Mayor Lurie's Controversial New RESET Sobering Center Will Be See Its Contractor Paid Based on Performance

"This place will be a 26-month pilot program, where people who get arrested for publicly using drugs would not be sent to jail but instead be sent in here, to sober up, and then hopefully be connected with (optional) recovery services. It would have 25 beds total for this purpose."

"The Arizona-based contractor that won the deal to run the center will be paid based on the center's results and outcomes, or basically, how effective it is. According to the Chronicle's reporting, It's the first time the city has entered into a performance-based contract for public health or homelessness services."

"Job No. 1 is to make this site successful, so we're laser-focused on that, SF Health and Human Services chief Kunal Modi told the Chronicle. But the notion of having more of our contracts linked to outcomes for which a contractor is accountable and payment is linked to those outcomes is definitely somet"

Mayor Daniel Lurie's RESET Center is a 26-month pilot program designed to address San Francisco's public drug use by diverting arrested drug users from jail to a 25-bed facility for sobering up and optional recovery services. An Arizona-based contractor will operate the center under a performance-based contract, marking the city's first outcome-linked payment agreement for public health or homelessness services. Despite legal concerns raised by the SF City Attorney regarding the program's legality, city officials remain committed to making the initiative successful. This innovative payment structure ties contractor compensation directly to measurable results and effectiveness, representing a shift toward accountability-based contracting for social services.

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