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Board committee advances ordinance to create permanent homicide reward fund, removes one-year clause
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to forward an amended ordinance establishing a permanent San Francisco Homicide Reward Fund that can provide rewards up to $250,000 for tips leading to arrest and conviction; the committee removed a proposed one‑year waiting clause and will require Board approval for awards over $100,000.
Supervisor London Breed introduced an ordinance to create a permanent San Francisco Homicide Reward Fund to offer financial rewards for information that leads to arrest and conviction in unsolved murders. The fund, Breed said, would allow rewards of up to $250,000 in cases where the police have exhausted investigative leads and the chief of police determines public assistance is necessary.
Breed framed the fund as a tool for families and investigators. "This legislation creates a permanent city reward fund to compensate those who provide information leading to an arrest and conviction in an unsolved…
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