Mayor outlines four-part public safety package including ambassador contract extension and police pay deal

Mayor London Breed told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 7 that she plans to move four public-safety items through the board in the weeks ahead, including an extension of community ambassador contracts, a police funding supplemental, a three-year memorandum of understanding with the police department that would add retention pay and other incentives, and a supplemental request for the district attorney to hire prosecutors focused on fentanyl cases.

The mayor described the ambassador programs — including Urban Alchemy in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market ambassador programs as well as city "welcome ambassadors" — as non‑police alternatives that both assist visitors and provide jobs to formerly incarcerated or unhoused residents. "Urban Alchemy has truly been a transformative partner in the Tenderloin and the mid market communities," Breed said, adding that she wants the board to avoid politicizing contract approvals so the programs do not lose funding.

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