親愛的讀者們：
剛過去的星期三，我簽署了市內的兩年平衡預算案，該預算案實現了三藩市的重要優先事務，包括提供一個清潔和安全的城市，推動本市的經濟復甦，應對市內芬太尼危機，為所有三藩市居民創造繁榮發展的機會，並確保居民有一個安全和可負擔的地方作息。
我們彌補了近7.8億元的巨額赤字，這意味著我們作出了許多艱難的決擇，但我相信，隨著三藩市繼續從過去幾年的挑戰中復甦，這預算案將使三藩市朝著正確的方向前進。
警力配備
安全始於一個人手配備齊全的警察部門，以滿足所有社區的需求。目前，我們正在努力解決三藩市警力不足的問題，並已初見成效。雖然警員人數仍遠低於三藩市選民規定的最低人員配備水平，但對警察局工作的申請興趣已顯著增加，申請人數在疫情期間急劇下降後，已恢復到2018年的水平，本屆警察學員訓練班為三年來人數最多，去年退休人員減少了30%，通過這份新預算案，我們將撥款於更多的警務人員，以及警務替代方案以幫助騰出警方人手以專注於處理犯罪和安全問題。
毒品市場最新情況
本地、州和聯邦機構正繼續合作，以搗毀田德隆區和南市埸地區周圍的露天毒品市場。這些優先事務包括逮捕毒品銷售者、打擊公共吸毒、解決贓物銷售和無牌販賣問題。
今年，僅田德隆區警察分局的警員就加大了執法力度，截至7月中旬共逮捕了502人，而2022年全年共逮捕了566人。警方檢獲了77公斤芬太尼，比2021年同期檢獲的數量多出541%。
我們正繼續執法，以阻止在公共場所吸毒——191人被捕或被票控。只有27%的人被確認為三藩市居民，這意味著在我們的街道上，很多人都是來自三藩市以外的地方。我們每天都積極主動地提供服務，我們還為那些被拘留在監獄內的人士提供服務。我們希望幫助有需要人士，但不能任由他們在街上情況惡化。
本地各執法部門將繼續與州和聯邦執法機構協調。這項工作並不容易，但我們必致力於為居民、上班族和遊客改變這些街區的面貌。
無家可歸者：1000人離開街頭進入庇護所，在2019年至2022年期間，三藩市的無家可歸者人數減少了15%，我們將繼續努力，在此基礎上再接再厲。主計長最近的一項研究表明，在全國所有同級城市中，三藩市的無家可歸者人均住房單位數量位居第二，人均庇護所數量位居第三。我們的新預算為進一步擴大住房和庇護所提供了撥款。
我們的無家可歸者外展工作人員外出為札營人士提供庇護和服務，就在上周，他們將今年內第1000個人安置到了庇護所。包括醫護人員、社工、清潔人員和警察在內的外展團隊通力合作。這是一項艱苦的任務，我們都應感謝他們所做的一切努力。
舉例來說，過去的星期一，他們接觸了17名無家可歸者，其中14人接受了庇護。而在星期二，他們在Masonic 和 Geary 街兩處與 10 人接觸，其中3人接受了庇護。我們不能強迫人們接受庇護，但我們將繼續一次又一次地走出去幫助他們走進室內。
可負擔房屋
我們需要在全市的各個社區為各收入水平的居民提供更多住房。這包括更快地興建和批准更多可負擔房屋。得益於我們優先考慮的工作以及幫助簡化這些項目的州法律，三藩市在批准和興建可負擔房屋方面取得了重大進展。
目前，在100%可負擔房屋項目中，有近2000間可負擔房屋單位正在建設中。這些住房遍布舊金山市的各個社區，包括南市場、田德隆、列治文、Haight、灣景/獵人角等。
過去一週，我們還通過了修改建屋收費的立法，以建造更多住房，並提供更多可負擔房屋資金。我們還宣佈了分別在米臣區及市政中心的兩個新教育工作者住房項目。這兩個項目將加入我們的第一個項目，而該項目目前正在日落區施工。
在三藩市所有社區建造更多可負擔房屋是我們 「人人有房住」計劃的關鍵要素，這將有助於三藩市繼續朝著在未來八年內建造82,000間房屋目標邁進。
經濟復甦
我們一直在努力振興市中心，包括修改現有法律，使改建或填補空置空間變得更容易；改革我們的稅制，以吸引新企業；以及提供優先保證市內安全和清潔的預算案。
作為這一策略願景的一部分，我們還必須想得更遠。上周，我要求市政府、學區和市立大學對我們所有房地產資產和需求進行評估，並思考如何利用空置的辦公空間投資於市內復甦。其中一個例子是，我們是否可以將市政府工作人員遷入一棟空置的辦公大樓，然後將現有的一棟公共舊辦公大樓改造成一個新的住房項目？
我還要求加州大學董事會考慮在市中心開設一個新的加州大學校區。我們的市中心充滿了住房、實驗室、教室等潛在空間。
我們必須以不同的方式思考市中心的未來。這裡有太多的機會，我們必須要有遠大的夢想。
全民機會 動儀式
我們深明為年青人提供機會的重要性。上周，我們慶祝了本年的「全民機會」計劃，標誌著該計劃自2018年 動以來的第五年。這個暑期項目為學生提供帶薪實習和實際工作經驗，讓三藩市的年輕人有能力探索、創造和拓展自我潛能。
每年有3000多名 13-24 歲的青少年申請成為計劃實習生和研究員。計劃至今已支持了10,000多個實習機會，約 95% 的申請者是有色人種青年。我們正在建立長期的世代變革，解決影響市內社區的根本問題，而其中的一部分就是從確保金錢不會成為年輕人成功的障礙開始。
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敬安！
三藩市市長
倫敦．布里德
Delivering a Balanced Budget for San Francisco
My fellow San Franciscans,
On Wednesday I signed the Citys two-year balanced budget that delivers on key City priorities, including delivering a clean and safe City, driving the City’s economic recovery, confronting the City’s fentanyl crisis, creating opportunities for all San Franciscans to thrive, and ensuring people have a safe and affordable place to call home.
