{"id":2500884,"date":"2025-10-20T07:44:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-says-city-has-crime-under-control\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:45:43","slug":"san-francisco-mayor-says-city-has-crime-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayor-says-city-has-crime-under-control\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco mayor says city has crime under control"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsan-francisco-mayor-says-city-has-crime-under-control%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2500884&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has rejected President Donald Trump&#8217;s proposal to send federal troops to teh city,emphasizing that crime rates have decreased under his administration and that local authorities have the situation under control. Speaking at the San Francisco police Academy, Lurie highlighted a 30% drop in crime compared to 2024 and noted that homicides are on track to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reach thier lowest level<\/a> in 70 years.Even though the police force is still understaffed by about 500 officers, recruitment is increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Lurie&#8217;s stance contrasts with comments from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who supported deploying National Guard troops to San Francisco to combat crime-remarks he has since somewhat retracted. Benioff&#8217;s statements sparked controversy, causing backlash from local officials like District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and State Senator Scott Wiener, both of whom strongly opposed the idea of federal troops and criticized Trump&#8217;s characterization of the city&#8217;s safety issues.<\/p>\n<p>While Lurie has maintained a measured tone in response to Trump&#8217;s comments, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-45th-birthday-thrusts-trump-and-biden-age-difference-into-spotlight\/\" title=\"DeSantis...s 45th birthday highlights Trump-Biden age gap.\">political analysts suggest<\/a> that calling out benioff&#8217;s contradictory position could strengthen the city&#8217;s message. Meanwhile, benioff&#8217;s views have even led to repercussions within his institution, with notable figures like venture capitalist Ron Conway resigning from salesforce&#8217;s philanthropic board in protest.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco city leaders emphasize that the city is progressing in terms of public safety without the need for federal military intervention, opposing what they see as an unnecessary and politically motivated federal occupation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">San Francisco mayor points to crime dropping, says city doesn&rsquo;t need federal troops sent in<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2209245\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Francisco<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3214732\/san-francisco-mayoral-race-daniel-lurie-london-breed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daniel Lurie <\/a>is pushing back against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s proposal to send federal troops to the city, saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime<\/a> is down under his watch and that local officials have the situation under control.<\/p>\n<p>Lurie, speaking at the San Francisco Police Department&rsquo;s academy in Diamond Heights this week, praised a reduction in reported crimes and a growing number of police recruits in 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3856348\/trump-troops-san-francisco-insurrection-act\/\">Trump says he&#8217;ll deploy troops to San Francisco, flaunts &#8216;unquestioned power&#8217; of Insurrection Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3851817\/championing-law-enforcement-candidates\/\">Public safety leads nonprofit group in whom it endorses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3855880\/sliwa-santos-trump-commute-sentence-cellmates-adams\/\">Sliwa slams Santos&rsquo;s Trump-commuted sentence, dreamed of him &#8216;being cellmates&#8217; with Adams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, front left to right, Mayor Daniel Lurie, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and others walk to a news conference at the San Francisco Police Academy, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not trying to change those people&rsquo;s minds,&rdquo; Lurie said about San Francisco&rsquo;s critics. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re entitled to their own opinions, but they&rsquo;re not entitled to their own facts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Crime is down in the Northern California city 30% compared to 2024 while the number of homicides is on track to be the lowest in 70 years. The number of police officers patrolling&nbsp;the streets has increased for the first time since the pandemic, though the force is still 500 shy of its staffing goal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are moving in the right direction and will continue to prioritize safety and hiring while San Francisco law enforcement works every single day to keep our city safe,&rdquo; the mayor&rsquo;s office said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The crime statistics seem to contradict the storm Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/10\/us\/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">when he told the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;that he backed Trump and thought National Guard troops should be deployed to San Francisco, where Salesforce is located, to help prevent crime.<\/p>\n<p>Benioff himself spends most of his time in Hawaii.&nbsp;The tech titan has since walked back those comments, but the damage, some say, has been done.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3850503\/salesforce-ceo-who-backed-national-guard-deployment-previously-funded-protest-industrial-complex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SALESFORCE CEO WHO BACKED NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT PREVIOUSLY FUNDED PROTEST-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to be strongly recommending at the request of government officials, which is always nice, that you start looking at San Francisco,&rdquo; Trump said at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel. &ldquo;I think we can make San Francisco &mdash; one of our great cities 10 years ago, 15 years ago, and now it&rsquo;s a mess.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And we have great support in San Francisco, so I&rsquo;d like to recommend that for inclusion, maybe in your next group,&rdquo; Trump added to Patel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments have enraged outspoken city leaders like District Attorney Brooke Jenkins who posted on social media: &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t be silent any longer.