Mission Local: Joe Eskenazi

Last week, the mayor’s office decreed that homeless service providers should actually prove that what they’re doing is working.

Seems reasonable. Also, last week, the City advanced an extension for OpenGov. That’s the struggling permit software system the mayor’s office selected unilaterally, without the benefit of a formal bidding process.

It could give you whiplash.


SF homeless service providers must prove their programs work. SF permitting software, not so much…

SF homeless service providers must prove their programs work. SF permitting software, not so much…

09/07/2026

Homeless service providers will now be contracted via ‘performance-based metrics.’ But that’s not the case for OpenGov, the struggling permit software system. It’s enough to give you whiplash.



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