Advocates rally for Baltimore Safe Streets program after funding cut
Around 50 community members, city officials and Safe Streets employees gathered in Sandtown-Winchester Thursday afternoon to voice concerns about a proposed budget cut to a city violence prevention program.
The rally formed the day after Gov. Larry Hogan's budget chief said the governor would not spend $80 million authorized by the General Assembly for violence prevention, school renovation and other programs. The $1 million lawmakers allocated to fund Safe Streets was included in the cut.
On the streets where the program is implemented, conversations moved from fiscal to emotional realities. Violence will increase if the program disappears, people said.
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