On Monday at 4 p.m., a group of mothers experiencing homelessness and nonprofits supporting them gathered at the steps of City Hall with several dozen supporters to demand the city invest $66 million to end child homelessness.
The rally, held the day after Mother’s Day, framed the demand as a call for dignity — not flowers. Members of Faith in Action, a multi-faith nonprofit that organizes around housing and immigrant justice, organized the event with the Coalition on Homelessness.
The $66 million proposal would fund rental subsidies, hotel vouchers, and long-term housing support—enough to house roughly 2,000 families and, according to organizers, effectively end child homelessness for at least two years. . Of that, $45 million would come from the city’s $6 billion general fund—less than 1% of its total budget.
“Why is it so easy to give $90 million to the police, but not to families?” said Miguel Carrera, of the Coalition on Homelessness, in reference to Mayor Lurie’s $90 million law enforcement funding plan, including a recent request for $61 million in SFPD overtime…