Decades of disinvestment and racially disparate policies have disproportionately hurt our African-American community in SF.
Supervisor @ShamannWalton and I will lead the effort to redirect funding from the @SFPD to support the African-American community in the upcoming budget.
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This week has highlighted the devastating impacts of police violence against African-Americans in this country. SF has made substantial progress on police reform and use of force in recent years, but we know there are structural inequities in our city that continue to this day.
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In San Francisco, the average income for a black household is $31K, as compared with $110K for white households. Up to 19% of black children live in poverty. 35% of homeless San Franciscans are black, despite black people making up only 5% of the total population.
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Since this pandemic began we have seen how different work environments, schools, neighborhoods, homes, & support systems combine to determine which communities are at the greatest risk of suffering both disease and economic damage. But this was also the case before the pandemic.
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Reforming any single system, such as the criminal justice system or the police department, must go hand-in-hand with closing these disparities. Those who have been voiceless for too long are going to be at the table making these decisions that will impact their community.
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London Breed Retweeted Mayor London Breed's Press Office
Our full announcement can be found here:https://twitter.com/MyrPressOffice/status/1268728009093079042 …
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Mayor London Breed's Press Office @MyrPressOfficeMayor Breed and Supervisor Walton to Lead Effort on Redirecting Funding from the Police Department to the African-American Community - https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-breed-and-supervisor-walton-lead-effort-redirecting-funding-police-department-african …21 replies 21 retweets 123 likesShow this thread
The last six days of crime while we have been locked down. The Mayor and @chesaboudin is telling us that we have no need for police anymore, but the police reports say different. What is their end game and why are they play games with our lives.
#SanFrancisco #SFisViolentpic.twitter.com/aJ6DirZvIh
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