SEC. 20.53-106. GENERAL WELFARE.

   In undertaking this program, the City and County of San Francisco is assuming an undertaking only to promote the general welfare. It is not assuming, nor is it imposing on its officers, commissions, and employees, an obligation for breach of which it is liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.

(Added by Proposition I, 11/4/2003)

SEC. 20.53-107. SEVERABILITY.

   If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this initiative or any part thereof is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this Chapter or any part thereof. The people hereby declare that they would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective.

(Added by Proposition I, 11/4/2003)

ARTICLE VI: ENROLLMENT IN SOCIAL SERVICES

Sec. 20.54.1.	Title.
Sec. 20.54.2.	Findings.
Sec. 20.54.3.	Definitions.
Sec. 20.54.4.	Contract Requirements.
[Sec. 20.54.5.]	Standard Rent Contribution.
Sec. 20.54.6.	Documents to Be Created by the Human Services Agency.
Sec. 20.54.7.	No Conflict with Federal or State Law.
Sec. 20.54.8.	Undertaking for the General Welfare.
Sec. 20.54.9.	Severability.

 

*Editor’s Note: This Section number was inadvertently omitted from Ord. No. 3-21 . It has been included in brackets to indicate that the number is unofficial.

SEC. 20.54.1. TITLE.

   This Article VI shall be known as the “Permanent Supportive Housing and Public Benefits Utilization Ordinance.”

(Added by Ord. 1-16, File No. 150624, App. 1/19/2016, Eff. 2/18/2016, Oper. 4/18/2016; Ord. 3-21, File No. 201185, App. 1/15/2021, Eff. 2/15/2021)

SEC. 20.54.2. FINDINGS.

   (a)   In 2004, the “San Francisco Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness” (the “Ten Year Plan”) prepared by the S.F. Ten Year Planning Council, developed the City’s “Housing First” policy, finding that “permanent supportive housing has been proven to be the most effective and efficient way to take chronically homeless off the streets.”

   (b)   The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) considers housing “affordable” if it costs no more than 30% of a household’s monthly income.

   (c)   Based on the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, and on the McKinney-Vento Act of 1987, HUD limits the monthly maximum rental occupancy charges for housing provided through the federal Continuum of Care Program (“CoC”) to the highest of: 1) 30% of the family’s monthly adjusted income; 2) 10% of the family’s monthly income; or 3) the portion of a family’s welfare assistance that is designated for housing costs.

   (d)   It is in the best interest of the City and of the individuals living in Permanent Supportive Housing funded by the City and County of San Francisco, regardless of funding stream, to pay a standard rent contribution that is consistent with federal policy and regulations.

(Added by Ord. 3-21, File No. 201185, App. 1/15/2021, Eff. 2/15/2021)

(Former Sec. 20.54.2 added by Ord. 1-16, File No. 150624, App. 1/19/2016, Eff. 2/18/2016, Oper. 4/18/2016; amended by Ord. 116-16, File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; redesignated as Sec. 20.54.3 and amended by Ord. 3-21, File No. 201185, App. 1/15/2021, Eff. 2/15/2021)