From the Castro Community Benefit District:  We are at risk of losing our 2 critical grants that currently provide services to the Castro. Sign our petition asking Mayor Lurie to continue fully funding these two grants:

– Jane Warner Plaza grant:  funds the daily cleaning and table+chairs set-up in the plaza. Without it, Jane Warner Plaza will become a blight-ridden wasteland…just imagine!!  

– Castro Cares grant: funds four full-time Community Ambassadors, who help in resolving negative street behavior often caused by people with untreated substance use disorders and mental illness living on our sidewalks. The Ambassadors walk our district 7 days a week from 7 am to 7 pm. Without their presence and trained methods to de-escalate and engage, negative street behavior will grow dramatically. 

These grants are a critical piece of the puzzle in the Castro’s economic recovery. Please urge Mayor Lurie to keep these two grants funded, sign this petition and share the link with your friends.