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Public commenters urge board to 'defund' SFPD and press for community investments during inaugural meeting
Summary
Dozens of residents and organizations used the public‑comment period at the board's Jan. 8 inaugural meeting to call for deep cuts to police and sheriff budgets and for reinvestment in housing, health care and community services.
Dozens of residents and community organizations used the public‑comment period at the Jan. 8 Board of Supervisors inaugural meeting to demand reductions to the San Francisco Police Department's and Sheriff's Office budgets and to press for reinvestment in housing, public health, schools and community services.
Multiple callers urged the board to "100% defund SFPD and the SF Sheriff at every opportunity you get this year," a phrase that recurred in several public comments. A caller identifying herself as Trina said, "I want the board of supervisors to know that we're still watching and…
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