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crackheads of the day #18

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:08:52 -0700

Tenderloin Housing Clinic edition.

update, aug4, 2010 > this 'crackheads of the day' section has a bunch of comments on Reddit

San Francisco has been fed a lie for a long time now by people like Randy Shaw and it goes like this, "San Francisco needs more affordable housing to get the homeless off the streets". Everybody from Mayor Newsom, to the Chronicle, to Rob Anderson has bought the lie (note, this last link and quote has changed from the original. see comments here(in which he again praises Care not Cash). The original quotes here posted this morning came from here

In complementing Mayor Newsom on Care Not Cash in BeyondChron, Randy Shaw is unique among city progressives, probably because he's had first-hand experience with the success of the program through the Tenderloin Housing Clinic.

Rob Anderson, from here

I could never understand why Rob said that, but to his credit, he did mention the Grand Jury Report on Homelessness which talks about this very subject. This report in 2008 came 4 years after Care not Cash was implemented in 2004, which was promptly ignored by the Board of Supervisors, resulting in cynical jokes in the press
Randy Shaw does NOT have first hand knowledge of any of his 16 SRO buildings because he visits them only once a year at most, however Shaw likely does have first hand knowledge of the dope fiends, including Tenderloin Housing Clinic staff because lawsuits suggest first hand knowledge because Shaw signed off on that settlement

This is a Care not Cash recipient and a current resident of Tenderloin Housing Clinic. She is currently housed. She used to live all over the alleys of South of Market and was funneled through Mayor Newsom's Project Homeless Connect and finally housed in Randy Shaw's Tenderloin Housing Clinic and is a current care not Cash recipient

This photo is from yesterday and you can see that she is still in the same South of Market alleys smoking crack, even though she is housed. So no, simply giving many homeless people affordable housing does NOT necessarily take them off the streets. There are no gates, no locks on the front door, nothing to prevent anyone of the thousands of homeless dope fiends who want to go outside at any time day or night and do what they did before they received housing. Furthermore, Randy Shaw's own 'harm reduction' policies on drug abuse further perpetuates the problem by largely ignoring that there IS a problem. Randy Shaw, in fact, has personally intervened and stopped low level counselors in Tenderloin Housing Clinic who attempted to bring in outside groups like Narcotics Anonymous. Management is instructed to literally look the other way and deny there is even a drug problem to begin with, in order to reduce any liability for Randy Shaw. This inevitably results in lots of people who abuse this, including dope dealers who operate right under managements noses

Ironically, for all the bashing Willie Brown got, he was one of the few people I've seen who had something of a clue

"No one wishes to provide the resources," Brown said. "Only in those cities where (homeless people are highly visible) is there any strong advocacy. . . . What you don't get is a uniform, concentrated, massive resource attack or a change in laws of who can be restrained."

As the economy drooped and tourism dipped, Brown was nagged by the tourist and restaurant industries to do more to keep panhandlers and the homeless off the streets.

But Brown says he can't help people who refuse help -- those who are mentally ill, paranoid about government aid or simply refuse to give up their outdoor lifestyle. Police, district attorneys and court officials must follow the state's strict standards for when to arrest and hospitalize people against their will.

Brown said he underestimated the "irrationality quotient" of the homeless.

"When I came into office I assumed that making services available would and could cause a reversal of the situation for most people on the streets," the mayor said. "I was wrong."

Willie Brown

"Neighborhood people and the merchants and owners of homes and businesses detested the existence of homeless people or street people in close proximity to them," Brown said. ". . . You want to do a shelter? You have no place to locate it."

Willie Brown

You know that new Mid Market development called CityPlace promoted by the same Randy Shaw who houses this crackhead? That's a whitewash and diversion tactic by Randy Shaw because unless CityPlace is able to build a parking garage for all of it's customers, they will be parking right here in this alley, on Stevenson, just half a block away, where they will be promptly met with Randy Shaw's own crackheads. Because this is the backside of 1035 Market st, about 500 yards from where CityPlace will be built

By the way, I don't expect anything to change from posts like this. But to say nothing is worse

San Francisco increasing dysfunctional behavior by concentrating it

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:04:44 -0700

A new article in Time magazine describes how teen drug and alcohol rehab centers actually make the problem worse.

