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In December, The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject state funding for the construction of a new jail in San Francisco. This decision is due to years of community organizing demanding more community resources that are accessible outside of cages. Currently, the city is convening various community stakeholders, with SF Department of Public Health and the Sheriff’s Office, to re-envision replacing the current jail. This city work group is now meeting monthly to decide what kinds of alternatives to incarceration can be built in SF, such as more funding for mental health and substance abuse services, more funding allocated to community based organizations, and the creation of affordable housing.
This month, as a member of the No New SF Jail Coalition, CUAV is inviting members of the LGBTQ community and allies to speak out for community based solutions, not incarceration. CUAV has long understood that practices of policing and incarceration are steeped in discrimination that most heavily impacts LGBTQ communities at the intersections of race, gender, and poverty since our founding in 1979. Because we know jails are inherently unsafe for anyone, especially queer and trans people, this Pride month we ask you to let the city of San Francisco know that Pride is not just a party, but a time to demand the end of state violence against queer and trans people.
Come out this Friday to this month’s meeting at DPH to express your fabulous dreams of what SF could look like if it invests in the wellness of our most marginalized communities rather than cages to lock people away!
#NoPrideInCages
#SolutionsNotSurveillance
#ComeOutAgainstCages
Take a look at No New SF Jail Coalition’s “8 Guiding Steps Towards Ending Jail” to give you inspiration! https://