Thousands of people have been left to languish and at times die in hotel rooms overseen by a San Francisco agency that reports to Mayor London Breed. With little oversight or support, these so-called SRO hotels have descended into a pattern of chaos, crime and death and the city s homelessness crisis has worsened.
Suspend the San Francisco Sheriffâs Department budget!
July 16, 2021
Phelicia Jones is the Rehabilitation Services Coordinator at the SF Sheriffâs Department (SFSD). She has been facing targeted harassment at work for speaking out against the SFSDâs racism and organizing people in the Black community to advocate for reforms within the department. No matter the adversity, Ms. Jones is determined to hold law enforcement accountable. Recently, as a result of her repeated calls to suspend the sheriffâs 2021-22 budget that was just approved, colleagues even put up a physical barricade in her workspace, pictured here. The budget includes no clear plan for accountability.