Win back the resources San Francisco needs to THRIVE!
San Francisco MUST fund true healing & care.
But instead of investing in that, San Francisco’s City Government plans to take millions of dollars from life-saving services, all while increasing its policing budget.
Where do these millions come from? They take this from the resources San Francisco residents need most: from children & family services, food security, healthcare organizations, homelessness & prevention services – from the $160 million in City services the People’s Budget Coalition is trying to protect.
We KNOW we will never arrest our way to safety, to housing, or to healthcare. San Francisco deserves real solutions. As the City faces a historic budget deficit, we can’t afford another year of the SFPD’s bloated budget. We can’t afford to waste millions in ineffectual, corrupt overtime. We can’t afford a police force that continues to raid our neighborhoods, expand our jail population & leaves San Francisco’s most vulnerable community members to die in jail custody.
“SFPD has WAY too much money, they were the only SF dept not required to reduce their general fund budget by 10% this year.” – D1 Resident, 10+ years
“My family has been heavily impacted by the criminal legal system. The investment in this system has starved our communities of the systems of social care that can prevent cycles of harm.” – D1 Resident, 10+ years
“As a midwife and mother I want to support initiatives and programs that help families thrive not criminalize them and perpetrate more violence.” – D8 Resident, 25+ years
“So many vital programs are not well resourced. We know that increased policing does not improve quality of life in our city, or any cities.” – D8 Resident, 10+ years
We demand that the San Francisco City government redirect funds from San Francisco policing to protect $160 million in key services.
These funding diversions should include:
Unnecessary & ineffective tech supplements requested in 2025.
Excessive police overtime linked to corruption & wasted funds.
Ineffective programs linked to the fentanyl state of emergency.
To win true care, we must TAKE ACTION!
In a safe city, we house our people; we make sure families have food; we invest in educating our young people; & we respond to our crises with care. The community services tending to these very needs prove successful and life-saving. While their funding is cut, the police aggravate poverty & violence at every turn.
Endorsing Organizations
Background
Since 2004, Lavender Phoenix has built grassroots transgender and queer Asian and Pacific Islander power in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As systems continue to fail us, our work has ALWAYS been about the safety of our communities. Over the years, we’ve trained hundreds of community members in de-escalation and crisis intervention; set up free mental health counseling networks by-and-for transgender APIs; led contingents for transgender APIs at Trans March to combat rampant isolation; & so much more. And in 2022, Lavender Phoenix joined the Sales family to fight for Justice for Jaxon Sales. With them, we demanded the SF Sheriff’s Department and OCME give his family answers for his untimely death.
Every year, we watch as people in power vote on yet another budget that funds the same institutions that hurt our people and steal money from our communities. Last year, that looked like an increase in the SFPD budget to $821 million dollars & a recently proposed $60 million towards police overtime, while vital sources of care such as affordable housing, rental support services, public health, and food distribution were cut.
We’ve watched the first months of Mayor Lurie’s administration with concern. We’ve seen him declare an unusual, potentially-unlawful fentanyl state of emergency & continue to increase police presence downtown . We know he & our SF supervisors need to hear from US: everyday people, who demand Care, Not Cops.
Transgender, queer, BIPOC, & working people in San Francisco intimately know the harm that these institutions enact on our communities. In order to build a truly safe city, we are organizing to demand CARE NOT COPS!
Updates
Update on the 2026 Summer Organizer Program
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