Services. [please stand by]. Second, the budget assumes that placements of clients in other Housing Alternatives p predominantly in the second half of the fiscal year would allow the city to ramp down this s. I. P. Program as the other programs are ramped up, and thats essential because were planning for our world in unknown timing where the city will work to have these individuals housed but without the fibenefit of fema reimbursements. Our latest projections, which we published earlier today and which you all have, indicate that some early costs with some modest delays in the implementation of the project, its projected to go beyond its costs by approximately 75 million. The plan is heavily heavily re fema, and id be happy to answer any questions that the board has after abigail presents. President yee abigail . [please stand by]. Many who come from all over the city as well as our nonprofits have our deep gratitude for rising to this occasion, and our commitment to rehousing of ever
Supervisor preston they told us in september it was going to expire in october; they told us in august auguit going to expire in september. I understand in your role as controller, you have to acknowledge that we havent gotten any sign from the federal government, and all we have is a new administration thats looking to look far more favorably on the homeless than the current. Is that right . I concur, its an unknown, and theres a risk. We dont know whether the fema reimbursement for this program will end next july or a year from now. I guess the point that i would make is simply that fema reimbursement will end at some point, and in the process of shifting people in to other alternatives will begin, and that those other alternatives, permanent Supportive Housing is roughly half the cost of the s. I. P. Hotels. We could buy twice as many u us of many units of permanent Supportive Housing as s. I. P. Units. Supervisor preston i agree, but theres nothing ive heard in this committee of th
From the department outlining the plan for their shelter in place rehousing and site demobilization plan. This response to this request has been forwarded to everyones office today. We are still in a pandemic, and just today, mayor breed and dr. Colfax announced the rolling back of our reopening. We are concerned about the process and timeline of shelter in place rehousing and demobilization of our shelters. I want to acknowledge the work that the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing and the department of Emergency Management have done in collaboration with our Service Providers during this pandemic in keeping our people safe, but we [inaudible] is transparent and ensures that no one, especially our most vulnerable populations, exit back onto the streets. Today, we have, as explained, the department of homelessness and Supportive Housing, department of Emergency Management, some of our Emergency Management and controllers speaking otoday, ad i think its very important that
One, and then zero. [inaudible] clerk speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email me at linda. Wong sfgov. Org. Thats lindadotwong sfgo vdotorg. Chair fewer thank you very much, miss wong. So i want to say before we move into the agenda, i want to acknowledge the incredible work of the Clerks Office in coordinating three Committee Meetings today and for accommodating this special budget meeting. Colleagues, we have one hour for this meeting, and must conclude the meeting by 12 30 p. M. In order not to jeopardize the start of the Building Committee meeting. No matter where we are, we must stop at 12 30. Madam clerk, please call item 1. Clerk item 1, emergency ordinance to require the city to secure k8 250 private rooms by april 26, 2020, through Service Agreements with hotels and motels for use as temporary quarantine facilities for people currently experiencing homelessness, people
Firefighters, our muni drivers, our Health Care Workers. They are essential city workers who are showing up and who are interact aing with the public more so than most others and they have, we know, concerns about their own health. So they cant always n their capacity, practice social distancing. That ier are taking care of us so its important that we take care of them. And one of most basic things that we can do is to ensure that they have access to testing. Now last week, we announced a partnership that would allow our First Responders to get priority testing through a number of health care providers. And here in San Francisco, we know that it has been very frustrating because we have lacked the testing that we need in order to really put people at ease and ensure them that they are safe. This means that so many of our workers are have a lot of uncertainty. And uncertain that theyre exposed and that they have the virus and thats why its important that we do everything we can to ramp