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San Francisco committee pauses vote on Bay Area homeland security grants amid Urban Shield concerns
Summary
Supervisors continued a resolution authorizing the city to apply for regional homeland security grants after extensive questioning about San Francisco’s role as the Bay Area fiscal agent and public testimony urging exclusion of Urban Shield from funding.
San Francisco’s Budget and Finance Committee on Jan. 31 paused action on a resolution that would allow the city to apply for federal and state homeland security grants on behalf of the Bay Area region, after supervisors pressed officials about the city’s role as fiscal agent and dozens of residents urged excluding Urban Shield from regional funding.
Chair Supervisor Malia Cohen and Supervisor Katie Tang led questioning of Department of Emergency Management (DEM) officials, who said San Francisco serves as the Bay Area fiscal agent and applies for the Urban Area Security Initiative grants to pass funds through to 12 counties. Kristen Hogan, DEM’s government affairs manager, said, “Every…
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