San Francisco LGBT Center
Flickr photo by CTG/SF ::: A committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors yesterday moved to delay final action on a request by the city’s LGBT Center for a loan to prevent foreclosure on its $12.3 million building, which opened in March 2002, Bay Area Reporter reports. The center is asking the city for a $157,500 loan, to help it through a financial pinch, according to San Francisco Chronicle. Supervisors on the board’s budget and finance committee yesterday expressed support for the center, but asked for more details on the center’s financial future, including possible new funding sources, BAR reports. Rebecca Rolfe, the center’s executive director, told supervisors that $300,000 has been cut from the center’s budget through staff reductions and other means. The LGBT Center and its staff of 24 offer an array of services, including counseling, job training, HIV prevention, and arts programs. In a statement [pdf], the Center says that it “serves over 9,000 people each month and hosts over 3,000 programs and workshops each year.” Of its $1.8 million budget, $777,000 consists of city contracts, the Chronicle reports. Supervisors are expected to consider the loan request again in two weeks.
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