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San Francisco committee forwards contested plan to replace Hall of Justice jails to full board
Summary
After hours of public comment and departmental briefings on seismic risk and in-jail treatment capacity, the Budget & Finance Committee voted to send the Rehabilitation & Detention Facility package and associated capital resolutions to the full Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15, 2015, without a committee recommendation.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee voted on Dec. 2 to forward a package of resolutions to replace seismically unsafe jail space at the Hall of Justice to the full board for consideration on Dec. 15, 2015.
Supporters from city departments said the replacements respond to an immediate safety risk. Naomi Kelly, city administrator, said the Hall of Justice presents seismic and operational hazards and that staff and incarcerated people remain at risk while the building is used. Barbara Garcia, director of the Department of Public Health, said the proposal increases in-jail medical and behavioral-health capacity—medical space would rise from roughly 1,200 square feet to about 7,000 square feet in the…
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