Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee Special Meeting

Friday, April 14, 2023

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    Overview

    Departments presented to the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee the budget proposals they made to the Mayor at this Special Meeting.

    Members of the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee attended this meeting in-person.

    Agenda

    1. Call to Order
      • Roll call and confirmation of quorum
      • Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement:

      We acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco Peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders and relatives of the Ramaytush Community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.

    2. Mental Health Budget Proposals

      Presentation of Mental Health Budget Proposals, with discussion and possible action by the Committee.

      • Presentation from the Department of Public Health
      • Committee Discussion
      • Public Comment
    3. Permanent Housing Budget Proposals

      Presentation of Permanent Housing Budget Proposals, with discussion and possible action by the Committee.

      • Presentation from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
      • Committee Discussion
      • Public Comment
    4. Shelter & Hygiene Budget Proposals

      Presentation of Shelter & Hygiene Budget Proposals, with discussion and possible action by the Committee.

      • Presentation from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing
      • Committee Discussion
      • Public Comment
    5. Homelessness Prevention Budget Proposals

      Presentation of Homelessness Prevention Budget Proposals, with discussion and possible action by the Committee.

      • Presentation from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development
      • Committee Discussion
      • Public Comment
    6. Future Agenda Items

      Opportunity to propose future agenda items, with possible action by the Committee in response to this item.

      • Committee Discussion
      • Public Comment
    7. Adjourn

    Date & Time

    Friday, April 14, 2023
    1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

    City Hall Room 416

    1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
    San Francisco, CA 94102
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    Notices and Information

    Explanatory Documents

    Explanatory Documents

    Copies of Explanatory Documents listed in this agenda, and other related materials received by the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee after the posting of the agenda, are available for public inspection and/or copying at City Hall room 316. Please email OCOH.CON@sfgov.org to arrange pick up or review.

    Public Comment

    Public Comment

    Public Comment will be taken before or during the Committee’s consideration of each agenda item. Speakers may address the Committee for up to two minutes. During General Public Comment, members of the public may address the Committee on matters that are within the Committee’s jurisdiction and are not on today’s agenda.

    Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every item. In addition to in-person public comment, the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee will hear up to twenty (20) minutes of remote public comment on each agenda item. The Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee will hear remote public comment in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on that item. Because of the twenty (20) minute time limit, it is possible that not every person in the queue will have an opportunity to provide remote public comment.

    Remote public comment from people who have received an accommodation due to a disability (as described below) will not count toward the 20-minute limit.

    Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine Ordinance

    Government's duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public. Commissions, boards, councils, and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people's business. This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people's review. For information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact by mail Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, San Francisco CA 94102; phone at (415) 554-7724; fax at (415) 554-5163; or by email at sotf@sfgov.org. Citizens may obtain a free company of the Sunshine Ordinance by printing the San Francisco Administrative Code, Chapter 67, on the Internet at https://www.sfbos.org/sunshine.

    Disability access for regular meetings when the Committee is meeting in person

    Disability access for regular meetings when the Committee is meeting in person

    City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, is wheelchair accessible. This meeting will be broadcast and captioned on SFGovTV. Remote public participation is available upon request for individuals who cannot attend in person due to disability. Making a request to participate remotely no later than one (1) hour prior to the start of the meeting helps ensure availability of the meeting link. Sign Language Interpretation is also available upon request.

    If requesting remote Sign Language Interpretation, please submit an accommodation request a minimum of 4 business hours prior to the start of the meeting. Allowing a minimum of 48 business hours for all other accommodation requests (for example, for other auxiliary aids and services) helps ensure availability. To request accommodation, please contact Mary Hom at Mary.Hom@sfgov.org or by phone (415) 554-4542 or Jessica Shimmin at Jessica.Shimmin@sfgov.org or by phone at (628) 239-1086.

    The closest accessible BART Station is Civic Center, three blocks from City Hall. Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are: #47 Van Ness, and the #71 Haight/Noriega and the F Line to Market and Van Ness and the Metro stations at Van Ness and Market and at Civic Center. For more information about MUNI accessible services, call 415-351-7053 / TTY: 415-351-3942 or visit online at https://www.sfmta.com/accessibility-all

    There is accessible parking in the vicinity of City Hall at Civic Center Plaza and adjacent to Davies Hall and the War Memorial Complex.

    Cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices

    Cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing electronic devices

    The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting. Please be advised that the Chair or the Vice Chair may order the removal from the meeting of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices.

    Sensitivity to chemical-based products

    Sensitivity to chemical-based products

    In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based products. Please help the City accommodate these individuals.

    Lobbying activity

    Lobbying activity

    Individuals who influence or attempt to influence local policy or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance (San Francisco Campaign and Governmental Conduct Code sections 2,100 – 2.160) to register and report lobbying activity. For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102 /  Telephone 415-252-3100 /  Fax 415-252-3112 / website: http://www.sfgov.org/ethics

    Last updated May 22, 2023