MEETING
May Homelessness Oversight Commission Meeting
Meeting details
Date and time
How to participate
Online
Overview
Members of the Homelessness Oversight Commission will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely online as described below. Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every action or discussion item. In addition to in-person public comment, the Commission will hear up to 10 minutes of remote public comment on each action/discussion items, and during general public comment. The Commission will hear remote public comment on items in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 10-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 disability (as described below) will not count toward the 10-minute limit. Members of the public are encouraged to provide public comment via email. Send an email to bridget.badasow@sfgov.org by 5pm the day before the meeting to ensure your comment is received by the Commission in advance of the meeting.Agenda
Roll Call
Announcement of Sound Producing Devices
Announcements by the Chair
Announcements by the Commissioners
Approval of March 6, 2025 HOC Regular Meeting Minutes
HSH Employee Recognition
Executive Director Shireen McSpadden and the HOC to Honor Joanne Park from the HSH Office of Administration and Finance
Director's Report: Executive Director, Shireen McSpadden
- Homelessness Prevention
- Shelter
- Housing
- Coordinated Entry
- Legislative updates
- Other departmental news
Old Business
Consent Calendar
New Business
11A) Requesting review and approval to enter into a new grant agreement with Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. for Union Hotel Elevator Modernization Program, for the period of June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in the amount of $297,063, which includes a 20% contingency. HSH Manager of Supporting Housing Programs, Elizabeth Hewson will present this item.
11B) Requesting review and approval to enter into a new grant agreement with Tenderloin Neighborhood Corporation Development for 730 Stanyan for the period of June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028 in the amount of $1,220,926 , total not to exceed $1,465,111 which includes $244,185 contingency. HSH Manager of Supporting Housing Programs, Elizabeth Hewson will present this item.
11C) Request to enter into a new agreement with Unity Care Group for the provision of Transitional Age Youth Housing Ladder services for the period of June 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028, in the amount of $1,312,956, with an additional 20% contingency of $262,591. Alyssa Zachariah, from the HSH Office of Programs, will present this item.
General Public Comment
Nomination Committee Report
The HOC Nomination Committee will recommend that the full policy body consider and approve:
- Tamica Smith
- Yves Augustin
to seat 7 and 8 on the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Data Officer Report
Commissioner Laguana
General Public Comment
Continue if needed
Announcement of Future Agenda Topics
Chair Butler
Adjourn
Notices
Disability access
Mobility
City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Ramps are available at the Grove, Van Ness, and McAllister entrances.
Accessibility devices
Assistive listening devices, real time captioning, readers, large print agendas, or other accommodations are available upon request.
Disability Access requests
Email Bridget Badasow (bridget.badasow@sfgov.org) at least 2 business days before the meeting for Disability Access requests.
Language access
Sign language interpreters and interpreters for languages other than English are available upon request.
Email Bridget Badasow (bridget.badasow@sfgov.org) at least 5 business days before the meeting for Translation Services requests.
Sunshine ordinance
San Francisco Administrative Code §67.9(a) Agendas of meetings and any other documents on file with the clerk of the policy body, when intended for distribution to all, or a majority of all, of the members of a policy body in connection with a matter anticipated for discussion or consideration at a public meeting shall be made available to the public. To the extent possible, such documents shall also be made available through the policy body's Internet site. However, this disclosure need not include any material exempt from public disclosure under this ordinance.
Email: HSHsunshine@sfgov.org
Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement
The San Francisco Homelessness Oversight Commission acknowledges 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 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 Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.
Meeting details
Date and time
How to participate
Online
Overview
Members of the Homelessness Oversight Commission will attend this meeting in-person. Members of the public are invited to observe the meeting in-person or remotely online as described below. Members of the public attending the meeting in person will have an opportunity to provide public comment on every action or discussion item. In addition to in-person public comment, the Commission will hear up to 10 minutes of remote public comment on each action/discussion items, and during general public comment. The Commission will hear remote public comment on items in the order that commenters add themselves to the queue to comment on the item. Because of the 10-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 disability (as described below) will not count toward the 10-minute limit. Members of the public are encouraged to provide public comment via email. Send an email to bridget.badasow@sfgov.org by 5pm the day before the meeting to ensure your comment is received by the Commission in advance of the meeting.Agenda
Roll Call
Announcement of Sound Producing Devices
Announcements by the Chair
Announcements by the Commissioners
Approval of March 6, 2025 HOC Regular Meeting Minutes
HSH Employee Recognition
Executive Director Shireen McSpadden and the HOC to Honor Joanne Park from the HSH Office of Administration and Finance
Director's Report: Executive Director, Shireen McSpadden
- Homelessness Prevention
- Shelter
- Housing
- Coordinated Entry
- Legislative updates
- Other departmental news
Old Business
Consent Calendar
New Business
11A) Requesting review and approval to enter into a new grant agreement with Tenderloin Housing Clinic, Inc. for Union Hotel Elevator Modernization Program, for the period of June 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 in the amount of $297,063, which includes a 20% contingency. HSH Manager of Supporting Housing Programs, Elizabeth Hewson will present this item.
11B) Requesting review and approval to enter into a new grant agreement with Tenderloin Neighborhood Corporation Development for 730 Stanyan for the period of June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2028 in the amount of $1,220,926 , total not to exceed $1,465,111 which includes $244,185 contingency. HSH Manager of Supporting Housing Programs, Elizabeth Hewson will present this item.
11C) Request to enter into a new agreement with Unity Care Group for the provision of Transitional Age Youth Housing Ladder services for the period of June 1, 2025, to June 30, 2028, in the amount of $1,312,956, with an additional 20% contingency of $262,591. Alyssa Zachariah, from the HSH Office of Programs, will present this item.
General Public Comment
Nomination Committee Report
The HOC Nomination Committee will recommend that the full policy body consider and approve:
- Tamica Smith
- Yves Augustin
to seat 7 and 8 on the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Data Officer Report
Commissioner Laguana
General Public Comment
Continue if needed
Announcement of Future Agenda Topics
Chair Butler
Adjourn
Notices
Disability access
Mobility
City Hall is accessible to persons using wheelchairs and other assistive mobility devices. Ramps are available at the Grove, Van Ness, and McAllister entrances.
Accessibility devices
Assistive listening devices, real time captioning, readers, large print agendas, or other accommodations are available upon request.
Disability Access requests
Email Bridget Badasow (bridget.badasow@sfgov.org) at least 2 business days before the meeting for Disability Access requests.
Language access
Sign language interpreters and interpreters for languages other than English are available upon request.
Email Bridget Badasow (bridget.badasow@sfgov.org) at least 5 business days before the meeting for Translation Services requests.
Sunshine ordinance
San Francisco Administrative Code §67.9(a) Agendas of meetings and any other documents on file with the clerk of the policy body, when intended for distribution to all, or a majority of all, of the members of a policy body in connection with a matter anticipated for discussion or consideration at a public meeting shall be made available to the public. To the extent possible, such documents shall also be made available through the policy body's Internet site. However, this disclosure need not include any material exempt from public disclosure under this ordinance.
Email: HSHsunshine@sfgov.org
Ramaytush Ohlone Land Acknowledgement
The San Francisco Homelessness Oversight Commission acknowledges 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 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 Ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as First Peoples.