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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
3
250040
Name:
Administrative Code - Core Initiatives to Strengthen
City’s Responses to Homelessness, Drug Abuse,
Mental Health Needs, and Related Crises
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
1/14/2025
Clerk of the Board
On agenda:
Final action:
2/12/2025
Enactment date:
2/12/2025
010-25
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to 1) provide that the existing waiver of competitive
procurement rules for certain contracts and grants to support projects addressing homelessness will
sunset in May 2029; 2) suspend until January 2026 the competitive procurement requirements for
contracts, grants, and leases necessary to accelerate the City’s response to homelessness, drug
overdoses and substance use disorders, mental health needs, integrated health needs, and public
safety hiring (the “Core Initiatives”); 3) delegate to the Mayor the authority to approve certain types of
contracts, grants, and leases for Core Initiatives under Charter Section 9.118, if the Board of
Supervisors has failed to act within 45 days; 4) suspend until January 2026 the requirement under
Chapter 23 of the Administrative Code that the Board of Supervisors approve leases, if the lease is for
a Core Initiative; 5) authorize the City until January 2026 to accept gifts, grants, and other donations
of up to $10 million for Core Initiatives; 6) clarify the authority of the Controller to transfer surplus
funds to support Core Initiatives; and 7) authorize the Office of the Mayor for six months to solicit
donations from various private entities and organizations to support the City’s work on the Core
Initiatives, notwithstanding the Behested Payment Ordinance.
Sponsors:
Mayor, Matt Dorsey, Joel Engardio, Stephen Sherrill, Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter, Rafael
Mandelman
Attachments:
1. Leg Ver1, 2. Leg Dig Ver1, 3. MYR Memo 011425, 4. PAM 30-day Waiver 011625, 5. FYI Referral
012125, 6. BLA Rpt 012925, 7. Cmte Pkt 012925, 8. MYR Presentation 012925, 9. Leg Ver2, 10. Leg
Dig Ver2, 11. Board Pkt 020425, 12. Public Correspondence, 13. Leg Ver3, 14. Leg Dig Ver3, 15.
Board Pkt 021125, 16. Leg Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED
President
1/14/2025
1
REFERRED TO DEPARTMENT
Clerk of the Board
1/21/2025
1
RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
Budget and Finance Committee
1/29/2025
2
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Budget and Finance Committee
1/29/2025
1
Pass
AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT OF THE
WHOLE BEARING NEW TITLE
Board of Supervisors
2/4/2025
2
Pass
PASSED ON FIRST READING AS
AMENDED
Board of Supervisors
2/4/2025
3
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
2/11/2025
3
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
2/12/2025
3