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Community leaders, youth and providers urge supervisors to restore proposed cuts to youth and immigrant services
Summary
Dozens of youth leaders, nonprofit providers and immigrant‑service advocates told the Board of Supervisors’ Appropriations Committee on May 8 that proposed budget cuts to youth programs, workforce development and community grants would eliminate safe spaces and essential legal and language services. City departments said allocations were driven by one‑time pandemic funds and RFP targets.
San Francisco — Hundreds of residents and nonprofit leaders filled the chamber at a May 8 Board of Supervisors Appropriations Committee hearing to press elected officials to restore proposed budget cuts to youth programs, workforce development and immigrant services.
The committee’s chair, Supervisor Connie Chan, opened the session by saying the hearing—one of three set to inform the annual budget—would focus on community safety and services for youth, families, seniors and limited English proficient residents. After department presentations, the meeting moved to an extended public comment period in which young people and staff from organizations including Horizons, Larkin Street Youth Services, the SF LGBT Center and CARC (Central American Resource Center) described programs that would shrink or end under current funding recommendations.
Maria Sue, director of the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF), told the panel DCYF’s operating budget for 2023–24 is closer to $210,000,000. She said the…
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