This ordinance allocates $3.5 million from the General Reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to enhance immigration legal defense and community response services for immigrants in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The goal is to improve access to these essential services for the immigrant community.
Ordinance appropriating $3,500,000 from the General Reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to expand access to existing coordinated services for immigration legal defense and community response services to the immigrant community in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a need to enhance immigration legal services in San Francisco, prompted by increasing demands on community resources due to federal immigration enforcement actions.
Supervisor Chan introduced the ordinance to appropriate $3.5 million from the General Reserve to the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development for immigration legal services.
The ordinance was referred to the Youth Commission for comment and recommendation.
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed the ordinance, recommended it as amended, and discussed the need for expanded immigration legal services due to increased federal enforcement.
The Youth Commission positively recommended the ordinance, emphasizing the need for legal support for immigrant communities.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on first reading.
The Board of Supervisors finally passed the ordinance, securing funding for immigration legal services.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, allowing the appropriation of funds to support immigrant legal services.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
