Sups. Rafael Mandelman and Matt Dorsey are continuing to move toward an agenda that elevates abstinence over “Housing First” to address homelessness in San Francisco.
The latest move: Replace Jennifer Friedenbach, the architect of Prop. C, with Billy Lemon, who runs the Castro Country Club, which provides a sober community space for mostly LGBTQ people, on the Prop. C Oversight Committee.
It’s unlikely that Prop. C, which has brought in $1 billion in taxes on big business to help house people living on the streets, would ever have existed without Friedenbach. There is no indication that she has been anything but a huge asset to the committee; in fact, former Sup. abnd homeless services director Bevan Dufty told the supes he might resign from the committee if Friedenbach were replaced.
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