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Board updates reentry council membership, powers and adds supervisory oversight
Summary
The Board passed an ordinance amending the administrative code to expand the Reentry Council's membership, authorities and sunset date; supervisors said the council is a first step toward stronger coordination on recidivism and reentry services.
San Francisco ' The Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance to amend the administrative code that revises the membership, powers and sunset date of the city's Reentry Council, a cross-agency and community body focused on services for people returning from incarceration.
Sponsor Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said the Reentry Council, created three years earlier to bring together the District Attorney, Public Defender, Sheriff's Office, Mayor's Office and community-based organizations, had filled a gap in formal city-level coordination on reentry issues. "We created the reentry council several…
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