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Tenderloin organizers ask supervisors for resources after recent killings; present budget demands
Summary
Organizers from a Tenderloin coalition told the Board of Supervisors they want city investment in violence intervention, crisis response and prevention; they handed the board a set of budget demands and urged action to make the neighborhood safer for seniors, disabled residents and low‑income families.
Two Tenderloin organizing groups asked the Board of Supervisors May 8 to accelerate resources for violence intervention and prevention after a series of recent murders in the neighborhood.
Elizabeth Alexander, introduced on the record as an organizer with "La Boz Latina, a project of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic," said the coalition—s aim is to "improve the Tenderloin for the residents that are currently here." "We want to see an end to this violence," Alexander said, adding the coalition seeks resources to make the neighborhood safer for seniors, disabled residents and low‑income families.
Esther Morales, identified as an organizer with the Family Budget Coalition, told the board that "violence, intervention, reentry, crisis response, and prevention is a third of the budget that we're asking for." Morales and Alexander handed individually named budget demands to a supervisor for distribution to board members.
Supervisor Peskin accepted the documents on the board—s behalf and thanked the speakers. Board members invited the organizers to remain for deliberations and indicated staff and supervisors would engage with the group through the budget process.
This testimony occurred during the beginning of the meeting after the board suspended the rules to hear public comment from the coalition; no formal action or vote on the demands took place during the May 8 session.
