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Committee rejects release of $275,000 for Advance Peace program; proponents vow to continue fundraising
Summary
A committee vote failed to release $275,000 the city had set aside for Advance Peace-style community violence intervention work; supporters argued the program targets a small group of repeat shooters, while opponents asked for more implementation detail and criticized stipend payments.
The Public Safety and Governance Committee did not approve releasing $275,000 that had been held for an Advance Peace-style community violence interruption program. Vice Mayor Jan Kearney, who presented the proposal to immediately release the funds for a local partner, said the program focuses on a small group of people at the center of retaliatory gun violence and pointed to data from other cities.
"We have something that we know has worked across the country, and we need to be courageous enough to get this going here," Vice Mayor Jan Kearney said, citing declines in gun homicide rates reported by Richmond, Calif.,…
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