Anti-violence programs aren't in one of S.F.’s most violent neighborhoods

When violent crime happens in San Francisco, police reports show it usually occurs in the Tenderloin, Bayview-Hunters Point, or the Mission. But while the latter two neighborhoods get government funding to prevent violence before it happens, the Tenderloin does not.

District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who oversees the Tenderloin, hopes to change that.

On Tuesday, he will introduce a resolution calling on city leaders to fund violence prevention programs for the neighborhood’s youth, who he says are getting caught up in the area’s drug and crime troubles.

Across the city, programs like these are credited with reducing violence by helping young people who might otherwise be recruited by criminal enterprises with after-school programs, job training opportunities, or just a space to