San Francisco renews shelter and supportive housing deals across the city

San Francisco
Board of Supervisors Meeting
June 2, 2026

TL;DR

• The board renewed contracts that keep supportive housing sites, a navigation center, and an emergency shelter open through 2027 to 2029.
• The Public Utilities Commission cleared a first vote to borrow up to $1,165,736,266 for sewer projects, plus water and power bonds.
• The board cleared a first vote on $195,000,000 in bond money for health facilities and pedestrian and street-safety projects.
• A new city fund to pay rewards for tips on hate crimes is now law.
• Supervisors backed a state bill for camera enforcement of bus lanes and bike lanes, on a 9 to 1 vote.

What happened

1. Shelters and supportive housing keep their funding
   1. The board renewed a set of contracts that keep San Francisco's homelessness services funded. The largest is a Tenderloin Housing Clinic master lease for 16 supportive housing sites, worth up to $303,609,319 through December 2027. The same nonprofit got up to $42,532,462 to run the Crown, Winton, and National hotels, also through December 2027.
   2. Two shelter sites also got funding: the Division Circle Navigation Center at up to $37,091,971 and the Multi-Service Center South at up to $35,507,789.
   3. What this means for you: Several of these contracts were set to end June 30, and the renewals keep the services running. Supportive housing sites, a navigation center, and shelter beds stay open through 2027 to 2029. The money flows through existing city contracts, not new taxes.
2. City clears a first vote to borrow for water, sewer, and power
   1. San Francisco's utility agency cleared a first vote to borrow for water, sewer, and power projects. The largest piece authorizes up to $1,165,736,266 in wastewater bonds. Water bonds are capped at $570,508,918 and power bonds at $138,164,937. The plan returns for a final vote.
   2. What this means for you: These are borrowing limits, not money you pay directly today. Bond money funds long-term water, sewer, and power projects. The records do not say how the borrowing affects future utility bills.
3. Bond money funds health facilities and street-safety work
   1. The board cleared a first vote to spend $195,000,000 from voter-approved bonds. The money goes to the health, public works, parks, and transit departments. It pays for health, nursing, and mental-health facilities, plus pedestrian and street-safety projects. A separate vote cleared the bond sale.
   2. What this means for you: This sets aside money for health and mental-health facilities and street-safety work. The spending still needs a final vote. The bond sale itself already has the green light.
4. SF creates a fund to reward hate-crime tips
   1. San Francisco now has a fund to pay rewards for information about hate crimes. The board gave it final approval, so it is law. Supervisor Matt Dorsey led the measure, with three co-sponsors.
   2. What this means for you: The fund gives the city a way to offer money for information about hate crimes. The records do not list the fund's size or how to claim a reward.
5. Supervisors back camera tickets for bus and bike lanes
   1. Supervisors backed a state bill that would let cameras ticket cars in bus and bike lanes. The vote was 9 to 1. Supervisor Shamann Walton cast the only no. The bill would make that enforcement permanent.
   2. What this means for you: If the state passes it, cameras could ticket your car if you stop in a bus lane or bike lane. This was the board's only vote that was not unanimous.

What residents brought up

• Maternal and child health cuts. Several speakers defended the Department of Public Health's maternal and child health home-visiting programs. A union representative and several nurse managers said the city plans to reassign experienced nursing leaders. One manager said she just returned unspent state money rather than keep staff. They said the home visits reach families that clinics cannot and have prevented babies from being born on the street.
• Drugs and safety in the Mission. A Mission resident who lives near 24th Street described daily drug use and human waste in a nearby alley. He said he called police about a man exposing himself, but no one came. With the District 9 seat empty at the meeting, he asked other supervisors to step in.
• Food access. A high-school student from District 8 told the board about hunger near the Mission. He said the S.F.-Marin Food Bank has a waitlist of about 6,000 people. He asked for two steps that cost nothing: better coordination between city agencies and nonprofits, and help finding public spaces for community markets.

Also happened

• The board renewed behavioral-health contracts, including Crestwood's crisis unit at 822 Geary and two Richmond Area Multi Services deals.
• Supervisors approved Medline medical-supply contracts worth up to $301,562,341 and up to $165,038,293.
• A new contract keeps DISH SF managing six supportive-housing buildings at up to $25,361,109.
• The board urged the state to give renters 14 days, up from three, to pay rent or move out.
• A first vote cleared new entertainment zones in North Beach and at the Ferry Building, with outdoor drinks allowed from 11 a.m.
• Supervisors approved the SF Pretrial services contract at up to $22,532,145, planning to fund one year and reserve the rest.

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