Article XXXI — LOCAL HOMELESS COORDINATING BOARD

Sec. 5.31-1. Creation of Local Homeless Coordinating Board.

Sec. 5.31-2. Membership.

Sec. 5.31-3. Organization and Terms of Office.

Sec. 5.31-4. Duties.

Sec. 5.31-5. Meetings and Procedures.

Sec. 5.31-6. Continued Existence.

Editor's Note:

See also Sec. 2A.410, "Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing."

The Board of Supervisors hereby establishes the Local Homeless Coordinating Board (the "Coordinating Board") of the City and County of San Francisco.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016)

The Coordinating Board shall be comprised of 11 members, appointed by the Homelessness Oversight Commission (“Commission”) as follows:

(a) Seat 1 shall be held by a homeless or formerly homeless person.

(b) Seats 2 through 11 shall be 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), as it may be amended from time to time. For purposes of this subsection (b) regarding Seats 2 through 11, any Board member may represent the interests of more than one relevant organization or homeless subpopulation.

(c) When appointing members to the Coordinating Board, the Commission shall strive to ensure that the Coordinating Board represents a broad diversity of the relevant organizations and homeless subpopulations defined in subsection (b). The Department of Homelessness and Supportive

Housing shall maintain on its website a list of all of the categories of relevant organizations and homeless subpopulations defined by federal law and regulations or used by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) in its Continuum of Care Application, and shall provide such list to the Commission before appointment of a new member to a vacant seat. At the time of appointment, the Commission shall identify the relevant organization or homeless subpopulation(s) represented by the appointee.

(d) Members of the Coordinating Board may not serve on any other City body that advises on issues relating to homelessness, including but not limited to the Commission, Shelter Monitoring Committee, and Shelter Grievance Advisory Committee, during their term(s) on the Coordinating Board.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; 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) Each member of the Coordinating Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission for a term of four years, except as qualified in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(4).

(1) The term of office for each of the seats on the Coordinating Board appointed by the Commission shall commence on July 1, 2023, at noon.

(2) To provide for staggered terms, the members appointed to Seats 2, 4, 6, and 8 shall serve for an initial term of two years starting at noon on July 1, 2023 and ending at noon on July 1, 2025; thereafter the term for Seats 2, 4, 6, and 8 shall be a four-year term, with the first such term starting on July 1, 2025 at noon. The members appointed to Seats 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 shall serve for an initial term of four years starting at noon on July 1, 2023 and ending at noon on July 1, 2027, with the next four-year term starting at that time.

(3) If the Commission does not appoint a member to a seat prior to the commencement of the term on July 1, 2023, the member of the Coordinating Board in that respective seat shall remain as a holdover in the seat until the Commission appoints a member to the seat; provided, however, that the holdover member serves at the pleasure of the Commission.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), the Commission has discretion to appoint members to seats on the Coordinating Board prior to July 1, 2023, to serve on the Coordinating Board for whatever time remains between such appointment and July 1, 2023, at noon.

(5) Members of the Coordinating Board who are seated as of July 1, 2023 prior to the commencement of the term at noon, may be appointed by the Commission for that term provided they meet the qualifications for the seat to which the Commission appoints them.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in any seat on the Coordinating Board, the Commission shall appoint a successor to that seat, to complete the remainder of the term of the vacated seat.

(c) Members of the Coordinating Board shall receive no compensation.

(d) Any member who misses three regular meetings of the Coordinating Board without the express approval of the Coordinating Board at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Coordinating Board 10 days after the third unapproved absence. The Coordinating Board shall inform the Commission of the resignation.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; 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)

The Coordinating Board shall perform the following functions:

(a) Serve as the Continuum of Care governing body in accordance with applicable HUD rules and regulations, including but not limited to 24 CFR Part 578 et seq., as amended. The Coordinating Board shall adopt, and all members shall abide by, a written conflict of interest policy that complies with 24 CFR Section 578.95(b), as amended.

(b) Advise the Commission on issues relating to the City’s participation in the Continuum of Care program.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; 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 Coordinating Board shall hold a meeting not less than once every four months.

(b) The Coordinating Board shall elect officers and shall establish rules or bylaws for its organization and procedures.

(c) The Coordinating Board may establish subcommittees to work on issues relating to the City’s participation in the Continuum of Care program.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; Ord. 35-23, File No. 230125, App. 3/17/2023, Eff. 4/17/2023)

The Board of Supervisors intends the Coordinating Board to last until the enactment of an ordinance removing this Article XXXI from the Administrative Code. Notwithstanding Rule 2.21 of the Board of Supervisors Rules of Order, which provides that advisory bodies created by the Board should sunset within three years, the Board of Supervisors intends the Coordinating Board to exist for longer than three years.

(Added by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016)