This is exactly how San Francisco's homeless programs are run, especially Randy Shaw's Tenderloin Housing Clinic and it's takeover of SRO's and the master lease program, literally concentrating hardcore dope fiends with those few who might want to improve their lives. This can also be applied to the entire Tenderloin area which has been repeatedly described as a 'containment zone' for this exact same thing. So basically San Francisco is paying 500 million dollars a year to essentially concentrate and increase the very problem it is paying non profits to solve, guaranteeing it will be paying for the exact same thing in perpetuity

from Time magazine

Increasingly, substance-abuse experts are finding that teen drug treatment may indeed be doing more harm than good. Many programs throw casual dabblers together with hard-core addicts and foster continuous group interaction. It tends to strengthen dysfunctional behavior by concentrating it, researchers say. "Just putting kids in group therapy actually promotes greater drug use," says Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2003160-1,00.html#ixzz0uKGbgpSi

This article also made Fark.com where some people describe their own experiences with very similar programs and in some cases describe results far worse than what's in Time magazine

There was a big "industry" in the late 1980s and early 1990s in the DC Metro area for "rehabbing" teenage pot smokers. The kids would be sent to rehab facilities for getting caught smoking, and then when they got out of rehab they were told that they must attend as many AA and NA meetings as possible. When they did go to those meetings there was a whole cult that was built up of charismatic meeting-leaders who targeted the cuter teenage chick pot smokers, and would lure then into splinter AA/NA meetings, whereupon these pimps would start sharing the girls as "spoils". There was a whole community setup, of halfway houses and a network of job procurement, that the pimps would use to isolate the kids and keep them under sway. Once the girls were "used up" or got older, they were utilized for things like housework in the group houses. It was an enormous scandal in the DC area, and went on for years. I think it was called "DC Metro Club", and only stopped when the pimp/cult leaders eventually died or left town. I knew of at least half a dozen local teens who did nothing worse than smoke pot a few times, and they got sucked into this rehab-12 step cult that completely destroyed their lives a hundred times worse than being a heroin addict on the streets would have ever done.

and I knew of at least half a dozen homeless people in San Francisco that got sucked into the non profit housing in SRO's and ended up becoming permanent crack heads on the streets of San Francisco. It happens a lot more than people realize

And it goes further. Originally, some of the support staff in the original 'supportive housing' in San Francisco rallied for mixed housing and non-concentration, but Tenderloin Housing Clinic abandoned that within 2 years in 2003, and now is solely concentrating homeless people in SRO's with those of heavy drug addicts and mentally ill people.

The federally funded Corporation for Supportive Housing strongly recommends against this type of housing for homeless people, that is, if one ever wants to help them get out of the situation

http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/archives/245-unfree-market-housing.html

The largest contractor in San Francisco, Tenderloin Housing Clinic, used to have these documents on file with their management in 2001 when they first started the 'master lease program'

it was abandoned by 2003, and the rest is history. It is why San Francisco is now geared toward a permanent underclass in the middle of downtown

It is a textbook case of how to create a permanent underclass in the middle of a city

here's another example from somebody who's been in quite a few SRO's

Hotel Fairness ballot initiative disqualification

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:27:34 -0700

as reported in the Bay Guardian the Hotel Fairness Initiative has gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. The problem is that some of the signatures were gathered by Tenderloin Housing Clinic employees, which is under contract with the City and County of San Francisco. This contract specifically states

no funds appropriated by the City for this Agreement may be expended for organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign for a candidate or for a ballot measure

Continue reading "Hotel Fairness ballot initiative disqualification"

Tenderloin Housing Clinic - Mayfair Hotel

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:54:38 -0700

from the San Francisco Human Services Agency (PDF) April 22, 2010

TENDERLOIN HOUSING
CLINIC
Supportive Housing Program Manager Scott Walton presented the request to modify the Tenderloin Housing Clinic grant.
On motion by Vice President Yamasaki, seconded and carried, the Commission granted authorization to modify the grant with
TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC for Leasing, Property Management and Operation of the Mayfair Hotel in the additional amount of $ 3,755,566; during
the period of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2015; for a revised total grant amount not to exceed $92,935,158.

Continue reading "Tenderloin Housing Clinic - Mayfair Hotel"

quote of the day

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:51:07 -0700

from Marc Solomon on Fog City Journal

#
marc, on June 15th, 2010 at 11:19 am Said:

I do not read Beyondchron anymore because it is little more than a political instrument wielded by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic to drum up business for itself by attempting to influence the political discourse.

While we can boycott the Chronicle, San Francisco�s taxpayers, from the largest recently purchased mansion to the SRO dweller paying sales tax on a pack of gum are all forced to subsidize this self serving propaganda organ.

I agree with Chris that with the progressive sweep and expansion of DCCC seats, combined with Rafael�s securing the Sierra Club endorsement and the so-called �moderates*� divided amongst themselves, Mandelman has an advantage.

Progressives always run better when we think we�re the underdogs.

-marc
* �moderate� in San Francisco means that one is a Reagan style pro-business trickle-down supply-sider who supports same sex marriage.

