PROTEST
NEWSOM'S proposed budget
Location: The Bellaire Tower building-home of Mayor Gavin Newsom (1101 Green
Street, at Leavenworth Street)
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 11, 6:00 pm.
Public Transportation:
Bus 45
(Leavenworth/Union stop), Bus 27 (Leavenworth/Jackson stop),
Bus 12 (Pacific/Leavenworth stop)
STOP MAYOR NEWSOMATOR FROM TERMINATING POOR PEOPLE WITH MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS
MAYOR
NEWSOMATOR TERMINATES POOR WITH MASSIVE BUDGET CUTS
Mayor Newsom released a budget today that will terminate critical health and
human services, while pumping up salaries for police by 25% and adding many new
high paid patronage positions into his own administration.
Some highlights of the devastating impact of the budget include:
1) Closure Ella Hill Hutch shelter serving up to 100 people
every
night in the Western Addition.
2) Closure of Caduceus Outreach Services, a mental health
treatment
and wrap around support program for severely disabled homeless adults
with co-existing addictive disorders.
3) Almost total elimination (66% cut) of SRO Families United
program
for families with dependent children living in hotels.
4) Cut of 22% to residential substance abuse and mental
health
treatment programs budgets.
a. Removal of support from Conard supportive housing program
for
severe psychiatric disabilities.
b. Closure of Cortland Acute Diversion Unit for individuals
in
psychiatric crisis.
c. Loss of 12 out of 24 community based medically supported
detox
beds.
d.
Many more residential cuts yet to be determined.
5) Cut of 30% to all outpatient substance abuse and mental
health treatment
6) Almost total elimination of STOP treatment program.
7)
1,600 people lose psychiatric treatment through Private Provider Network.
8) Closure of Tenderloin Health, homeless multi-service
center in the Tenderloin serving over 300 people a day, 16,000 unduplicated people
a year. Program provides health services, HIV case management, HIV prevention,
mental health services, harm reduction work, improving quality of life by
getting people out of rain, providing hygiene kits, bathrooms, snacks, crisis
intervention, 30, 000 shelter reservations a year.
Brought to you by the People's Budget Collaborative
via
Jennifer Friedenbach
Executive Director
Coalition on Homelessness, San
Francisco
468 Turk Street
San Francisco, CA
94102
(415) 346-3740 x 306
fax: 775-5639
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