Yesterday, City Council adopted a budget that includes 1% of the General Fund for human services, which will provide an additional $790,000 in human services funding over last year.  This funding will be used to expand services to low income residents for workforce supports and housing, and to provide proactive support for troubled youth with […]

Yesterday, HSC attended a press conference with Council Members Sittenfeld and Mann to express support for their proposal to create a permanent, guaranteed revenue stream to fund human services through a charter amendment that increases the admissions tax.  If approved by the voters in November, this charter amendment would increase the percentage of the admissions […]

HSC has released its inaugural edition of Collective Voice, HSC’s quarterly newsletter!  The June 2018 edition provides an overview of the activities HSC has been involved in over the past few months, including its policy work on transportation and eviction prevention.  Subscribe to the newsletter so that you can keep up with our activities and […]

Today, HSC sent a letter to the Mayor and Council asking that they fulfill their commitment to fund human services at an amount of 1% of the General Fund as required by Ordinance 153-2017 (the “1.5% ordinance”) that was adopted last year.  The 1.5% Ordinance set into law Council’s commitment to fund human services in the amount […]

Executive Director Gina Marsh and Transportation Committee Chair Reginald Harris presented before City Council’s Education, Innovation, and Growth committee today on the results of its public transit survey .  Among the highlights of the survey: 58% of riders regularly use the bus to get to work/school; 76% of these riders have household incomes below $25K […]