Randy Shaw sued for defamation

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:17:44 -0700

Randy Shaw and Beyondchron.org, both funded by Tenderloin Housing Clinic, one of the largest contractors for the City and County of San Francisco, is now being sued for defamation in San Francisco Superior Court.

Scroll down the filing to see specifics of the case. Also mentioned in the SF Weekly

San Francisco's publicly funded credibility problem

oflynn.v.shaw -

John Joebee - Homeless in SF

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:23:49 -0700

Not very many homeless people have an online presence in San Francisco. but The Unknown Homeless person does.; Check him out

John Joebee Homeless in SF blog

and of course, Tenderloin Housing Clinic figures large in his writings, because Paul Hogarth and Randy Shaw INC is the largest homeless contractor in SF

and while the syntax and grammar isn't perfect, it's certainly understandable and describes far more than anyone so far of what San Francisco is paying 12 million per year for

The Mission Hotel was Fixed up by THCs maintenance just to be trashed by the Care not cash druggies.Not all of the Care not cash clients are Fuck ups no!! Some of the clients applied themselves and did what is required.We Say Thank You to Them for Being Responsible.Then The City has the System Abusers who never intend to ever work again.There only mission is to Use drugs and Get Freebies.There whole life Revolves Around Drugs.The Mission Hotel Did Have a Poor working class and now the Poor working class is limited.They were chased away by the Druggies.That is a FACT!!!

there's even direct appeals for Randy Shaw to use best practices

Nate Holmes vs Randy Shaw update

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 26 May 2010 18:10:21 -0700

the latest motion from May 12, 2010, US district court in Oakland where some of the charges against SEIU union were dismissed, others were upheld, and most of the charges against Tenderloin Housing Clinic and Randy Shaw still stand

background info and main page on this story

holmes.v.thc.5.12.2010

request for full audit of Tenderloin Housing Clinic

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:54:24 -0700

note - this post has expanded since first posted

The San Francisco City Controllers office is currently asking for letters of support requesting a full audit of Tenderloin Housing Clinic, which is one of the largest contractors in the City of San Francisco. The initial request, submitted yesterday, is outlined below and can be copied in any emails of support to the controllers office. Previous postings related to this request for a full audit, including documentation can be found in this section > http://www.bluoz.com/blog/index.php?/categories/6-Tenderloin-Housing-Clinic

emails should be sent to controller@sfgov.org (attention : Ben Rosenfield)

the original email header was: Ben Rosenfield-Request for Full Audit RE: Tenderloin Housing Clinic and Potential Mismanagment of City Funds; (over $100 million in City Grants in Question)

it also might help to include the original CC's as follows in order to keep the process open and public . These are all San Francisco government email and as such are required to be kept on file, stored, and subject to future Sunshine Ordinance requests

controller@sfgov.org, trent.rhorer@sfgov.org, cityattorney@sfgov.org, home@prosf.org, board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org, gavin.newsom@sfgov.org, hotline@hudoig.gov, assessor@sfgov.org, eoclass@irs.gov, dshoemaker@sfgov.org

Controller:

As the controller's office has a stated roll in the City's multimillion dollar contracts with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, I thought it might be appropriate to make your office aware of the following.

I have the two most recent audited financial reports for the THC. These reports outline ongoing significant deficiencies in the THC's internal control over financial reporting including with their Modified Payment Program bank reconciliation and with their Rent Rolls and Property Management. In addition, the THC failed to report the receipt of real property with an estimated value of $20million as an asset; the THC only recently recorded this transfer with the City however the value recorded with the City is significantly lower than that noted for the initial transfer and has not reported this as an asset to the IRS or when applying for grants; no transfer tax seems to have been paid either by the THC or the donor of the property. The THC currently rents out the property to a company that parks their heavy equipment there. The THC also purchased 1/2 interest in a property in 1996 but only recently recorded this transaction with the City.

I have copies of several of the THC's grant agreements with the City. The THC appears to be grossly non-compliant with several provisions such as the following:

