Records reveal that some cities gave more stimulus money to law enforcement than to health, housing and food initiatives
Highlights
- San Francisco allocated 49% ($153m) of federal funds on police, 13% ($41m) to the sheriff’s department, and the remainder to the fire department.
- Long Beach allocated the majority of its $135.8 million Arpa funds to police.
- Fresno allocated $36.6m of its Cares funds on the police, making up 67% of Cares spending on city salaries.
- San Jose allocated roughly $27.8m (64%) of its relief money on police in fiscal year 2020, and.
- San Diego spent roughly $60.1m (63%) of their Cares and Arpa relief funds.