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Hundreds tell supervisors: don't build a new jail; committee continues rebuild item
Summary
During the June 18 committee meeting dozens of community organizations and residents urged supervisors to halt plans for a new San Francisco jail and to reallocate funds to housing, mental health and diversion; the committee continued the jail-rebuild item to allow fuller review and public engagement.
San Francisco ' The same June 18 hearing drew sustained, large-scale public comment opposing a proposed new county jail and proposed increases in San Francisco Police Department staffing.
Speakers from coalitions and community groups including All of Us or None, the Coalition on Homelessness, Critical Resistance, Jobs with Justice, TGI Justice Project and others urged the supervisors to stop or pause the jail-rebuild plan and to direct funding toward housing, mental-health services and proven pretrial alternatives. Dorsey Nunn of All of…
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