How San Francisco quietly relaunched its scandalized free money for black residents program

California Post ^ | 3/12/26 | Christopher F. Rufo, Haley Strack

[Libloather]

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has revived a controversial benefit program once lauded as a step toward “reparations” for black San Franciscans.

Known as the Dream Keeper Initiative, the relaunched program will grant $36 million to “community-serving organizations,” including some that have offered “Afri-centric” mental-health services, African ancestry DNA testing, and free doulas for “African American birthing people.”

The Dream Keeper Initiative was founded by former San Francisco Mayor London Breed in 2021, fulfilling her promise to redirect police funding to “the African American community” in the aftermath of George Floyd’s 2020 death in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In February 2021, Breed announced that the city would divert $120 million from its law-enforcement budgets to fund the program, which would in turn funnel the money to a web of left-wing nonprofits. The Board of Supervisors president hailed the initiative as the “first step towards true reparations for the Black community here in San Francisco.”

Despite its lofty ambitions, Dream Keeper was troubled from the outset.

San Francisco poured $60 million per year into the program with little apparent oversight or quality control. Nonprofits took advantage, reportedly spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on black-tie galas and salary increases. Other funding reportedly disappeared into a web of shell companies, raising fraud concerns.

Daniel Lurie, the Levi Strauss-fortune heir who campaigned for mayor against Breed in 2024, criticized his opponent for the fiasco.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; Food
KEYWORDS: black; california; crimecorruption; democratcorruption; fraud; money; residents; ripoff; theft

[Libloather]

**POOF** Disappeared. They'll need more.

[cnsmom]

I need more corrupt pie program.

[butlerweave]

Disbanding the Police and making criminals rich ?

[lee martell]

I’m disappointed with Mayor Lurie. I thought he would be more practical with the public monies.
Pandering before prudence, I guess.

[Dilbert San Diego]

African American birthing people? They ate afraid to say African American women give birth?

[hanamizu]

“African American birthing people.”

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They just can’t force themselves to say ‘mothers’ or God forbid, ‘women’.

[subterfuge]

No one is going to stop them so why not?

[catnipman]

looks like the san fran police department’s budget was severely reduced during the 2020-2022 period, but has since increased to budget amounts prior to that ...

[Drew68]

Of course the money will be squandered on frivolities; tattoos, gold teeth, weaves, nails...

And why not?

All of their basic needs are already provided for. Section 8 covers their housing, Medicaid and MediCal cover medical expenses. SNAP and WIC provide food and EBT gives them walking around money. They don't bother with "white people stuff" like car insurance or registration.

Free money!

[Paladin2]

Grift, fraud and corruption.

I’m totally tired of being forced to fund this.

[Bubba_Leroy]

People who never owned slaves being taxed to pay “reparations” to people who were never slaves in a state that never had slavery.

When the last taxpayer flees California be sure and turn off the lights behind you (assuming that there is any electricity left).

[Organic Panic]

Fine by me. Keep them in their ghetto s holes with “free money” and far away from the rest of civilized society.