Homelessness Advisory Bodies

Committees that guide the work of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and report to the Homelessness Oversight Commission.

Local Homeless Coordinating Board

Seat 1 – shall be held by a homeless or formerly homeless person.
Seats 2 – 11 – shall by held by people who represent relevant organizations, or projects serving one or more homeless subpopulations in San Francisco, as the terms “relevant organizations” and “homeless subpopulations” are used in 42 C.F.R Section 578.5(b). Members may represent more than one relevant organization or homeless subpopulation.

Seat 1 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who is living or has lived with the person’s homeless child under the age of 18.
Seat 2 shall be held by a person who is homeless or has been homeless within the three years prior to being appointed to the Committee, and who has a disability.
Seats 3 and 4 shall be held by persons with experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting.
Seat 5 shall be held by a person nominated by one or more community agencies that provide behavioral health, housing placement, or other services to homeless people.
Seat 6 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has been nominated by one or more nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy or organizing services for homeless people.
Seats 7 and 8 shall be held by persons nominated by one or more nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy or organizing services for homeless people.
Seats 9 and 10 shall be held by persons who are homeless or formerly homeless, and who have experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting.
Seat 11 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has been nominated by one or more community agencies that provide behavioral health, housing placement, or other services to homeless people.
Seat 12 shall be held by an employee of the Department of Public Health.

Seats 1 through 4 shall each be held by a current or previous consumer of City temporary shelter services in one or more of the following temporary shelter service categories: family shelters, youth shelters, single adult shelters, navigation centers, transitional housing, or alternative shelter services (including, by way of example but not limitation, safe sleeping sites or recreational vehicle (RV) sites).
Seats 5 through 8 shall each be held by persons who represent organizations or projects providing one or more of the following shelter services in the City: family shelters, youth shelters, single adult shelters, navigation centers, transitional housing, or alternative shelter services (including, by way of example but not limitation, safe sleeping sites, or recreational vehicle (RV) sites).
Seat 9 shall be held by a person who represents an organization or project providing shelter client advocate services in the City.
Seat 10 shall be held by a person serving as arbitrator of shelter grievances under the Shelter Grievance Policy, as described in Article XVIII of Chapter 20 of the Administrative Code.
Seats 11 and 12 shall be held by any City resident with a demonstrated commitment to temporary shelter services.
Seat 13 shall be held by an employee of the Department of Public Health.