Committee reviews four community benefit district annual reports and forwards them to full Board
December 01, 2022 | San Francisco County, California
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The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Dec. 1 received annual reports for fiscal year 2021 from four community benefit districts and recommended forwarding the resolutions to the full Board with a positive recommendation.
Chris Korgas of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) summarized OEWD's review process and four financial and governance benchmarks used for property‑based CBDs (and the applicable benchmarks for business‑based districts). Korgas said Japantown met three of four benchmarks (shortfall in benchmark 3: variance of budget to actuals), Noe Valley corrected earlier management‑plan weaknesses and subsequently met benchmarks after plan updates, Fisherman's Wharf landside met benchmarks under a mid‑year management‑plan change, and the port side FMCBD had sunset and did not renew.
Representatives from each CBD presented highlights: Grace Horikiri for Japantown described support for small businesses, public‑realm activation, COVID testing and fundraising; Deborah Neiman for Noe Valley outlined sidewalk washing, tree planting and programming; Scott for Fisherman's Wharf emphasized a new CRM/website, an ambassador program and cleaning metrics; and Kate Robinson for the North of Market/Tenderloin CBD described Safe Passage programming, pandemic food distribution, camera retrieval assistance and youth programming.
Public commenters raised concerns about homelessness and service gaps and offered partnership support; Dennis Williams (No Racism No Hate) and others urged funding for grassroots organizations and equity in contracting. OEWD noted some reporting delays from the Tenderloin CBD for past periods but said staffing changes reduced delays and OEWD continues monitoring.
Chair Preston moved to send items 2–5 to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation; Vice Chair Chan and Supervisor Matt Dorsey joined Preston in voting to forward the items. The committee also recorded cosponsor requests for the Japantown and Tenderloin CBDs from supervisors.
Next steps: the resolutions will be transmitted to the full Board for consideration.
Chris Korgas of the Mayor's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) summarized OEWD's review process and four financial and governance benchmarks used for property‑based CBDs (and the applicable benchmarks for business‑based districts). Korgas said Japantown met three of four benchmarks (shortfall in benchmark 3: variance of budget to actuals), Noe Valley corrected earlier management‑plan weaknesses and subsequently met benchmarks after plan updates, Fisherman's Wharf landside met benchmarks under a mid‑year management‑plan change, and the port side FMCBD had sunset and did not renew.
Representatives from each CBD presented highlights: Grace Horikiri for Japantown described support for small businesses, public‑realm activation, COVID testing and fundraising; Deborah Neiman for Noe Valley outlined sidewalk washing, tree planting and programming; Scott for Fisherman's Wharf emphasized a new CRM/website, an ambassador program and cleaning metrics; and Kate Robinson for the North of Market/Tenderloin CBD described Safe Passage programming, pandemic food distribution, camera retrieval assistance and youth programming.
Public commenters raised concerns about homelessness and service gaps and offered partnership support; Dennis Williams (No Racism No Hate) and others urged funding for grassroots organizations and equity in contracting. OEWD noted some reporting delays from the Tenderloin CBD for past periods but said staffing changes reduced delays and OEWD continues monitoring.
Chair Preston moved to send items 2–5 to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation; Vice Chair Chan and Supervisor Matt Dorsey joined Preston in voting to forward the items. The committee also recorded cosponsor requests for the Japantown and Tenderloin CBDs from supervisors.
Next steps: the resolutions will be transmitted to the full Board for consideration.
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