We closed a significant deficit of nearly $780 million, which means a lot of tough choices were made but I’m confident that this budget is getting us moving in the right direction as our city continues to recover from the challenges of the last few years.
Police Staffing
Safety starts with having a fully staffed police department to address needs in all of our neighborhoods. Right now, we are working to fix San Francisco’s police staffing shortage and we are starting to see results. While the numbers of officers remain far below San Francisco’s voter-mandated minimum staffing levels, the interest in the Department has significantly increased
Applications are back to 2018 levels after plummeting during the pandemic
We have the largest police academy class in three years
Retirements dropped by 30% over the last year
Through our new Budget we are investing in more police officers as well as alternatives to policing that help free up police officers to focus on crime and safety issues.
Drug Market Update
Local, State, and Federal agencies are continuing to work together to disrupt the open-air drug markets around the Tenderloin and South of Market areas. These priorities include arresting those who are selling drugs, disrupting public drug use, and addressing the illegal fencing and unpermitted vending.
This year, Tenderloin Station officers alone have increased enforcement, making 502 arrests through mid-July, compared to 566 arrests all of 2022. They’ve seized 77 kilos of fentanyl, which is 541% compared more than they seized during the same time period in 2021.
We are continuing to enforce laws to disrupt public drug use — 191 people arrested or cited. Only 27% identified as SF residents, meaning many of those on our streets are coming in from outside San Francisco. We offer services proactively every day, and we also offer services to those who are detained in our jails. We want to help people, but we can’t just leave people to deteriorate on our streets.
Our local enforcement agencies will keep coordinating with our state and federal law enforcement agencies. This work isn’t easy, but we are committed to making change in these neighborhoods for residents, workers, and visitors.
Homelessness: 1,000 People off the Street into Shelter
San Francisco saw a 15% reduction in unsheltered homelessness between 2019 and 2022, and we are continuing to work to build on that progress. A recent study by the Controller shows that San Francisco has the second highest amount of housing units for homelessness per capita of any peer city nationally, and the 3rd highest amount of shelter per capita. Our new budget funds a further expansion of housing and shelter.
Our homeless outreach workers go out to offer shelter and services to encampments, and just last week they placed their 1,000th person this year into shelter. Outreach teams including paramedics, social workers, cleaning crews and police officers all working together. This is hard work and we all should appreciate everything they are doing.
As an example of their work, on Monday this week they engaged 17 people experiencing homelessness and 14 accepted shelter. On Tuesday they were at Masonic and Geary, where of the 10 people they engaged with, 3 accepted shelter. We cannot force people to take shelter, but we will continue to go out again and again to help bring people indoors.
Affordable Housing
We need more housing for people of all income levels in neighborhoods across our entire city. This includes building and approving more affordable housing faster. Thanks to our work to prioritize affordable housing and state laws that have helped streamline these projects, San Francisco is making significant progress on approving and building affordable housing.
Right now, there are nearly 2,000 affordable homes under construction in 100% affordable projects. These homes are in neighborhoods all across the City, including South of Market, the Tenderloin, the Richmond, the Haight, Bayview/Hunters Point and more.
This week we also passed legislation changing our housing fees to get more housing built and to deliver more affordable housing funding. We also announced two new educator housing projects – one in the Mission and one in Civic Center. They will join our first project, which is currently under construction in the Sunset.
Building more affordable housing in all neighborhoods of San Francisco is a key element of our Housing for All Plan and will helps the city continue to make progress toward its goal of building 82,000 new homes over the next eight years.
Economic Recovery
We have been working hard to revitalize Downtown, including changing our laws to make it easier to convert or fill empty space, reforming our taxes to recruit new businesses, and delivering a budget that prioritizes keeping our City safe and clean.
As part of this strategic vision, we also have to think bigger. Last week, I asked the City, School District and City College to evaluate our collective real estate assets and our needs, and to think about how we can use empty office space to invest in our City’s recovery. One example — could we move City staff into an empty office building, and then turn one of our own older publicly owned office buildings into a new housing project
I also asked the UC Board of Regents to consider opening a new UC campus downtown. Our Downtown is filled with potential space for housing, lab space, classroom space, and more.
We have to think different about what the future of Downtown will look like. There is so much opportunity and we have to dream big.
OFA Kickoff
Last week, we celebrated this years Opportunities for All Cohort, which marks the fifth year since the program launch in 2018. This summer program provides students with paid internships and hands on work experience that has empowered young San Franciscans to explore, create, and expand their potential. We know just how important it is for young people to have access to these kinds of opportunities.
More than 3,000 youth between the ages of 13-24 apply for placements as interns and fellows with OFA each year. To date, OFA has supported more than 10,000 internships and approximately 95% of applicants are young people of color. We are building long-term generational change and addressing the root issues affecting communities in our City – part of that starts with ensuring money is not a barrier to our young people’s success.
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Sincerely,
London N. Breed
Mayor
