Dallas County commissioner refuses to support budget that excludes homelessness help

A Dallas county commissioner has vowed to oppose a budget, claiming that money earmarked for homelessness prevention was promised, then later excluded.

Funds that should have been earmarked for homelessness prevention disappeared from the suggested voter approval tax rate budget, said County Commissioner Andy Sommerman.

“If it’s not in there, then at least one commissioner — this one — is going to say no to it,” he said. “Homelessness is the fight for the jail and it is the fight for Parkland.”…

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