The Mayor’s other priorities include more affordable housing and more tools for police to fight crime.
who had just been struck and killed by a fellow officer. The audio recorded him laughing and joking following the death of 23-year-old grad student Jaahnavi Kandula.
Reinvest $1.8 million of SPD salary savings into a “new crime prevention pilot to leverage technology in areas hardest hit by gun violence. Funding is for implementing automatic license plate readers, CCTV cameras, and acoustic gunshot locator systems to deter criminal behavior, assist in evidence retrieval, and hold offenders accountable,” said SPD.”
We need to double down where we’re seeing progress on our approach to the crisis of homelessness, building more Blake Houses. That’s why this budget makes a $334 million investment in affordable housing – a 32% increase from last year. We continue to address the fentanyl and synthetic drug crisis with urgency and compassion. This budget invests $7 million towards treatment centers, including a post-overdose facility to bring people in their moment of need to a place where they can recover and access services.
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