1. Each of the City contracts with the THC specifically states: "no funds appropriated by the City for this Agreement may be expended for organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign for a candidate or for a ballot measure." As you will see from the e-mail string below this is an ongoing problem
2. Each of the City contracts with the THC specifically states, "Within sixty (60) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, Grantee shall deliver to City an unaudited balance sheet and the related statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, in all reasonable detail acceptable to City, certified by an appropriate financial officer of the Grantee as accurately presenting the financial position of the Grantee." The THC has admitted that they did not prepare this for the most recent fiscal year and I don't believe they have ever been compliant with this contingency. The City agencies granting the funds to THC do not have any unaudited financial statements from the THC on file. Timing is important and interesting as the THC renews or is newly awarded grants within the first 3 months of a calendar year without benefit of the unaudited financial reports and in prior to the receipt of the audited financial report.
3. Until recently, the THC had documented significant lobbying expenses on their audited financial reports (I have some of these). When Supervisor Alliioto-Pier asked for an investigation as to whether City funds were used for THC's lobbying activities, she was shut down by Randy Shaw (head of THC and BeyondChron) (I have a copy of the letter sent Shaw sent to Allioto-Pier) and the request for investigation was not taken any further\ by the City.
4. Many of the City contracts with the THC, usually those involving HUD funding, specifically states, "Program income shall be substantially disbursed for eligible activities before additional cash disbursements may be requested under this Agreement." For the fiscal year ending 2007 and 2008, THC reported Attorney Fees Receivable of approximately $100,000 for the fiscal years of 2007 and 2008. The City has no documentation to show that these fees were used by the THC to further grant-related activities prior to drawing down additional grant funds from the City.
5. Each of the City contracts with the THC specifically states, "Any services to be provided by a law firm or attorney must be reviewed and approved in writing in advance by the City Attorney". If you go on the SF Superior Court, Civil Court Website and search by name using Tenderloin Housing Clinic, you will see extensive legal activity by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, including evictions and lawsuits against the City; none of which have been approved in writing by the City Attorney. It should be noted that, nowhere in the budgets provided for grant consideration does the Tenderloin Housing Clinic mention the hundreds of thousands of dollars it spends on outside attorneys to evict tenants from the buildings they manage; the THC is, in fact, one of the most prolific evictors of the disadvantaged. The THC's most recent law suit against the City was to claim damages over the fact that the City awarded a grant to another agency to manage a small, women's only SRO. The case is closed but it raised questions as to whether the THC used any City funding to sue the City.

Each of the grant agreements allow for auditing by the City as well as a wide range of penalties for non-compliance. I have copies of the City's audit reports of the THC for the fiscal years 2007 and 2008. The report for 2007 raises considerable concerns regarding the THC and while the 2008 report seems to just gloss over things that the audited financial reports say are ongoing. No action has been taken by any of the City departments in regards to THCs non-compliance.

This is just the tip of the iceberg for the THC. We are talking about over $100 million in grants (much of it Federal money given to the City) the City gives to the THC (this doesn't include the interest free loans the City makes to THC which will be "forgiven" as long as they are compliant with the terms and conditions of those loans). I have made the City Attorney aware of these repeated acts of non-compliance with contracts, but no action has been taken. Openly progressive, the THC, through BeyondChron, is very influential in City politics and policy and as this is an election year, the City may be a little gun shy of the THC. With the City facing billions of dollars in deficits and cuts to essential services, the public should be interested in the blind eye the City is turning to this matter. Hopefully, the Controller's office will take appropriate action.

The following is part of the email string as referenced above (Mr Souvall is with PG&E, but this was included in the above request)

PROP 16- Potentially City Funded On-Line Mis-Information

Dear Mr. Souvall:

The article below appeared in today's on-line issue of BeyondChron (www.beyondchron.com). My reason for writing is that BeyondChron is an LLC of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic which receives millions in funding, including a recent funding of $82,000,000, from the City and County of San Francisco. In their contracts for their funding of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the City and Count of San Francisco specifically states, "... no funds appropriated by the City for this Agreement may be expended for organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign for a candidate or for a ballot measure." The article by Mr. Hogarth does appear to be an attempt to influence a ballot measure, and, as you will see by the e-mail string below, this is not an isolated incident.

In their audited statements (the most recent of which I have attached to this e-mail) the Tenderloin Housing Clinic does not clearly identify the source of funding for BeyondChron. The City Attorney and the heads of the City agencies providing the bulk of funding have been made aware of this and other potential areas of gross non-compliance with grant agreement on the part of the Tenderloin Housing Cinic with their City contracts however, it may be in the public interest for PG&E to be aware of the situation as well.

I have additional information regarding this matter and am available to speak with you at your convenience.

With Kind Regards,

PG&E�s Disgusting Campaign for Prop 16
by Paul Hogarth� Apr. 20� 2010
0diggsdiggReview it on NewsTrust

Almost every day, I get mailers that urge me to vote �yes� on Proposition 16 � the worst initiative on the June ballot. Prop 16 would effectively block any local government from providing energy � a public option that would compete with PG&E�s monopoly. Their most recent mailing asks if you are �tired of feeling powerless over how government spends your money.� To date, PG&E has spent $30 million to pass Prop 16 � funds that come from ratepayers without our consent. Unlike politicians (who can be voted out of office if taxpayers are unhappy with how they spend our money), PG&E is completely unaccountable. But State Senator Mark Leno has a solution � SB 1441, which will be heard today in committee. If passed, the legislation would require a two-thirds vote of ratepayers � before utility companies can transfer funds to their holding company for other purposes. So if PG&E wants to spend $30 million of our money on a political campaign, they would have to get a two-thirds vote from all ratepayers. And frankly, I�m tired of feeling powerless over how PG&E spends my money.

