Committee forwards multiple grant acceptances and UASI increases, including naloxone and forensic lab equipment

The Budget and Finance Committee on July 21 recommended that the full Board accept multiple grant awards and related governing‑body resolutions.

Patrick Leung, SFPD chief financial officer, asked the committee to recommend acceptance of roughly 9,984 units of naloxone valued at about $73,000 to support the department’s overdose response work. Leung summarized past naloxone administrations and said the department has relied on the medicine to save lives during the city’s opioid epidemic.

Leung also presented a separate grant that would allow the Police Department to purchase instrumentation and controlled‑substance handheld Raman spectrometers for the crime lab under a Paul Coverdell forensic science improvement grant from the California Office of Emergency Services.

Mary Landers of the Department of Emergency Management described two increases to FY20 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funds, including a $2,000,000 increase for a statewide risk‑management program San Francisco administers for a multi‑county partnership. Landers said UASI funds support training, exercises, large equipment and community resilience projects; allocations are determined through regional working groups and an approval authority.

Ken Nam of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development described a $136,000 grant from UCSF to support a construction outreach and local‑hire program that refers San Francisco residents to UCSF projects to meet local‑hire goals.

Committee members asked clarifying questions about program scope, reporting and whether BLA reports were available; presenters said some items had no BLA report on file. Each grant or resolution was moved to the full Board with a positive recommendation by roll call.

Next steps: The items will be considered by the full Board; implementing departments will accept funds subject to grant terms and return with any required implementation documentation.