San Francisco Mayor London Breed is putting her trust in City Attorney Dennis Herrera to turn around the city s scandal plagued public utility body. Monday she named the one-time mayoral candidate to oversee the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.
The five-member commission that oversees the SFPUC must now interview Herrera and forward him as a formal recommendation to the mayor. Then, once a contract is finalized, Herrera would be officially appointed by Breed and confirmed by the commission. Dennis is the right leader for the hard-working employees of the SFPUC and this city, stated Breed.
Herrera, a longtime champion of LGBTQ rights, is practically assured of running the agency, which his office has been investigating for alleged pay-to-play contracting violations. Previous SFPUC general manager Harlan Kelly was arrested last November by federal authorities on corruption charges.
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Newsom may have to decide whether to sanction heroin injection sites
The idea is a recurring struggle between progressive lawmakers who say it will save lives and moderate Democrats and Republicans who warn it would normalize hard drug use.
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OAKLAND California could become the first place in the nation where people can inject illicit drugs under medical supervision, pushing legal and ethical boundaries amid an alarming spike in overdose deaths.
State lawmakers have debated the idea each year since 2016, a recurring struggle between progressive lawmakers who say it will save lives and moderate Democrats and Republicans who warn it would normalize hard drug use.
President Joe Biden will be making housing and homelessness a central focus of his administration.
In this screenshot, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge is joined by city and state leaders during a conference call to discuss a $5 billion grant program from the Biden administration to tackle homelessness.
(CN) The prospect of nearly $5 billion from the Biden administration to combat homelessness is a welcome one to cities and states fighting a prolonged homeless crisis made worse by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, roughly 580,000 people were homeless on a given night last year. This represents a 7% increase from the previous year and does not factor in any of the financial turmoil that spiraled out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Garcetti Speaks With HUD Secretary About Federal Funding For Homeless Crisis
By City News Service
Published April 23, 2021
Maxine Waters seen at the Justice on Trial Film Festival, on Oct. 20, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Mayor Eric Garcetti today joined a news conference with Rep. Maxine Waters and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge to discuss the $5 billion allocated through American Rescue Plan to states, tribal areas and local governments to address homelessness. The funding will be given to 651 grantees, and the city of Los Angelesn is slated to receive $99.89 million, according to Garcetti’s office.