John,

Despite the click bait national headlines that portray our City in a negative light, the facts here on the ground demonstrate something very different.

San Franciscans are feeling safe. 

A Chronicle poll showed nearly 70% of San Franciscans feel safe in their neighborhoods. The hard work we are doing is beginning to show and people are feeling it. But we have more work to do, and I won’t let up until every single person feels safe, in every corner of our city.

• Crime has dropped dramatically 
  • Car break-ins are down 50% since September 1. 
  • 2023 saw the City’s lowest crime rate in the last decade and that has continued into January, with property crime down 30% and violent crime down 11%.
  • The City saw a 17% reduction in tents between July 2023 and Nov 2023.

• People are returning to Downtown 
  • A new study showed that San Francisco had the highest return to office of any city in the study – with 23% more people in 2023 than 2022.  

I need your help on March 5th, in support of three ballot measures that are critical to keep up the progress.

• Prop C will bring more people downtown by turning empty commercial buildings into new homes. Downtown will become a diverse, thriving 24/7 neighborhood.
  
  
• Prop E will keep our progress on safety moving forward, by giving police the 21st-century tools they need to do their jobs, and ending the meddling of the ideological Police Commission that has put officers behind desks, filling out reams of paperwork instead of focusing their time on the beat, out in the neighborhoods.
  
  
• Prop F will save lives by requiring those who suffer from fentanyl addiction and receive cash assistance from the city, to enroll in any type of treatment. Prop F will save lives and send the message that San Francisco is closed to drug tourism.

Don’t forget to vote on March 5th. Your voice is critical to these measures and moving our city forward.

Sincerely,

Mayor London Breed