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Mayor Mark Farrell urges focus on homelessness and property crime during first appearance before Board
Summary
At his first Board of Supervisors address, Mayor Mark Farrell emphasized homelessness, mental health and property crime as priorities for his interim term and said he would double down on programs such as Homeward Bound and increase public-safety staffing and foot patrols.
Mayor Mark Farrell used his Feb. 13, 2017 appearance before the Board of Supervisors to lay out short-term priorities for his time as mayor, emphasizing homelessness, mental health and property crime while stressing collaboration with supervisors and city agencies.
Farrell, a former supervisor who was appointed mayor following the death of Ed Lee, said public safety and homelessness "are issues I focused on as supervisor and issues that I will focus on as mayor." He called for…
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