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The Tenderloin has been heavily impacted by budget cuts — we’ve reported the planned closure of clinics like the Larkin Street youth clinic — so now’s the time to get involved.
The People’s Budget Coalition is hosting a town hall to create a “people’s budget” focused on the Tenderloin’s needs and priorities. The group has been going around the city to work with different districts, and the town hall will include a Budget 101, and attendees will hear from Supervisor Bilal Mahmood about how budget cuts will impact the community.
Register here for the event on Wednesday May 6 at Kelly Cullen Community Auditorium at 220 Golden Gate Ave.
Mahmood wants to make 111 Taylor, the birthplace of the transgender resistance movement in the Tenderloin, a historical landmark. The building is the site of the infamous 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria riot and is now home to a halfway house run by for-profit prison operator GEO Group. Last year, the site was under scrutiny after the death of Melvin Bulauan, a man living there who was in crisis, as Mission Local first reported.
The intersection was already landmarked, but the building’s façade will now be protected from changes without city approval.
Dog bites have been on the rise, particularly in the Tenderloin, as we reported in March, and the city’s vicious dog court has been on hiatus for a year. In response, District 2 Supervisor Stephen Sherill called for the hiring of a hearing officer to bring the process back online.
On that note, we’ve also learned that the dog lieutenant who had taken a special interest in canine law enforcement in the Tenderloin has moved on, so station Captain Matt Sullivan is seeking his replacement.