OCOH Oversight Committee's Budget Recommendations for FY23-24

The Controller's Office updated the OCOH Oversight Committee on the first quarter's revenue collection and forecasts. Materials from the Controller's Office presentation are available here.

In December, the Mayor issued budget priorities and instructions to City departments based on revenue projections from the Controller's Office. Departments propose budgets based on these instructions. Follow this link for general information about the City-wide budget process and timeline. 

Or, click here for specific information about the FY23-24 and FY24-25 City-wide budget process.

At its January meeting, the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee explored the vision and values laid out in the Committee's Needs Assessment (2022) and 2-Year Investment Plan (2021). Materials are available here.

Notes from the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee's Liaison Meetings with City departments. At these meetings, City departments provided updates on current-year implementation of OCOH programs. This was the first in a series of Liaison meetings in the Committee's process to make FY23-24 budget recommendations.

• Permanent Housing, February 14, 2023
• Shelter & Hygiene, February 15, 2023
• Homelessness Prevention & Diversion, February 15, 2023
• Behavioral Health, February 16, 2023

At its February meeting the OCOH Oversight Committee received mid-year reporting on FY22-23 spending and program implementation. Mid-year reporting supports the Committee's role in fund oversight for the current year, and provides information that can be useful in developing budget recommendations for FY23-24.

• Controller's Office Mid-Year Fiscal Report on OCOH Fund 
• Department of Public Health Mid-Year Implementation Update on OCOH Funded Mental Health Programs 
• Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Mid-Year Implementation Update on OCOH Funded Housing, Shelter & Hygiene, and Homelessness Prevention Programs
• Mayor's Office of Housing and Community Development Mid-Year Implementation Update on OCOH Funded Homelessness Prevention and Permanent Housing Programs

The second in the series of OCOH Liaison meetings with City Departments. At the second meeting, Liaisons presented a draft of their priorities for the upcoming budget recommendations.

• Shelter & Hygiene, March 8, 2023
• Permanent Housing, March 9, 2023
• Homelessness Prevention & Diversion, March 16, 2023
• Mental Health, March 17, 2023

At the March 23, 2023 OCOH Oversight Committee Meeting, the Controller's Office provided an update on OCOH Fund revenue collected through the third quarter of the current year and projects how much will be available in the coming fiscal year. This revenue picture was used for FY23-24 budget proposals and Committee recommendations.  

• Slides of the Controller's Office presentation are available here.

Departments provided a five-year overview of OCOH Fund revenue and spending in each section of the fund.

• Five-year overview of Permanent Housing, Shelter & Hygiene, and Homelessness Prevention provided by HSH.
• Five-year overview of Mental Health provided by DPH.

At the March 23, 2023 meeting of the OCOH Oversight Committee, Liaisons presented their priorities for discussion and further development by the Committee.

• Slides of the Liaisons' priorities are available here.

Departments presented their OCOH budget proposals at a Special Meeting of the OCOH Oversight Committee.

• Proposed Mental Health budget (includes five year summary)
• Proposed Permanent Housing, Homelessness Prevention, and Shelter & Hygiene budgets
  • Updated five year summary of proposed Permanent Housing, Homelessness Prevention, and Shelter & Hygiene budgets

The third Liaison meeting gave the Liaisons a final opportunity to ask questions of Departments and to discuss points of alignment and divergence between the Liaison's budget priorities and the Departmental proposals.

Permanent Housing, Tuesday April 18, 2023

Homelessness Prevention & Diversion, Tuesday April 18, 2023

Mental Health, Wednesday April 19, 2023

Shelter & Hygiene, Thursday April 20, 2023

The document linked here contains the draft recommendations proposed by the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee Liaisons for fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25.The contents of this document were presented, discussed, possibly modified, and voted upon at the OCOH Oversight Committee's regular meeting on April 27, 2023. 

Liaisons presented budget proposals to the Committee for discussion, possible modification, and approval.

The final, approved recommendations are summarized in the memorandum linked here: OCOH Oversight Committee FY24 & FY25 Budget Recommendations