All the �Yes on 16� mailings come with a legal disclaimer that says � �major funding from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a coalition of taxpayers, business and labor.� That�s not true. 100% of the Prop 16 campaign budget comes from PG&E. Where is the �coalition� giving them that money?

Rita O'Flynn 415-386-8224 Cell: 415-260-7608

From: rita_august@msn.com
To: dshoemaker@sfgov.org; cityattorney@sfgov.org
CC: home@prosf.org; auweia1@gmail.com; districtattorney@sfgov.org; board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org; ross.mirkarimi@sfgov.org; bevan.dufty@sfgov.org; angela.alioto-pier@sfgov.org; arron.peskin@sfgov.org; david.chiu@sfgov.org; carmen.chu@sfgov.org; hotline@hudoig.gov; matt.dorsey@sfgov.org
Subject: RE: Tenderloin Housing Clinic Potential Non-Compliance with MOCI/ MOH Grant Terms and Conditions
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:43:01 -0800

Dear Mr. Herrera and Mr. Shoemaker;

I am writing in follow up to the e-mail below with further examples to support my concerns regarding the Tenderloin Housing Clinic's compliance with grants from the City. To recap, THC's grants with MOCI/MOH specifically states, "... no funds appropriated by the City for this Agreement may be expended for organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign for a candidate or for a ballot measure."

Within the past few days, the following articles have appeared in BeyondChron:

Sit/Lie: Bad Old Law Resurfaces
by Tommi Avicolli-Mecca� Mar. 01� 2010
"Ultimately, this law will not solve anything. There are already laws on the books to deal with aggressive or threatening behavior on the street. Sit/lie won�t get anyone into housing or services, but it could negatively impact someone�s chances to get housing if they end up with an arrest record. It won�t stop the troublemakers, it merely forces them to remain standing when they�re causing problems.

The Board should simply say �No� to sit/lie."

Will Dufty Protect North Beach Seniors from Eviction?
by Paul Hogarth� Feb. 25� 2010
"I seriously doubt that Bevan Dufty knew Pollard is taking advantage of current law to quietly displace these tenants (although Pollard and his sister, who manages SF Garage, did each contribute $100 to his mayoral campaign.) I called Dufty yesterday afternoon and left a message about Chiu�s measure, but did not get a call before the end of the day. But he can vote for Chiu�s legislation, as the Union Street case clearly shows the need."

These publications appear, at the very least to be examples of "attempting to influence" specifically prohibited by contract. As you should know, the City's contracts with THC provide the opportunity for investigation and corrective action on the part of your departments.

As Mr. Herrera himself, stated in BeyondChron, "...San Francisco expects its grant recipients to live up to their obligations...".

With Kind Regards,

Rita O'Flynn

additional information

The attached and the following outlines and summarizes the areas of concern prompting the request for full audit of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic:

1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR�S REPORTS-Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009

a. Failure to Fully Disclose Assets: In both of the audited financial reports, the auditors indicate that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC received a donation of real property (900 Innes, San Francisco) that has not be recorded on the financial statements. In the opinion of the auditors, Daoro Zydell & Holland, �accounting principles generally accepted (GAAP) in the United States of America require that such donated property be recorded at fair value.

i. In both of these reports, the auditors indicate that the value of donated property was assessed at $20,000,000.

ii. In both of these reports, the amount listed for total assets does not include the $20,000,000 in real property, thus potentially under reporting the total assets of the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC by over 60%.

b. Non-Compliance with Federal Reporting Requirements for Federal Grant Recipients: In both of the audited financial reports disclosed instances of ongoing non-compliance with US Offices of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement that are applicable to each of the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC�s major federal programs, many of which are funneled to the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC via the City and County of San Francisco. Thus, there is a liability to the City and County of San Francisco in terms of loss of federal funding due to non-compliance on the part of the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC.

c. Control and Significant Deficiencies in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting: A control deficiency is exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect non-compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affect the entity�s ability to administer a federal program such that there is more than a remote likelihood that non-compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected by the entity�s internal control.

i. Significant Deficiency Noted for the Modified Payment Program (MPP) Band Reconciliation: In both of the audited financial reports, the auditors indicate that the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC is not able to prepare a complete and accurate bank reconciliation for its MPP bank account. Specifically, the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC is not able to generate a detailed list of funds of funds within individual client accounts that make up the balances in the MMP band and corresponding MMP liability accounts. The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC admits that this has been an ongoing problem since 2006 for which they have received additional funding from the City and County of San Francisco to address, but, as of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 this remains a significant deficiency.

