February 18, 2025
KQED: SF’s Black Social Equity Program, Mired in Scandal, Is Being Revived and Rebranded
[…] Months after former Mayor London Breed froze the [Dream Keeper Initiative] funding amid that upheaval, incumbent Daniel Lurie announced last week at the city’s Black History Month celebration that the program would resume under a different name and with vastly more oversight.
“Contrary to the narrative that is being put out right now, one community’s gain does not mean another community’s setback,” [Fred] Blackwell said. “The way that we get to the kind of society and community that I think we aspire to sometimes means that we have to invest in the communities that have been left behind — and then sometimes kept behind — because we don’t win until we all win.”
