CRIMEWAPO POLITICS
Longtime San Francisco nonprofit will close as city gets tougher on crime
SF Pretrial, which has provided diversion services for 50 years, is closing down. The demise of the nonprofit followed the mayor cutting its budget and coincided with shifting attitudes toward crime among Democrats.
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