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Speakers urge Mayor, board to free Dreamkeepers funding as community groups warn of service disruptions
Summary
Multiple community leaders, nonprofit staff and residents testified at the Dec. 17 board meeting urging the mayor and city officials to release Dreamkeepers Initiative funds, saying payments delays are forcing community organizations to cut services and staff despite earlier city commitments.
Scores of community speakers at the Dec. 17 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting urged the mayor and city officials to release or restore Dreamkeepers Initiative funding after months of delay and public scrutiny over the program's administration.
Several speakers described Dreamkeepers-funded programs that serve seniors, formerly incarcerated people, families and youth and said they face immediate harm if contracts and payments are withheld. "Don't throw the baby out with the bath and join forces with the community and say to whoever is handling that Dreamkeepers money, don't you stop it," said Reverend Amos C. Brown, a longtime community leader who addressed the board during public comment.
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