San Francisco will be redirecting $2.2 million from law enforcement to invest in Black-led and transgender-serving organizations over the next two years, according to a March 11 announcement from the office of Mayor London Breed and Sheryl Evans Davis, the executive director of the city's Human Rights Commission.
The funding is one part of Breed's Dream Keeper Initiative, which is reinvesting $120 million from law enforcement to the city's Black community over two years. "With the Dream Keeper's significant investment in the Black community, we knew that it was critical to provide dedicated funding to address the unique needs in the Black transgender community," Breed stated in a news release. "I am committed to ensuring Black trans people