SEC. 20.300. FINDINGS. — San Francisco Administrative Code

The Board of Supervisors finds and declares the following:

(a) The City and County of San Francisco funds shelters and resource centers that serve homeless people; and

(b) There is a significant public interest in determining that the homeless shelters that the City funds are safe and sanitary, that the shelters’ policies and procedures are fair and meet the needs of the clients accessing shelter services; that operators receiving City funds are complying with their contractual obligations to the City, and that shelter clients benefit from the expenditure of public funds; and

(c) The Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, the Homelessness Oversight Commission (“Commission”), established by Charter Section 4.133, any future advisory body created by the City and County of San Francisco, and the public, among others, need to be able to access accurate and comprehensive information regarding shelters.

(Added by Ord. 283-04, File No. 041449, App. 12/1/2004; reenacted by Ord. 61-21, File No. 210115, App. 4/30/2021, Eff. 5/31/2021, Oper. 5/31/2021; 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)