ii. Significant Deficiency Noted for Rent Rolls and Property Management: In both of the audited financial reports, the auditors indicated that the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC does not prepare �rent rolls� as the term is defined by the industry, of any of its master lease hotel properties or the Galvin Apartments (which is wholly owned by the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC and for which the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC realized over $5,000,000 in rents). Without a rent roll, the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC is unable to readily determine its tenant rents receivable at specific internals, tie to bad debts to specific units or to easily track vacant units. The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC admits it has been aware of this problem since 1999; as of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 this remains a significant deficiency.

d. HUD Grants: According to the independent auditors, the significant deficiencies noted for MMP and Rent Rolls and Property Management also applies to HUD Grants: CFDA#14.218 and CFDA# 4.238.

e. Recording of Real Property with the City and County of San Francisco:

i. According the audited reports, in 1995, the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC purchased 50% ownership interest in 126 Hyde Street, San Francisco, however the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC�s ownership was not officially entered into the title records until January 14, 2009 at which time the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC recorded the value at its original 1995 cost of $163,500.00. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009 the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC has reclassified 126 Hyde Street as an asset but at its 1995 value. The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC �rents� most of this building for its office space and includes some or all of this rent as an expense in budgets presented to the City and County of San Francisco as part of grant award contracts.

ii. As noted above, the transfer of 900 Innes was not recorded in a timely fashion with the City and County of San Francisco and the value recorded is in conflict with the assessed value stated in the auditing reports.

2. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO GRANT AWARD CONTRACTS

The City and County of San Francisco currently has approximately $100,000,000 in grant contracts with the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC. Most of these contracts contain standard provisions with which the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC appears to be non-compliant.

a. Failure to Provide Required Unaudited Financial Information: Each of the City contracts with the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC specifically states, "Within sixty (60) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, Grantee shall deliver to City an unaudited balance sheet and the related statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, in all reasonable detail acceptable to City, certified by an appropriate financial officer of the Grantee as accurately presenting the financial position of the Grantee." The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC has admitted in writing that they do not prepare this. The City agencies granting the funds to TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC do not have any unaudited financial statements from the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC on file. Timing is important and interesting as the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC renews or is newly awarded grants within the first 3 months of a calendar year without benefit of the unaudited financial reports and in prior to the receipt of the audited financial report. For this year, the City and County of San Francisco approved $82,000,000 as a single grant (in addition to others) to the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC in the setting of the deficiencies noted in item 1 above.

b. Failure to Secure City Attorney Approval for Legal Services: Each of the City contracts with the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC specifically states, "Any services to be provided by a law firm or attorney must be reviewed and approved in writing in advance by the City Attorney". If you go on the SF Superior Court, Civil Court Website and search by name using TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, you will see extensive legal activity by the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, including evictions and lawsuits against the City; none of which have been approved in writing by the City Attorney.

c. Failure to use Program Income Generated by a Grant Prior to Drawing Down Additional Funding From a Grant: "Program income shall be substantially disbursed for eligible activities before additional cash disbursements may be requested under this Agreement." TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC reported Attorney Fees Receivable of approximately $100,000 for the fiscal years of 2007 and 2008. The City has no documentation to show that these fees were used by the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC to further grant-related activities prior to drawing down additional grant funds from the City.

d. Failure to Comply with Grant Agreement Provisions Regarding Political Campaigns and Ballot Measures: Each of the City contracts with the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC specifically states: "no funds appropriated by the City for this Agreement may be expended for organizing, creating, funding, participating in, supporting, or attempting to influence any political campaign for a candidate or for a ballot measure." BeyondChron, the LLC internet news service of the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC has a long history of clear violations of this contract provision. (Examples available upon request)

e. Potential Use of Grant Funds for Non-Grant Approved Activities: According the audited financial reports for 2008 and 2009, the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC pays an outside attorney hundreds of thousands of dollars for legal services. A review of the City and County of San Francisco Civil Court website, shows that most of TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC�s outside legal actions are for evictions from the properties managed by the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC. The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC may, in fact, be one of the City�s most prolific evictors. TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC, in many of its grant requests, indicates funding received will be used to maintain tenants in properties and prevent evictions; there is no mention of use of City funding for evictions. Thus, the source of money for the multitudes of evictions by the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC is not clear from the available financial records for the TENDERLOIN HOUSING; the City has an obligation to ensure that grant funding has not been used for evictions.

f. Potential Use of City Funds to Sue the City: The TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC's most recent law suit against the City (Superior Court Case No. 509616) was to claim damages because the City awarded a grant to another agency to manage a small, women's only SRO. The case is closed but it raised questions as to whether the TENDERLOIN HOUSING CLINIC used any City funding to sue the City.

