Mayor London Breed announces spending plan for $120 million reinvestment in San Franciscoâs African American community
February 26, 2021
San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Bayview Hunters Point Supervisor Shamann Walton stand together in June of last year when discussions of diverting funds from SFPD and to the Black community were first beginning. Now, we look forward to the possibility of an influx of funds for previously disinvested and ignored Black neighborhoods in our city. â Photo: Kevin Hume, SF Examiner.
The Human Rights Commission, advised by the community, aims to improve outcomes for Black youth and their families
San Francisco â Mayor London N. Breed and Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton announced on Feb. 25 the cityâs plan for reinvesting $120 million in San Franciscoâs African American community over the next two years with the creation of the new citywide âDream Keeper Initiative.â
Following a year of racial protests over police killings of Black Americans, both in the Bay Area and across the country, San Francisco s top two political leaders will be African Americans born and raised in the city.
Friday the Board of Supervisors unanimously elected District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton as its next president, the first Black man to serve in the role. He succeeds former District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee, who was termed off the board after eights years in office and served as president of the 11-member body the last two years. I look forward to serving this body as president with the compassion and values we together guard very fiercely, said Walton, pledging to his 10 colleagues he would work with them on issues that matter most to your district and to our precious city.
S.F. Board of Supervisors unanimously elects new president
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Shamann Walton is the new president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
Supervisor Shamann Walton has been elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in a unanimous vote that elevated him to the top of the city’s most powerful political body and put him second in line to the mayor.
Walton represents District 10, the southeastern edge of San Francisco, which includes neighborhoods like Bayview-Hunters Point, Potrero Hill and Dogpatch. Now, he will also lead the 11-member board through an uncertain and tumultuous time in San Francisco.