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can&rsquo;t be silent any longer.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KristiNoem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KristiNoem<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> have turned so-called public safety and immigration enforcement into a form of government sponsored violence against U.S. citizens, families, and ethnic groups. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YgTCUUOK0k\">https:\/\/t.co\/YgTCUUOK0k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brooke Jenkins &#35613;&#23433;&#23452; (@BrookeJenkinsSF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrookeJenkinsSF\/status\/1976805103807205804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>She tagged Trump and Homeland Security head Kristi Noem on X and&nbsp;said they &ldquo;have turned so-called public safety and immigration enforcement into a form of government-sponsored violence against U.S. citizens, families, and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am responsible for holding criminals accountable, and that includes holding government and law enforcement officials too, when they cross the bounds of the law,&rdquo; Jenkins continued. &ldquo;Let me be clear. If you come to San Francisco and illegally harass our residents, use excessive force or cross any other boundaries that the law proscribes, I will not hesitate to do my job and hold you accountable just like I do other violators of the law every single day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA), whose district covers the city, posted on X: &ldquo;San Francisco neither needs nor wants Trump&rsquo;s personal army on our streets. Contrary to Trump&rsquo;s lie, no &lsquo;government officials&rsquo; here have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/competition-heats-up-for-nancy-pelosis-seat\/\" title=\"Competition heats up for Nancy Pelosi...s seat\">requested federal occupation<\/a>. We don&rsquo;t need Trump&rsquo;s authoritarian crackdown in our city. Bottom line: Stay the hell out of San Francisco.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">San Francisco neither needs nor wants Trump&rsquo;s personal army on our streets. Contrary to Trump&rsquo;s lie, no &lsquo;government officials&rsquo; here have requested federal occupation. We don&rsquo;t need Trump&rsquo;s authoritarian crackdown in our city. Bottom line: Stay the hell out of San Francisco. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O20n7soVoQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/O20n7soVoQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scott_Wiener\/status\/1978559432259686707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Lurie hasn&rsquo;t been as outspoken as others but it&rsquo;s also not a huge surprise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He didn&rsquo;t comment when Trump sent the National Guard to to crack down on protests in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland. He was also quiet when Trump said he would send troops to Democratic strongholds to fight &ldquo;a war from within.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Mayor&rsquo;s not exactly known as an antagonizer or a bomb thrower so he isn&rsquo;t going to use soaring resistance language towards the President,&rdquo; Jeff Le,&nbsp;former deputy Cabinet secretary to Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown, told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;His campaign and mayoral term has been laser-focused on public safety so having troops in San Francisco implies that he&rsquo;s lost control &mdash; that&rsquo;s a non-starter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Keally McBride, a politics professor at the University of San Francisco, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/12059728\/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-sf-mayor-scrap-event-after-national-guard-comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> KQED that she had hoped Lurie&rsquo;s keep quiet approach&nbsp;&ldquo;would mean that San Francisco would dodge the ire of Donald Trump, and that his affiliation with the tech industry leaders would help in that regard.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTw4S-4mF6Y3FYnZ3JHPmZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Political strategist Kaivan Shroff<\/a>&nbsp;told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he thinks the smart approach would be to call out Benioff&rsquo;s hypocrisy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Either the city is safe enough for his massive 40,000+ Dreamforce conference or&hellip;it&rsquo;s not,&rdquo; Shroff said. &ldquo;Since I was just there and walked by those giant Dreamforce rainbows in the middle of the street&hellip;I&rsquo;m gonna go with it&rsquo;s safe enough. Folks should be alarmed that a group of oligarchs is directing where Trump wants to send the National Guard. Lurie doesn&rsquo;t seem eager to make this a fight about Trump, but I&rsquo;ll be looking to see how Newsom jumps in here. Is this going to be round 2 after the back and forth (still ongoing) in LA?&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3836410\/san-francisco-drug-courts-repeat-offenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAN FRANCISCO DA SLAMS CYCLE OF LETTING DRUG OFFENDERS WALK FREE BEFORE TRIAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benioff&rsquo;s remarks have drawn backlash beyond City Hall, including from those closest to his company.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, venture capitalist Ron Conway, known as the &ldquo;godfather of Silicon Valley,&rdquo; resigned from the board of Salesforce&rsquo;s philanthropic arm where he had been a member for a decade, citing Benioff&rsquo;s comments about San Francisco. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco mayor says crime is down, rejects federal troops<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2500885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lurie-cops.jpeg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65522,50403,51050,4602,32422],"class_list":["post-2500884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-city-safety","tag-crime-2","tag-law-enforcement-2","tag-mayor","tag-san-francisco"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lurie-cops.jpeg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2500888,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500884\/revisions\/2500888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2500885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}