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Large contingent urges board to cut SFPD budget in half and redirect $400 million to housing and services
Summary
Dozens of public commenters, many representing Lavender Phoenix and allied groups, urged the Board of Supervisors to cut the San Francisco Police Department budget by 50% and redirect roughly $400 million toward housing, food, harm reduction and other community services during general public comment.
A steady stream of public commenters at the April 16 Board of Supervisors meeting pressed elected officials to reduce police spending and reallocate funds to housing, health and human services.
Speakers representing Lavender Phoenix, the Anti-Police Terror Project, DPH Must Divest and other community organizations repeatedly asked the board to reallocate 50% of the SFPD budget—figured by speakers as roughly…
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