Anti-violence programs aren’t in one of S.F.’s most violent neighborhoods

When violent crime happens in San Francisco, police reports show it usually occurs in the Tenderloin, Bayview-Hunters Point or the Mission. But while the latter two neighborhoods get governmentfunding to prevent violence before it happens, the Tenderloin does not.

District 5 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who oversees the Tenderloin, hopes to change that.

On Tuesday, he will introduce a resolution calling on city leaders to fund violence-prevention programs for the neighborhood’s youth, who he says are getting caught up in the area’s drug and crime troubles…

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