San Francisco - Speak Up!
Save Food Security Programs
Despite the recommendation of the Department of Public Health and the current, unprecedented food crisis, the latest budget from the Mayor’s Office for 2020-2021 includes a whopping 40% cut to City's “Soda Tax Healthy Communities Grants” program. All of the Healthy Communities-funded programs are on the ground, reaching youth and underserved BIPOC populations; many of them pivoted to direct food-access services during the COVID emergency. Urban Sprouts is one of 16 programs as risk of losing funding from this cut.
We are calling on San Franciscans to let the Board of Supervisors know that we can’t afford these cuts, especially right now. Email & call your Supervisor. Look up your district here: sfplanninggis.org/sffind
If you live in one of the districts Urban Sprouts works in, we’d especially love your help! Districts 6, 9, 10 & 11
Matt Haney, District 6 – SOMA, Market, Mission Bay
(415) 554-7970
Matt.Haney@sfgov.org
Rafael Mandelman, District 8 – Castro, Noe Valley
(415) 554-6968
MandelmanStaff@sfgov.org
Gordon Mar, District 4 – Outer Sunset
(415) 554-7460
Gordon.Mar@sfgov.org
Aaron Peskin, District 3 – North Beach
(415) 554-7450
Aaron.Peskin@sfgov.org
Dean Preston, District 5 – Western Addition, Haight
(415) 554-7630
Dean.Preston@sfgov.org
Sandra Lee Fewer, District 1 - Richmond
(415) 554-7410
Sandra.Fewer@sfgov.org
Hillary Ronen, District 9 - Mission
(415) 554-5144
Hillary.Ronen@sfgov.org
Ahsha Safai, District 11 – OMI & Excelsior
(415) 554-6975
Ahsha.Safai@sfgov.org
Catherine Stefani, District 2 – Marina, Pac Heights
(415) 554-7752
Catherine.Stefani@sfgov.org
Shamann Walton, District 10 – Vis Valley, Bayview-Hunters Point, Dog Patch
(415) 554-7670
Shamann.Walton@sfgov.org
Norman Yee, District 7 – Forest Hill, West Portal, Lake Merced
(415) 554-6546 - Fax
Health Communities Funded Programs:
Asociacion Mayab
Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates
Bayview Hunters Point Clinic
BMAGIC
Bounce Back and Healthy Generations Project
CARECEN
CommunityGrows
Community Well
18 Reasons
Farming Hope
San Francisco African American Faith Based Coalition
SisterWeb
SoMa Community Action Network (SOMCAN)
Southeast Asian Development Center
TNDC
Urban Sprouts