Who will be involved in crafting the funding proposal is not yet known.

Black households in San Francisco earn just 28% of what white households earn, according to city data. Email: dfracassa@ sfchronicle.com Twitter: @dominicfracassa. He is upset that covid-19 has disproportionately affect residents in his district and feels not enough is being done to help his underserved community. Liccardo has flatly dismissed that demand. “By bringing the community into the process of making these decisions, we can ensure that those who have been voiceless in the past now have a seat at the table as we make decisions that will impact their community.”. “While the events of the last week have been painful and traumatic for so many of us, they have brought forward the devastating impacts of police violence against African Americans in this country,” Breed said. All the other supervisors on the committee opposed layoffs. It is not known how this proposal might impact those initiatives. Despite the enormous amounts of money passing through the city’s economy, around 19% of black children live in poverty in San Francisco, and black people comprise 35% of the city’s homeless population. Last week, the San Francisco Police Commission also rejected a proposal to cut $23 million of its $600 million budget, as well as trim positions that are already vacant, according to NBC. San Francisco police escaped layoffs but suffered deep cuts to academy classes and overtime spending Friday when a Board of Supervisors committee reached a compromise to slash an estimated $26 million from the police budget over two years. The department has a budget of $692 million this fiscal year. Bay Area NewsCrimePoliticssan francisco news, A controversial proposal that would give San Francisco police officers raises without… Continue reading, This was not the NFC Championship Game rematch the 49ers were hoping… Continue reading, District 1 moderate candidate Marjan Philhour’s lead increased in the latest vote… Continue reading, San Francisco’s cannabis industry is expected to hang on to a bit… Continue reading, Nat Wolff stars as a Norwegian-American with issues, Trumpism won’t go away until Democratic Party changes course, The District 1 supervisor race is shaping up to be a real…, Myrna Melgar is claiming victory in the District 7 supervisor race after…, San Francisco Bay Area residents who travel out of state this holiday…, Incumbent faced challenge by democratic socialist organizer, A proposal introduced Tuesday would have the Board of Supervisors president read…, It could take up to eight years to fully rehab Muni Metro’s vulnerabilities, SFMTA says, Lesson for Dems: Don’t preach social justice without delivering economic justice, Philhour gains narrow lead as District 1 race flip-flops, Melgar claims victory in D7 race after Engardio concedes, Bay Area weighs quarantine advisory for residents who travel over the holidays, Scott Wiener declares victory against Jackie Fielder in state Senate race, SF supervisors could acknowledge Ramaytush Ohlone at every meeting, ‘Some rail’ expected to return early 2021, but additional shutdowns might be necessary. By October, Breed, city departments and the Board of Supervisors must make painful cuts across the board to close a $1.7 billion budget deficit over the next two years — a shortfall created by the coronavirus pandemic. Ronen is not alone in wanting a trained group of specialists to respond to mental health calls for service instead of the police. The cuts are on top of Mayor London Breed’s proposed budget, which already called for redirecting $40 million annually from the San Francisco Police Department to the Black community over a two-year period. The cuts are on top of Mayor London Breed’s proposed budget, which already called for redirecting $40 million annually from the San Francisco Police …

And the SFPD is losing officers to retirements and other departments at a rapid rate, having lost as many officers so far this year as in all of last year. Oakland protesters march on Thursday against the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. San Francisco leaders say they’ll redirect police funds to city’s black community, Here's what you need to know to start your day. Dominic Fracassa is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for the Police Department, said the agency would defer to the mayor and Board of Supervisors and declined to comment.

He said doing so would have a “devastating” impact on officers responding to calls for service citywide.

He has also committed to organizing a broad conversation about reparations for San Francisco’s black community, which has dwindled to 5% of the city’s population.

Examiner). Police Chief … “I am proposing that we should no longer have police deal with the unhoused population, unless of course there is crime,” Ronen said. ... while the police patrol the city. 16: Why California voters refused to lift affirmative action ban, Proposition 19, which modifies Prop.

Earlier this week, members of the San Diego City Council voted to increase the budget for the city’s law enforcement agency. San Francisco Archive.curbed.com ... With the police budget, the city could instead help fund the construction of 14,000 additional long-term housing units for homeless Angelenos. But Breed also made clear in a statement that redirecting some police funds in the city’s upcoming budget was in part inspired by the recent killing of George Floyd, a black man who died after being pinned down by Minneapolis police officers last week. Public Defender ... City and County of San Francisco San Francisco officials said Thursday they’re committed to taking a portion of the Police Department’s budget and redirecting it to the city’s African American community. “We have continued to see our organizations inequitably disregarded and disproportionately left out of receipt of vital resources,” he said. (Kevin N. Hume/S.F. Port Port: Revised June 2020 Budget proposal, FY21 and FY22 Budget Committee Meeting August 12, 2020 .