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Mayor Lurie announces $37.5 million private seed fund for behavioral-health and homelessness response; reiterates public-safety priorities
Summary
Mayor Daniel Lurie told the Board of Supervisors the administration has secured $37,500,000 in private seed funding aimed at behavioral-health and homelessness response and outlined a staffing plan for SFPD and the Sheriff's Office tied to Vision Zero enforcement.
Mayor Daniel Lurie told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on May 13 that his administration has obtained $37,500,000 in private seed funding for a public-private initiative to expand behavioral-health and homelessness response.
The mayor said the funds "will help us move people off the streets and onto a path to stability," and tied the initiative to broader public-safety priorities, including restoring staffing at the San Francisco Police Department and the Sheriff's Office. "Public safety is my top priority," Lurie said, adding that traffic safety is public safety and that enforcement is one tool to make streets safer.
Why it matters: The announcement signals an immediate…
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