SF May Redirect Police Funds to the Black Community

Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that London Breed announced an effort to redirect police funds to the black community.

SF Mayor London Breed announced on June 4th, that together with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors she will look to redirect funds from the Police Department to the African American community in the next budget..

Decades of disinvestment and racially disparate policies have disproportionately hurt our African-American community in SF.

Supervisor @ShamannWalton and I will lead the effort to redirect funding from the @SFPD to support the African-American community in the upcoming budget.

— London Breed (@LondonBreed) June 5, 2020

Along with Mayor Breed, our office is going to lead the effort on redirecting funding from the police department to the African American community. This is a concrete, bold and immediate step towards true reparations for Black people. I’m excited to lead on this with Mayor Breed!

— Shamann Walton (@shamannwalton) June 5, 2020

Join me, @VanJones68, Board of Equalization Member @MaliaCohen, and @SFPDChief William Scott tomorrow for a live conversation about racial justice and police reform.

Watch at:
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-> https://t.co/iMXa3CV2hu
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— London Breed (@LondonBreed) June 10, 2020