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By David Woo, HANC President

The developers of 730 Stanyan, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) and Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), held their seventh public meeting about the project on April 4th, 2023. The project is expected to begin construction in June of this year, including the use of a crane.

Three Major Changes

There are three major changes that have happened to the project since the last developer update in September 2022. The first is that the number of housing units dedicated to Transitional Age Youth (TAY) has gone from 30 to 20. This is because the state of California, Governor Newsom, did not fund the project and San Francisco had to fill in with gap funding. This shift coincides with the addition of 32 units of Project Based Section 8 Voucher family units.

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By Danielle McVay, HANC Board

The April 13th HANC meeting was a coming together of San Francisco non-profit royalty. First, we had Coalition on Homelessness Executive Director Jennifer Friedenbach, followed by Lydia Bransten, Executive Director of The Gubbio Project, and to close the evening was Joe Wilson, the Executive Director of Hospitality House.

During Jennifer Friedenbach's time she shared something very surprising to the crowd: that there are 90,000 calls to 911 annually that are related to homeless people. She was clear that these calls are only related to the "presence of a homeless person" and not related to safety issues. She is working with members of the Board of Supervisors to work toward a compassionate care response. She discussed the lawsuit against The City due to continued sweeps/destruction of property of homeless persons despite this being against federal law, the lack of effective services and police response to homelessness. The lawsuit it to demonstrate The City is violating the law, to push them to follow their own policies and step up to treat homeless folk with dignity.

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(Presented at HANC's April 2023 Meeting)

By Joe Wilson, Executive Director, Hospitality House

Recent media coverage of the struggles nonprofit organizations face in fulfilling contractual obligations has renewed the public's call for more accountability. Hospitality House fully embraces accountability, openness, and oversight in monitoring the use of public funds, and we welcome public scrutiny as a catalyst for constructive dialogue and improved performance. We express full support for our partner organizations needing resources, assistance, and capacity to meet contractual obligations – while holding them accountable for the use of public funds. Hospitality House does not and will not excuse misuse of public funds.

Human service organizations largely came into being to fill gaps - to augment gaps that have widened over time because of racial, ethnic and gender inequities, America's disappearing safety net, and systemic retreat from our social contract. In communities of color in San Francisco, these needs have deepened because of the COVID pandemic, seismic shifts in the national economy, and widening inequality. Millions of America's low-income renters live in substandard housing.

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Please join us on Thursday, May 11, at 7:00 pm. We will be discussing the San Francisco Budget. We have invited District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan, chair of the Budget Committee, Debbie Lerman, Director of the San Francisco Human Services Network, and Tim Redmond, Founder and Editor of 48 Hills, to discuss how best to address the projected budget deficit.

This will be a hybrid meeting.

Join us in person at Flywheel Coffee Roasters, 672 Stanyan Street (between Haight and Page) or join us online. Please note that seating is limited, but we are not expecting a big crowd.

To join the meeting online, copy this link:
https://zoom.us/j/97001985280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWGVXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09

Or, with the Zoom app:

Meeting ID: 970 0198 5280
Passcode: 333544

Zoom also provides telephone numbers. These are not toll-free numbers. Check with your phone company before you incur charges.

The closest number is:
        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 970 0198 5280
Passcode: 333544

Additional numbers can be found at: https://zoom.us/u/acJ3FRWOWk