Four Labor Deals Clear Committee With Police Retention, Fire Training Incentives

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Government Audit and Oversight Committee advanced all 11 substantive items on its June 4 agenda — approving more than $17 million in health and homelessness contracts, a package of four labor agreements reshaping executive pay and training, and the first formal step toward expanding Treasure Island's tax-increment financing district. No public comment was offered on any item.

• Four labor agreements advance covering police and fire executives, unrepresented City employees, and machinists — with new emergency training incentives inspired by the LA fires and a restructured police commander rank

• $11.8M children's mental health contract extended for the Homeless Children's Network, earning a perfect performance rating from the Budget and Legislative Analyst

• Treasure Island financing district expansion launched, with a Sept. 15 public hearing set to add stage-two development parcels

• $3.75M grant approved for a pilot to serve the most behaviorally complex patients in permanent supportive housing

• $1.5M Salesforce-funded mammography van accepted to replace SF General's out-of-service mobile screening unit

LA Fires, Police Retention Drive Four Labor Deals

The committee advanced four labor ordinances in a single hearing, covering the Municipal Executives' Association contracts for both police and fire chiefs, compensation for approximately 92 unrepresented City employees, and a restructuring of the Machinists Local 1414 apprenticeship program.

Why it matters: The package aligns executive compensation across public safety leadership with the citywide Merit and Competency-Based Compensation Program, addresses persistent difficulty retaining officers who promote into executive ranks, and invests in emergency preparedness training explicitly tied to lessons from the devastating Los Angeles fires.

Where things stand: Artis Graham, Employee Relations Director at the Department of Human Resources, presented all four items together. Both the police and fire MOUs include identical base compensation to the Local 798 and POA agreements: a series of 2% and 1% raises, capped with a significant 2% increase on the final day of the contract, June 30, 2030.

For police executives, the deal adds leadership retention funding to keep promoted officers in their roles and creates a new commander rank step to incentivize captain promotions. "Moving from captain to commander is also a significant change. So we've added an additional step for the commanders ranks to again try to incentivize the best captains. This was a top priority for the chief," said Graham.

For fire executives, the MOU adds training incentives for developing San Francisco-specific emergency preparedness programs. "We certainly pray that we don't have a situation like they had in Los Angeles just a few years ago. But if we do, we want to make sure we have the best well trained, well prepared for that type of emergency as well as the obvious earthquake," Graham said.

The unrepresented employees ordinance sets wages for roughly 92 full-time employees — largely in the mayor's office and HR — to match rates negotiated for other miscellaneous bargaining units. The Machinists Local 1414 amendment changes the apprenticeship model so that apprentices remain at one department rather than rotating between departments. "As you can quite imagine, that can be quite a difficult thing for each department to manage," Graham explained.

Decisions: All four items forwarded as committee reports, 2-0 (For: Vice Chair Mahmood, Chair Stephen Sherrill; Absent: Supervisor Jackie Fielder). No public comment was received.

What's next: The full Board of Supervisors will take up all four labor ordinances at an upcoming meeting.

$11.8M Children's Mental Health Contract Earns Top Marks

The committee extended the Department of Public Health's contract with the Homeless Children's Network by one year and $3.25 million, bringing the total not-to-exceed amount to approximately $11.8 million through June 30, 2027.

The basics: The contract funds two programs under the MA'AT banner. The MA'AT Clinical program provides culturally congruent outreach, low-threshold wellness services, and core outpatient mental health services. The MA'AT Prevention Early Intervention program, funded through the Behavioral Health Services Act, supports LGBTQ youth wellness and early childhood mental health consultation.

Why it matters: The program targets children, youth and families who have historically been underrepresented in traditional mental health treatment — and is delivering results. The Budget and Legislative Analyst's office gave the program its highest possible monitoring rating: 4 out of 4, or "commendable."

Where things stand: Dr. Farhanaz Farman, Director of the Children Youth Family System of Care at DPH, described the program's mission: "The purpose of the program is to provide culturally congruent behavioral health services to children, youth and families of San Francisco that have historically been under represented and underserved by traditional mental health treatment."

Chair Stephen Sherrill pressed for details on the specific performance metrics behind the commendable rating. Dr. Farman explained: "80% of clients will improve on at least 50% of these actual items. So there's stuff around making progress on clinical symptoms as well as maintaining strengths." The metric relies on the state-mandated Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths assessment tool.