Consolidated Financial Statements and Independent Auditor_rof

also on Indybay and Scribed

sf controller request for full audit of tenderloin housing clinic potential mismanagment of $100 million in...

uptown Tenderloin guided tour in the NYT

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:31:19 -0700

all over the blogs today, including a nice one in Gawker about the New York Times article on Sunday

be sure to check out the comments on the blogs, because they reflect the best and most accurate local post on the subject from Broke Ass Stuart (NSFW) (is anything in the TL SFW?). Broke Ass Stuart does a good job predicting what an outside tour might look like, but Randy Shaw, who was interviewed in the article, suggests a tour INSIDE the SRO's

We can bring people into an SRO and show them where people are living now," Mr. Shaw said, referring to the single-room occupancy dwellings, or residential hotels, in the area. "And that's a real plus."

Yes, it would be a real plus, especially when it involves Mr Shaws own Tenderloin Housing Clinic run SRO's. And what would a tour of inside MR Shaws own hotels look like?

it would look like this

and this

and this

and this

and this

and this

and when you take the guided tour inside Mr Shaws SRO's, bring a video camera, cause you're going to want to show your grand kids this one

also mentioned in the Sentinal and Bronsteins blog and Curbed and all the way from Austin, Texas and also Faster Times and 7 X 7. Plus somebody wrote on Indybay about how SF somehow found 3 million for a TL museum

But wait, there's more!...be sure to redeem your bonus ticket from the tour and follow up on the inevitable mass evictions, which, of course, solves the homeless problem in a way that only Randy Shaw and San Francisco can

update. In response to the Gawker and Bronstein articles, Randy Shaw, still clueless, wrote a follow up. Among other choice quotes is this one

The San Francisco Chronicle frequently bashes progressive politicians for being anti-business. Yet Bronstein�s comments injure businesses in an entire neighborhood. He particularly hurts the primarily immigrant owned restaurants that depend on patronage from non-residents for survival.

the fact of the matter, backed up by proof, is that Randy Shaws own clients are the ones who are doing real damage to local businesses. Here's an example of one of Randy Shaws own clients ripping off the pizza place next door

here's another one of Randy Shaws own clients beating the shit out of another resident on the sidewalk in front of the pizza place

Despite this assessment, as well as his claim that �now it�s mostly poor people coping as best they can,� Bronstein nevertheless concludes that tourists could �possibly die� by visiting the community.

that's because of the murders taking place in Randy Shaws own housing units, as a direct result of Randy Shaws own policy of allowing the worst kinds of drugs into and outside his own buildings

is Randy Shaw out of control?

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:32:57 -0700

from Indybay on Friday

Workers are asking if Randy Shaw, Executive Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic Out Of Control? Shaw according to rank and file city workers is radically attacking SEIU Local 1021 without any fightback by the union. The union officials have allowed the retaliation and firing of SEIU 1021 THC shop steward Nathaniel Holmes and other workers without serious union opposition. Is this SF city boss out of control?

is_randy_shaw__executive_director___of_the_tenderloin_housing_clinic_our_of_control_

Tenderloin Tour Guide

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:54:14 -0700

series of 3 videos recorded one month ago that starts off with the dope dealing corner right in front of Tenderloin Housing Clinic headquarters

three Tenderloin Housing Clinic Monitoring Reports

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:49:09 -0700

04-01-08_THC_Fiscal___Compliance_Monitoring_Report

THC Monitoring report Mar 2009

THC Monitoring report Feb 2010

tenderloin housing clinic invoices tenderloin housing clinic publications related to HSA Grant

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:03:49 -0700

sf sunshine idr tenderloin housing clinic invoices tenderloin housing clinic publications related to hsa grant

CBOs: Tenderloin Housing Clinic Potential Non-Compliance With MOCI And MOH Grant Terms and Conditions

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:43:51 -0700

posted this morning on ProSF document clearing house

Importance: High

Dear Mr. Herrera, Mr. Rhorer, and Mr. Shoemaker:

As you can see by the e-mail below, the Tenderloin Housing Clinic does not provide financial reporting as required in their contracts with the City which state, �Within sixty (60) days following the end of each Fiscal Year, Grantee shall deliver to the City and unaudited balance sheet and related statement of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail acceptable to City, certified by an appropriate financial officer of Grantee as accurately presenting the financial position of the Grantee.�
This statement appears to be vital in that many of the funding decisions made by the City are made within the first quarter of the year. At the time of these decisions, the only audited statements that would be available would be those for the previous fiscal year. For example, the audited 2009 financial statement for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic will not be available until April of this year. That means that decisions in 2010 regarding funding were based on an unaudited report for the Fiscal year ending 30 June 2008. The audited financial report of 2008 contained several areas of concern that have been brought to your attention in previous e-mail.

