親愛的讀者們：
健康和繁榮的市中心是我們經濟的核心，亦為居民期望和應得的所有關鍵社會服務提供撥款來源。 振興市中心是我們必須關注的重心，以保持三藩市朝著正確的方向前進。 為此，我們在實施三藩市未來路線圖正取得重大進展。 在短短六個月內，我們有：
‧透過稅務優惠來招聘新的公司企業
‧修改了法律，使其更容易轉換和填充空舖
‧擴大小企業支援，以填補空缺的店面
‧啟動公共空間，在工作日和週末將更多人帶到市中心
‧將關鍵交通連線擴充到市中心，並獲得州撥款，以保持交通機構的運作
‧資助了我們預算中的關鍵公共安全措施 —包括僱用220名新警員，以幫助解決警務人員人手問題
雖然這項市中心的工作需要時間，但我們正已看到一些改進。
‧最近對11個城市的一項研究顯示，三藩市的辦公室人流量增幅最大，在2023年7月至前一年之間增長了38%。
‧在人工智能公司的帶動下，三藩市的辦公室需求增長了10%。
‧市中心正在經歷「酒吧繁榮」現象
今年秋天，三藩市將舉辦世界上最大的人工智能會議，屆時我們將歡迎Dreamforce。 艦隊周迴歸。 在11月，亞太經合組織會議即將到來，這是包括美國總統在內和亞太地區元首和商業領袖的盛會。 所有的目光都將投向三藩市，屆時我們將熱烈歡迎多個地區領袖及予會人士的到來。
慶祝宜家家俬開幕
本週，隨著新宜家的開業，給市場街也帶來了好消息。 宜家接管的空間早在疫情爆發前就已經空無一人，而我們早在2018年便開始與宜家高層討論填補這個空間的可能性。 我很自豪地看到現在這空間的用途，還有更多的是他們將帶來了一個共用工作空間及其他樓層的運用。
宜家將為市場街和聯合廣場地區帶來工作、活力和歡樂。 還有的是聯合廣場內將開設可能是市內最大的一家新餐廳。 這是我們很高興看到的投資，我們將繼續盡好本份，確保所有地區大使讓人感到歡迎，並有警察來解決該區內的問題。
填充空置店面：空置變活力
上星期，我宣佈了17家構成計劃的第一批店舖。這種通過快閃活動來填補空置店面的創新概念將於下個月開始在市中心的九個物業內運營，為小企業和商人提供支持，並活化我們的街道。
我將繼續投放支援小商業的資源，小商業亦是市內經濟和活力帶來最重要的貢獻。 感謝經濟及勞動力發展辦公室與 SF New Deal 合作所盡的一切努力，實現了我在三藩市未來計劃路線圖中所設想的目標。 我們一同向全世界世界發出一個訊息，三藩市歡迎遊人到來。
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敬安！
三藩市市長 倫敦．布里德
Supporting Downtown’s Recovery
My fellow San Franciscans,
A healthy and thriving Downtown is the heart of our economy and funds all the critical neighborhood services our residents expect and deserve. Revitalizing Downtown is at the center of what we have to focus on to keep San Francisco moving in the right direction. To that end, we are making significant progress implementing our Roadmap to San Francisco’s Future. In only six months, we have:
Passed tax incentives to recruit new office businesses
Changed laws to make it easier to convert and fill empty space
Extended small business support to fill vacant storefronts
Launched activations to bring more people downtown during the week and on weekends
Extended key transit connections to Downtown, and secured state funding to keep our transit agencies running
Funded key public safety measures in our budget – including hiring 220 new officers to help address police staffing
While this work around Downtown will take time, we are seeing improvements.
A recent study of 11 cities revealed that San Francisco had the largest year over year increase in office foot traffic, increasing by 38% between July 2023 and the previous year.
Office demand in San Francisco increased by 10%, driven largely by AI companies.
Downtown is seeing a “bar boom.”
This fall, San Francisco will be hosting the largest AI conference in the world, when we welcome Dreamforce. We’ve got Fleet Week returning. And in November, APEC is coming, which is a gathering of heads of state and business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region, including the President of the United States. All eyes will be on San Francisco, and we are excited to welcome the world to our City.
Celebrating Ikea Opening
This week also brought great news to Market Street with the opening of the new Ikea. The space Ikea took over had been empty long before the pandemic, and we began talking to Ikea leadership about possibly filling this space in 2018. I’m proud to see the space now filled, and there is more to come as they are also bringing a co-working space and more to the other floors.
The IKEA will bring jobs, activity, and excitement to our Market Street and Union Square area. And they aren’t alone. A new restaurant opening in Union Square that may be the largest in our City. This is the kind of investment we are excited to see and we will keep doing our part to make sure there are ambassadors to make people feel welcome and police officers to address issues in the area.
Filling Empty Storefronts: Vacant to Vibrant
Last week, I announced the 17 awardees who make up the first cohort of San Francisco’s Vacant to Vibrant program. This innovative concept to fill empty storefronts with pop-up activations will begin to operate in nine Downtown properties next month, supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, as well as activating our streets.
I will continue to invest in initiatives that support the small business sector, a vital contributor to the City’s economy and vibrancy. I want to thank the Office of Economic and Workforce Development for all their work in partnership with SF New Deal to make this program a reality as envisioned in my Roadmap to San Francisco’s Future plan. Together, we are sending a message to the world that San Francisco is open for business!
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Sincerely,
London N. Breed
Mayor
