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Supervisor Safaie presses Mayor Breed for details on $3.6 million sober‑housing allocation
Summary
Supervisor Safaie asked Mayor London Breed to explain what happened to $3.6 million the board set aside last year for sober housing and to commit city staff to collaborate on identifying sites; Mayor Breed said the money is “taxpayers’ money,” described recent and planned recovery investments and said her staff will follow up.
Supervisor Safaie asked Mayor London Breed on Tuesday for a clear accounting of a $3,600,000 budget allocation the Board of Supervisors approved last year to develop sober housing in San Francisco and requested that the mayor’s office work with his office to identify a site and reopen collaboration on the project.
The request came during the mayor’s regular appearance before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Safaie said his office had led efforts with probation and local partners in the Union Square area and that he and community stakeholders learned of a separate mayoral announcement about sober housing only after the fact. “We were greeted with…
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