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By ACE on the CASE --
Many people in the community are anticipating with interest a soon-to-be-released report from Gavin Newsome’s Task Force on African American Out-Migration from San Francisco.
The report, which is expected to come out by the middle of May, focuses on key issues that face African Americans in this city and proposes some comprehensive solutions.
We are hearing that the report will contain some of the following shocking findings: the percentage of very low-income households increased from over one-half of African American households in 1990 to over two-thirds in 2005; one-fourth of African Americans lived in poverty in 2000, over twice the rate of other groups; Black-owned business declined form 1997 to 2002 by one-fourth and business receipts declined by 60.7 percent.
In this era of federal stimulus spending, there exists opportunities for new and innovative programs to address the needs of the community in the areas of jobs, housing, education and training, health and business development.
We look forward to seeing the solutions proposed by the Mayor’s task force.
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