Nick Menard, a Budget and Legislative Analyst, confirmed the program is meeting its contract goals. The approximately $3.7 million annual program is 60% general fund and 40% state and federal sources.

Decisions: Forwarded to the full board with a positive recommendation, 2-0 (For: Mahmood, Sherrill; Absent: Fielder). No public comment.

Treasure Island Financing District Set to Expand

The committee took the first formal steps toward annexing new development parcels into the Treasure Island Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District, setting a committee-of-the-whole public hearing for Sept. 15, 2026, at 3:00 p.m.

The basics: An Infrastructure and Revitalization Financing District, or IRFD, allows a city to capture a portion of new property taxes generated by development and issue bonds against that revenue to fund public infrastructure and affordable housing. San Francisco's Treasure Island IRFD was formed in 2017 based on the 2011 Disposition and Development Agreement and currently covers only stage-one properties on Yerba Buena Island and the Treasure Island waterfront.

Why it matters: Expanding the district to include stage-two parcels — project areas F, G, H and I — will unlock a new stream of tax-increment financing for the next phase of infrastructure and affordable housing construction on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island.

Where things stand: Jamie Karubin, Acting Director of the Treasure Island Development Authority, walked the committee through the required state process. "The IRFD allows the city to capture and dedicate a portion of new property taxes generated by properties on Treasure Island as a result of development. The city then issues tax increment, or IRFD bonds against those property tax revenues to finance both public infrastructure supporting the project and affordable housing located on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island," Karubin explained.

The state IRFD law requires a resolution of intention, authorization to prepare an updated infrastructure financing plan appendix, a property owner election, formal annexation approval, and approval of maximum bond issuance. Final annexation actions are anticipated by early October 2026.

Decisions: Item 9 was amended to insert the Sept. 15 hearing date, then forwarded as a committee report, 2-0. The companion resolution authorizing preparation of the financing plan appendix was also forwarded to the full board, 2-0. No public comment on either item.

$3.75M Grant Targets SF's Most Complex Homeless Patients

The committee approved a two-year, $3.75 million grant from the Housing Accelerator Fund to develop placement solutions for permanent supportive housing patients whose behavioral health needs exceed current PSH capacity.

Why it matters: San Francisco's permanent supportive housing system was not designed for every level of behavioral complexity. This pilot creates an interdisciplinary team with executive and system-level support across multiple departments to find new transitional service models for the hardest-to-serve patients.

Where things stand: Dr. Todd Barrett, Chief Medical Officer of the San Francisco Health Network, described the challenge: "DPH seeks to transform the care it provides to behaviorally complex patients experiencing barriers to getting the right services to age in place or who need to be moved to a higher level of care."

The grant — from Homes for the Homeless Fund LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Housing Accelerator Fund — funds a system-wide analysis of barriers, an interdisciplinary team, a pilot implementation for a test group of patients, and an evaluation designed to inform future investment decisions. The grant runs from July 2026 through June 2028.

Decisions: Forwarded to the full board, 2-0 (For: Mahmood, Sherrill; Absent: Fielder). No public comment.

Minor Items

• Salesforce-funded mammography van: The committee approved a $1.5 million capital gift from Salesforce, Inc., via the SF General Hospital Foundation, for a new mobile mammography van with a 15-year naming agreement (through December 2041). The total donation of $1.6 million includes $100,000 for marketing and foundation fees. Sabrina Robinson, COO of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, noted that "our current mammo van is actually out of service, so we're very excited to provide this service to our community." Approved 2-0.

• Medi-Cal County Inmate Program: Two agreements with the California Department of Healthcare Services allow San Francisco to participate in the state Medi-Cal County Inmate Program through June 2029 and pay its share of administrative costs ($35,363). The program enables DPH to bill the state for healthcare services provided to incarcerated individuals at Zuckerberg SF General or within the SF Health Network. Approved 2-0.

• Code cleanup ordinance continued: Chair Sherrill delayed the omnibus code cleanup ordinance (File 250630) to the June 18 committee meeting to refine amendments related to planning department reporting requirements. "I want to make sure we're perfecting these amendments and not just rushing them through," he said. Continued 2-0.