(三藩市市長布里德)
親愛的讀者們：上周四，我發表了本年度的市情咨文演說。其中包括呼籲注意居民期望和應得的基本需求和三藩市著名的大型和改革性的主意。
大家應該為三藩市成功應對新冠疫情、優先考慮基本服務、保護公共衛生以及依賴數據來推動政策感到自豪。我們遵循了那些基本原則，然後能夠更進一步地採取變革政策，例如重新想象以街道用作戶外餐飲空間，推出收入保障計劃，設立社區學習中心和夏季活動計劃。
當我們展望關於三藩市發展方向的決定時，必須傾聽居民的意見。
上個月，選民發出了一個非常明確的訊息。這個訊息就是我們必須為兒童做得更好。 但他們也發出了一個訊息，雖然想法很重要——但這些想法必須建立在堅實的基本原則之上。
這些基本原則：
基本原則—— 一個良好和把孩子放在首位的教育系統。
基本原則——一個為居民提供基本服務的政府。
基本原則——問責制和能力。
許多居民感到不安全，從害怕外出的亞裔長者，到成為毒販受害者的田德隆區家庭，我們需要更多警察。 目前三藩市內只有1630多名警員，比三年前減少了250名。 根據獨立分析，總體而言，市內目前需要的警員人數少了540名。 為了解決這個問題，我現在呼籲在即將到來的預算中提供更多撥款，用於建立和填補新的警校課程，同時繼續部門改革。警察局長施革的改革工作已成為許多其他地區的榜樣。
我們根本沒有足夠警務人員來滿足一個作為大城市的需求，特別是當公司員工和遊客從回三藩市時……以及那些常說我們不需要警察的人士請注意——請傾聽居民的意見。
我們知道迫切需要繼續推動三藩市的經濟復甦，同時不會同意三藩市最好的日子已經過去了。
我選擇了Mission Rock地區為市情咨文的地點是因為我們看到該地點和周邊的東南面社區正在進行中的轉型和經濟振興，在過去20年，區內增加了6000間新住房，並即將增加5000間新的市場價格房屋和2000間可負擔房屋。由嚴德權主任所帶領的建築業培訓計劃正為社區提供高薪的工作和培訓。
我絕對專注於向問題對症下藥，我亦同時想專注於希望。
希望有一個更美好的未來。 這就是我在海濱看到的。 新社區。 沿著海濱和整個Dogpatch的新公園和開放空間。 新辦公室和商店。 這種情況不會發生在一個正在滅亡的城市。 相反在一個正在增長和繁榮的城市便能看到。
大公司不僅在Mission Bay，而且在市中心和市場南部都在續訂和擴大租約。 現在，這個月，許多公司正在回到辦公室。 是因為他們在市內投放了資源。這不是一個有關公司和商業逃離三藩市的故事——而是一個關於對未來充滿信心的故事。 會和以前不同嗎？ 當然。 但今天的海濱也和以前不同了。 事實上，這亦比以往更好了。 這就是三藩市的本質。 我們能忍受和適應。
此外，我呼籲了改革市內建造新房屋的官僚審批制度，繼續在田德隆區採取行動，使居民和遊客更安全，加大努力為有需要的人提供心理健康服務，更好地為兒童和家庭服務並稱為兒童和家庭復甦計劃。
眼前有很多工作要做，但三藩市的未來是光明的。 現在是時候一同努力不懈地為三藩市居民努力奮鬥！
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敬安！
三藩市市長 倫敦．布里德
State of the City Address 2022
By Mayor London Breed
My fellow San Franciscans,
Last Thursday, I delivered this year’s State of the City address, calling for a renew on the basic responsibilities that residents expect and deserve, in addition to the large, transformative ideas for which San Francisco is known.
We should be proud of the success that the City had responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, prioritizing essential services, protecting public health, and relying on data to drive the City’s response. We delivered on those basic principles, and we were then able to go further with transformative actions like reimagining streets with outdoor dining, launching guaranteed income programs, and creating Community Hubs and the Summer Together programs.
As we look ahead to the decisions about direction to take this City, we have to listen to our residents.
Last month, the voters of this City sent a very clear message. They sent a message that we must do better by our children. But they also sent a message that while big ideas are important – those ideas must be built on a solid foundation.
On the basics.
Basics – like a well-run school system that puts kids first.
Basics – like a government that delivers essential services for its residents.
Basics – like accountability and competency.
The fact that many residents don’t feel safe, from Asian-American seniors fearful of leaving their homes to Tenderloin families victimized by drug dealers, we must call for more police officers. San Francisco currently has just over 1,630 officers, a decline of 250 officers from just three years ago. Overall, the City is 540 officers below the number that is currently needed according to the City’s independent analysis. In order to address this issue, I am now calling for additional funding in the upcoming budget for creating and filling new officer academy classes while continuing the departmental reforms that have become a model for others under the leadership of Police Chief Bill Scott.
We simply do not have the police staffing to meet the needs of a major city, especially as we welcome more workers and visitors back to this City…and to those who say we don’t need the police – listen to the residents. They are speaking louder than ever.
We know there is the urgent need to continue to push forward San Francisco’s economic recovery, rejecting the calls that some are making that the City’s best days are behind it.
I chose the site for the State of the City address in Mission Rock because we see a transformation and economic revitalization underway at the location and the surrounding Southeast communities, with 5,000 new market-rate homes and 2,000 affordable homes being added to the 6,000 new homes that have built in the last 20 years. Programs like CityBuild, which is led by Ken Nim, are providing well-paying union jobs and training for people in the community as it transforms from a community impacted by negative health outcomes resulting from a coal-spewing powerplant, into an inclusive new neighborhood with parks, office space, and new transportation options.
I am definitely focused on the problem. But I want to focus on hope.
Hope for a better future. That’s what I see on the Waterfront. New neighborhoods. New parks and open spaces all along the waterfront and throughout the Dogpatch. New offices and storefronts. This doesn’t happen in a city that is dying. It happens in a city that is growing and thriving.
Large companies are renewing and expanding leases not just in Mission Bay, but in Downtown and South of Market. And right now, this month, so many companies are returning to the office. Because they are invested in this City. That is not a story about commerce fleeing this City – this is a story about confidence in what lies ahead. Will it be different than it was Of course. But this Waterfront today is different than it once was, too. In fact, it’s better. That’s the nature of cities. We endure and we adapt.
Additionally, I called for reform to the City’s bureaucratic approval system for new housing, continued action in the Tenderloin to make the neighborhood safer for residents and visitors, increased efforts to deliver mental health services for people in need, and a multi-year effort to better serve children and families, known as the Children and Family Recovery Plan.
We have a lot of work to do, but our city’s future is bright. Now it’s time to roll up our sleeves and deliver for the people of San Francisco.
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Sincerely,
London N. Breed
Mayor
