§ 5.41

(a) In approving Proposition C in the November 6, 2018 general municipal election, the voters of the City and County of San Francisco adopted the Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance, codified in Business and Tax Regulations Code Article 28. One section of that measure, Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810, sets forth the required and permissible expenditures of monies collected under the Homelessness Gross Receipts Tax Ordinance and deposited to the credit of the Our City, Our Home Fund (the “Fund”) established in Administrative Code Section 10.100-164. Section 2810 envisions the establishment of the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee to monitor and provide advice regarding the administration of the Fund.

(b) Consistent with the intent of the voters in adopting Proposition C, the Board of Supervisors hereby establishes the Our City, Our Home Oversight Committee (the “Committee”).

(Added by Ord. 51-19, File No. 181210, App. 3/22/2019, Eff. 4/22/2019)

The Committee shall have the following purposes and duties:

(a) All the purposes and duties as set forth in Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810(e)(1) and (2).

(b) Identify barriers to safe and successful exits out of homelessness, and propose to the Board of Supervisors, the Mayor, the Health Commission, and the Homelessness Oversight Commission ways to reduce those barriers or the impact of those barriers.

(c) Solicit substantive input from people who are Homeless regarding spending priorities. The Committee may seek this input through all appropriate means, including but not limited to conducting surveys and focus groups, and coordinating with community organizations that conduct outreach and/or provide services to Homeless people.

(d) Each needs assessment conducted in accordance with Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810(e)(2)(B) shall be provided in the form of a written report within the time frames there specified. The needs assessment specified in Section 2810(e)(2)(B) shall include an assessment of the needs of Homeless people with disabilities, and the report shall include an assessment of available data regarding the disability status of Homeless people served by the programs and expenditures described in Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810(b)(3). Each needs assessment shall be transmitted to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing to inform the Department’s strategic planning process.

(e) In conjunction with each needs assessment report, at least 60 days before issuing the report, the Committee shall provide a draft of the report to each City department discussed in the report, and allow the department 30 days to provide a written response to the Committee. The Committee shall include any such responses that it timely receives from departments in the report.

(f) For purposes of this Section 5.41-2, the term “Homeless” has the same meaning as in Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810(h)(1).

(Added by Ord. 51-19, File No. 181210, App. 3/22/2019, Eff. 4/22/2019; amended by Ord. 23-23, File No. 221246, App. 2/23/2023, Eff. 3/26/2023; Ord. 35-23, File No. 230125, App. 3/17/2023, Eff. 4/17/2023)

(a) The Committee shall have nine voting members, with qualifications and appointing authorities as set forth in Business and Tax Regulations Code Section 2810(e)(3)(A) and (B). An appointment to a seat on the Committee may not become effective before the effective date of this Article XLI.

(b) The terms of each seat on the Committee shall commence on the effective date of this Article XLI. Terms of seats shall be for two years, except that the initial terms for odd-numbered seats shall be for three years.

(c) Service on the Committee shall be voluntary and members shall receive no compensation from the City.

(d) Members may be removed by their appointing authorities at any time. Additionally, any member who misses three regular meetings of the Committee within a six-month period without the express approval of the Committee at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Committee ten days after the third unapproved absence. The Committee shall inform the member’s appointing authority of any such resignation.

(Added by Ord. 51-19, File No. 181210, App. 3/22/2019, Eff. 4/22/2019)

(a) The Committee shall hold its inaugural meeting not more than 30 days after at least six members have been appointed to the Committee. There shall be at least ten days’ notice of the inaugural meeting. Following the inaugural meeting, the Committee shall hold at least one additional meeting before June 30, 2019. Thereafter, the Committee shall hold a regular meeting not less than six times per fiscal year.

(b) The Committee shall elect a Chair, Vice-Chair, and officers for such other positions, if any, it chooses to create. The Chair, or the Vice-Chair if the Chair is unavailable, shall be responsible for developing the Committee’s agendas and conducting meetings. The Committee may establish bylaws and rules for its organization and procedures.

(c) All City departments, commissions, boards, and agencies shall cooperate with the Committee in the performance of its functions. At least one representative from each of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development, the Office of the Controller, and the Department of Public Health shall attend all regular meetings of the Committee to be available to provide policy support to the Committee.

(d) The Controller shall provide administrative and clerical support for the Committee.

(e) Notwithstanding Rule 2.21 of the Board of Supervisors Rules of Order, which provides that advisory bodies created by the Board of Supervisors should sunset within three years, the Committee shall not expire unless the Board enacts an ordinance terminating the Committee.

(Added by Ord. 51-19, File No. 181210, App. 3/22/2019, Eff. 4/22/2019)