(a) The membership of the Committee shall reflect the diversity of the homeless people that access shelter in the City. The Committee shall consist of 13 members, appointed as follows:
Seat 1 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who is living or has lived with the person’s homeless child under the age of 18, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 2 shall be held by a person who is homeless or has been homeless within the three years prior to being appointed to the Committee, and who has a disability, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 3 shall be held by a person with experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 4 shall be held by a person nominated by one or more community agencies that provide behavioral health, housing placement, or other services to homeless people, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 5 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has been nominated by one or more nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy or organizing services for homeless people, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 6 shall be held by a person nominated by one or more nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy or organizing services for homeless people, appointed by the Board of Supervisors.
Seat 7 shall be held by a person nominated by one or more nonprofit agencies that provide advocacy or organizing services for homeless people, appointed by the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Seat 8 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting, appointed by the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Seat 9 shall be held by a person with experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting, appointed by the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Seat 10 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has been nominated by one or more community agencies that provide behavioral health, housing placement, or other services to homeless people, appointed by the Local Homeless Coordinating Board.
Seat 11 shall be held by an employee of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, appointed by the Mayor.
Seat 12 shall be held by an employee of the Department of Public Health, appointed by the Mayor.
Seat 13 shall be held by a person who is homeless or formerly homeless, and who has experience providing direct services to homeless people through a community setting, appointed by the Mayor.
In making their appointments to the Committee, the appointing authorities are encouraged to select people who are bilingual.
(b) The Committee shall elect its own officers and may establish rules for its own organization and procedures, consistent with this
Article XII.
(c) Limitations on site visits.
(1) Committee members who work at a resource center or shelter shall not conduct site visits at that site or any other site that is part of that agency. If they are former employees of a site, they must wait at least six months after leaving employment before conducting a site visit.
(2) Committee members who reside at a shelter shall not conduct site visits at that site or any other site that is part of the agency responsible for the shelter. Committee members who formerly resided at a shelter must wait at least six months after leaving the shelter before conducting a site visit at that site or any other site that is part of the agency responsible for the shelter.
(3) Committee members from the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and the Department of Public Health shall not conduct official site visits on behalf of the Shelter Monitoring Committee at a site where their respective agency holds a contract with said site or agency.
(Added by Ord. 283-04, File No. 041449, App. 12/1/2004; amended by Ord. 150-07, File No. 070084, App. 7/3/2007; Ord. , File No. 160638, App. 6/29/2016, Eff. 7/29/2016; Ord. , File No. 171171, App. 11/2/2018, Eff. 12/3/2018)
