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Mayor London Breed stresses housing and 'Opportunities for All' in board appearance
Summary
San Francisco Mayor London Breed told the Board of Supervisors she will advance shelter-crisis legislation and youth employment initiatives, emphasizing site vetting for new shelters and a 9,000-slot 'Opportunities for All' youth jobs program as part of a broader strategy to address homelessness and violence prevention.
Mayor London Breed told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on March 12 that her administration will press a shelter-crisis ordinance and expand youth employment and violence-prevention efforts as part of a strategy to get people off the street "quickly with compassion."
Breed said her shelter-crisis legislation would be before the board the next week and that her office is vetting potential shelter locations around the clock; she said she hoped to announce a site west of Venice Avenue "this year." The mayor also described plans to hire a coordinator within weeks to help align the city’s violence-prevention programs.
In a short exchange with Supervisor Shamman Walton, Breed linked the coordinated approach to her Opportunities for All youth jobs program. "We have to really interrupt…
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