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Charter Amendment#220535Passed
In plain English

This legislation creates a Homelessness Oversight Commission to oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and establishes guidelines for its operations and advisory roles. It also mandates audits of homelessness services by the Controller and requires the Board of Supervisors to amend the Municipal Code accordingly.

Charter Amendment (Third Draft) to amend the Charter of the City and County of San Francisco to create the Homelessness Oversight Commission (“Commission”) to oversee the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing; to provide that the Commission lacks jurisdiction to approve or disapprove criteria used to ascertain eligibility or priority for programs and services, where such criteria are required as a condition of funding; to require the Board of Supervisors to adopt an ordinance amending the Municipal Code to provide that the Commission shall appoint the members of the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, to require the Local Homeless Coordinating Board and the Shelter Monitoring Committee to advise the Commission, and to require the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee to advise the Commission and the Health Commission, in addition to advising the Mayor and the Board of Supervisors, on administration of the Our City, Our Home Fund and on monies appropriated from the Fund; and to specify that services relating to homelessness are subject to audit by the Controller; at an election to be held on November 8, 2022.

Introduced: May 10, 2022
Final action:
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How it got here

Document trail
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Leg Dig Ver1
Official legislation text
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CEQA Referral 053122
Environmental review (CEQA)
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CEQA Determination 060622
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Leg Dig ver2
Official legislation text
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Referral CEQA 061822
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CEQA Determinatoin 062222
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Leg Dig Ver3
Official legislation text
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referal CEQA 070122
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CEQA Determination 070122
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Transmitted to Elections 072922
Departmental transmittal
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How they voted

ORDERED SUBMITTED
Board of Supervisors · Jul 19, 2022Pass
5-0
RECOMMENDED
Rules Committee · Jul 6, 2022Pass
1-1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Rules Committee · Jun 27, 2022Pass
2-0
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED
Rules Committee · Jun 27, 2022Pass
2-0
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Rules Committee · Jun 13, 2022Pass
1-1
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
Rules Committee · Jun 13, 2022Pass
1-1
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDED
Rules Committee · Jun 13, 2022Pass
2-0

Legislative journey

Clerk of the BoardMay 10, 2022 – Jun 1, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Rules CommitteeJun 13, 2022
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLEPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardJun 18, 2022
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Planning DepartmentJun 23, 2022
·RESPONSE RECEIVED
Rules CommitteeJun 27, 2022
CONTINUED TO CALL OF THE CHAIR AS AMENDEDPass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLEPass
Clerk of the BoardJul 1, 2022
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Rules CommitteeJul 6, 2022
RECOMMENDEDPass
Board of SupervisorsJul 12, 2022 – Jul 19, 2022
CONTINUEDPass
·ORDERED SUBMITTEDPass