank you supervisor stefani. supervisor melgar. >> thank you supervisor mandelman, and supervisor ronan for your work over the years of this issue. i know very little about it , as much as i learn from you guys, so i wanted t

now after submitting the topic for your appearance today, my office received an e-mail from hsh staff stated "the nofea is under final review and anticipate releasing this month or early february prior to february 12]. my hope is get conformation of that today from you. on behalf of the american constituents that report unreliable inoperable elevators in the sro will you commit making sure the notice of funding availability for elevator repairs is published no later then february 12? >> thank you for the question. lelt me say as i always say when you ask a question during question time, i'm available to meet, my staff is available and we are here to work as a partner it to address the issue not just important to you and your constituents but are my constituents too and are very important to me as well. so, i know you likely raised-you have been raising these issues with the department and that is good but it doesn't mean you can't come to me and we can talk about these things and get more aggressive to address these problems, because surprisingly today i agree with you. we need to mov

streets and we offer services and it's a multiple department program, including police, public health, hsh, public works and one of our community paramedic captains oversees the whole thing, so [indiscernible] >> sounds like a good deal. that's all i got. thank you chief. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. commissioner feinstein. >> thank you. congratulations on your 30 anniversary. i was there in spirit, and i am not dpoe going to wish upon you another 30 years. 30 years of life, but something you enjoy doing, besides being chief. i had just one question or really one comment. i was reading through these miscellaneous attachments we received and about the displaced resident information card. that is a terrific idea. i dont know where it came from or how it came to be, but i just really-i mean, it is one of those things that you want to say, why didn't we think of that sooner. it really really something that whoever came up with should be proud of. that is number one. number two, when you are talking about the hose tenders and not having the high pressure hydrants out on the wes

this past year we have implemented a change in administrative plan to accept direct referrals for non hshfunded units. those are two things we already implemented to try and target these vacancies. we are doing-in the planning stage doing a larger scale opening across all the wait lests where there are a need for more names on those lists where they have been exhausted so that will be detailed in the 2024 leasing plan, but i was aware there was a ask for this summary of the vacant units so i wanted to provide that to you all today. >> great. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioners, any questions? alright. >> thank you very much. >> thank you everybody. >> thank you. >> our next item 7f, the finance report. >> just before we begin, i want to check in with commissioners. is our hard stop before we lose quorum 5 p.m. or do we have any no pressures here, do we have leanancy on time? given we are hard stop and probably need at least 15 minutes to go into closed session, we'll take the next 5 minutes for presentation and then move into closed session. >> this is the first quarter of