San Francisco Administrative Code § 124.2 Equitable Distribution

(a) Within 15 days of the Operative Date, HSH and the Planning Department shall prepare a Shelter Equity

Analysis based on data from the 2024 PIT Count. For each Neighborhood, the Shelter Equity Analysis shall indicate:

(1) The number of unsheltered persons residing in the Neighborhood;

• (2) The Neighborhood’s share of unsheltered persons, calculated as the percentage of unsheltered persons living in San Francisco who reside in the Neighborhood;

(3) The total number of beds in Homeless Shelters and Transitional Housing Facilities located in the Neighborhood; and

(4) The Neighborhood’s share of Shelter and Transitional Housing beds, calculated as the percentage of beds in Homeless Shelters and Transitional Housing citywide that are located in the Neighborhood,

Within 60 days of the release of the 2026 Biennial PIT Count, and every two years thereafter, HSH and the

Planning Department shall prepare a new Shelter Equity Analysis, based on data from the most recent Biennial PIT Count.

(b) Fair Share Rule. No City officer, department, or commission shall Approve a new Covered Facility that would be located in a Neighborhood where the Neighborhood’s share of beds in Homeless Shelters and Transitional Housing, as calculated in subsection (a)(4) exceeds the Neighborhood’s share of unsheltered persons, as calculated in subsection (a)(2).

(c) Equitable Siting of Homeless Shelters. No City officer, department, or commission shall Approve a new Homeless Shelter that would be located within 300 feet of another Homeless Shelter that is open, operating, or Approved at the time of Approval.

(d) The Board of Supervisors may waive the prohibitions on Approving new Covered Facilities and Homeless Shelters set forth in subsections (b) and (c) by resolution only if it finds that Approval of the Covered Facility or Homeless Shelter at the proposed location is in the public interest and is justified by the demand for the facility type, the cost of siting the Covered Facility or Homeless Shelter at the proposed location as compared to alternative sites, and the commitment made by the sponsoring department to address neighborhood concerns, if any. (Added by Ord. 172-25, File No. 250487, App. 9/5/2025, Eff. 10/6/2025, Oper. 1/1/2026)

SEC. 124.3. EXCEPTIONS.

The prohibitions on the Approval of Covered Facilities and Homeless Shelters set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of Section 124.2 shall not apply to:

(a) Covered Facilities for which the City submitted an application for financing prior to the Effective Date, including but not limited to applications for state grants and applications for financing made possible through passage of the Health Infrastructure Bond Act of 2024 (S.B. 326), approved by the voters as part of Proposition 1;

(b) Covered Facilities that will be sited within the physical space occupied by an existing Covered Facility and will not increase the existing square footage; and

(c) A Covered Facility that will that will be sited in a Neighborhood in which a Covered Facility closed within 12 months prior to the date the officer, department, or commission Approves the new Covered Facility; this exception shall apply to the Approval of only one Covered Facility for each Covered Facility that closes. (Added by Ord. 172-25, File No. 250487, App. 9/5/2025, Eff. 10/6/2025, Oper. 1/1/2026)