Breed’s budget proposal includes $477 million in spending over the next two years for initiatives intended to accelerate the city’s economic recovery and increase opportunities for communities hit particularly hard by the pandemic.
With the goal of driving an “equitable recovery,” Breed plans to continue funding the Dream Keepers initiative, a program created last year in the wake of the George Floyd protests, that seeks to reallocate $120 million from law enforcement funding to San Francisco’s Black and African-American communities.
The Mayor’s budget also includes funding for job training programs, child care for women re-entering the workforce after the pandemic and a planned expansion of the city’s universal basic income pilot, which is currently targeted at local artists affected by the pandemic. Breed also hopes to allocate $144 million to “lay the groundwork” for a universal childcare program in San Francisco, including childcare subsidies, workforce compensation for providers, child health and wellbeing programs, and mental health support for students.