Without these unaudited balance sheets and statements, the City does not have the means to assess the current financial status of the grantee nor can the City be assured that any outstanding issues from the most recent audited report were addressed prior to the release of additional funding. It would seem that, especially in such circumstances noted in the Tenderloin Housing Clinic�s audited financial report for the Fiscal year ending 30 June 2008, thorough review of the unaudited balance sheet and statements would be an important due diligence step for each of the grantors to undertake before awarding additional grants or continuing payment on ongoing grants.

In the case of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, this statement appears in several contracts that I have seen with the City totaling approximately $10 million in City funding. I am not in possession of all the City�s contracts with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. With 15,000 City employees recently given pink slips, the City should do all in its power to insure that the limited funding available is being appropriately distributed and appropriately managed.

As Dennis Herrera stated in BeyondChron, �the City expects its grantees to live up to their obligations.� Shouldn�t this apply to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic as well?

With Kind Regards,

Rita O�Flynn 415-386-8224 Cell: 415-260-7608

> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:43:09 -0700
> From: Wynne@thclinic.org
> To: rita_august@msn.com
> CC: cityattorney@sfgov.org; Randy@thclinic.org
> Subject: RE: The requested items in pdf: Sunshine Ordiance Request for Immediate Disclosure
>
> Ms. O�Flynn,
>
> We do not provide unaudited financial statements to our City funders. These are not required by our contract. We do however provide audited financial statements after the audit is complete and a final profit and loss information by project to each project oversight team within 60 days of the close of the fiscal year. These are required by our contracts.
>
> Please revise your request to list out exactly which THC contracts that you would like to see the final profit and loss information for.
>
> I am attaching the audited financial statements for the requested years.
>
> Please note that I will not be able to provide any of the requested profit and loss reports for the projects you that you may identify going forward until I am back from vacation, April 7, 2010.
>
> Wynne Tang,
> Director of Finance
> 415-885-3286 x111
>
>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This document is intended for the use of the party to whom it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or a person authorized to accept documents on behalf of the addressee, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, dissemination, copying, or other action based on the content of this communication is not authorized. If you have received this document in error, please immediately reply to the sender and delete or shred all copies.
>
>
> >>> Rita August O�Flynn 3/16/2010 9:04 AM >>>
>
> Dear Mrs. Tang:
>
>
>
> Please provide copies of the unadited statements certified by a finacial officer of THC from the fiscal years ending 30 June, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005 provide by THC to MOH and HSA or, if not prepared, please state so.

From: Rita August O�Flynn [mailto:rita_august@msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 3:53 PM
To: pamela.tebo@sfgov.org; cityattorney@sfgov.org
Cc: auweia1@gmail.com; home@prosf.org; jack.song@sfgov.org; Mark O�Flynn; matt.dorsey@sfgov.org; districtattorney@sfgov.org
Subject: Further Potential Non-Compliance of Tenderloin Housing Clinic With an HSA Grant

Dear Ms. Tebo and Mr. Herrera:

Pursuant to section 16.21 of a grant agreement between the Human Services Agency and the Tenderloin Housing Clinic( dated 1 July 2008 to �provide eviction prevention to the elderly and disabled)� which states, � SERVICES PROVIDED BY ATTORNEYS any services to be provided by a law firm or attorney must be reviewed and approved in advance by the City Attorney. No invoices
for services provided by law firms or attorney, including, without limitation, as subcontractors of Contractor, will be paid unless the provide received advanced written approval.

According to the e-mails received from your respective offices, neither HSA nor the City Attorney can document that THC obtained pre-approval from the City Attorney prior to providing legal services under this. Furthermore,while the Tenderloin Housing Clinic has implied use of HSA funds in the matter of O�Flynn vs Suval (see BeyondChron article, Newsom Administration Seeks to End Funding for Ellis Act Eviction Defense by Randy Shaw� Feb. 03� 2009), HSA is unable to produce any invoices for any matters concerning THC�s legal services as they attempted to prevent the eviction of Susan Suval, (CUD-08-626772, O�Flynn vs Suval). This raises serious questions regarding the use of this funding.

Surely this alarming lack of records on the part of HSA and the City Attorney regarding THC�s complaince with grant agreements warrants investigation, however the e-mails below received from your respective departments offer no plans for follow up or reasons for not doing so.

Therefore, I kindly ask what the are the intentions of your departments regarding THC�s potential violation of their grant agreements with the City outlined in this and other e-mail I have provided to you and, if no action is planned, please provide the reasons why.

With Kind Regards,

Rita O�Flynn 415-386-8224 Cell: 415-260-7608
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