We are seeking new contracts for all of San Francisco’s homelessness services, prioritizing accountability and results. This effort will shift all contracts to an outcomes-driven model and incorporate performance metrics. We are also seeking feedback from the community and providers throughout this process. Our administration is fundamentally transforming how the city tackles homelessness and addiction. We are not just getting people off the streets—we are helping them get on the path to recovery and stability.  But that work can only succeed with a system that is built to deliver results, with accountability when the outcomes aren't good enough. We are not going to continue spending $1 billion of taxpayer money on a failing system—we're fixing the system so we can deliver the safe and clean streets every San Franciscan deserves.

San Francisco is on track to set a new tourism spending record of nearly $10 billion this year—surpassing the previous high from 2019. In 2027, visitor spending is projected to reach another record of $10.6 billion as we welcome Vogue World, the WNBA All-Star Game, SailGP, and more. These visitors and events support tens of thousands of jobs and small businesses—and generate revenue for clean and safe streets, public transportation, parks, and other essential city services. Millions of visitors are seeing what San Franciscans already know: there is no place like San Francisco. Thank you to SF Travel for hosting today’s Visitor Impact Summit and for helping us welcome the world to our city. – at San Francisco, CA

Car break-ins are at 22-year lows, and the era of broken glass on the streets of San Francisco is over. From day one, we have been clear: if you come to San Francisco to commit a crime, we will catch you and we will arrest you.    Thanks to the hard work of SFPD and new technology, we are catching criminals, building cases, and sending a clear message that there are consequences in our city. There is still more work to do, and we will keep being relentless about getting results and keeping San Franciscans safe. sfstandard.com/2026/08/13/re…

After a man was robbed while trying to sell his trading card collection, SFPD used technology and RTIC to identify the suspects, make arrests, and recover evidence. Good police work like this holds offenders accountable and keeps San Franciscans safe. Thank you to the officers and investigators for their quick work on this case.

The Powell Street cable car turnaround is getting a major upgrade. Today I signed legislation accepting a $14.5 million grant to help transform this iconic spot into a world-class gateway for everyone who comes to San Francisco.  The redesign includes new and widened sidewalks, fresh landscaping, and updated cable car stops. There will be ample sidewalk space for restaurants and cafes to set up tables and chairs. Art nouveau-inspired hanging lanterns—a nod to the area’s historic architecture—will line the corridor, and the showstopper in the redesign will be a giant overhead starburst chandelier suspended above the cable car turnaround at Market and Powell streets. When downtown thrives, every neighborhood benefits. Thank you to the Downtown Development Corporation and our private partners who are helping strengthen this corridor as a signature destination. Construction is anticipated to start by fall 2026, with substantial completion expected in 2027. Every day, thousands of people begin their San Francisco experience at the Powell Street cable car turnaround. A stronger downtown means more jobs, more visitors supporting local businesses, and more revenue to fund the services San Franciscans rely on. Downtown is coming back, and we are just getting started. Let’s go, San Francisco! – at San Francisco, CA

San Francisco is seeing record-low numbers of tents and large vehicles on our streets—and we’re continuing to make progress helping people get off the streets and into stability. We’re now at the lowest level of unsheltered homelessness in 15 years and we have opened the RESET Center, a new tool that allows us to enforce the law while giving people struggling with addiction an alternative to jail and a path to treatment.  After one month, the RESET Center has seen more than 500 admissions, with nearly one-third accepting care and treatment. It’s also helping officers get back on the street in under 20 minutes instead of spending hours on the jail booking process. This progress is the result of relentless work by outreach teams, law enforcement officers, and healthcare workers who are helping connect people to services while keeping public spaces safe and clean. We still have more work to do. As we continue reducing tents and large vehicles on our streets, we’ll keep investing in solutions that help people in crisis get the support they need—and make clear that open-air drug use and dealing have no place in San Francisco – at San Francisco, CA

At 1 a.m. last night, I joined SFPD for a ride-along and visited several police districts—Northern, Mission, and Tenderloin. I got a chance to see overnight street conditions firsthand, including Hayes Valley, 6th Street, and the Mission BART Plazas at 16th and 24th Streets. What I saw was clear: we still have more work to do. Addressing these conditions requires all of our city departments working together, through enforcement, street outreach, and street cleaning—so that every neighborhood gets the clean and safe streets it deserves. While SFPD is short hundreds of officers, the midnight patrol is often the most challenging shift. I want to recognize the officers I met last night at Northern Police Station, and all of those doing the difficult work out in our neighborhoods every day.

The RESET Center has been open just over 24 hours, and already dozens of people using drugs in public have been brought off the streets. This is a new model that we are using in San Francisco to bring people on the streets into a health focused facility where they can have a chance to be connected to treatment.  This center is making it easier for officers to get back on the beat while giving people a real opportunity for treatment. We’re also hearing reports that staff have connected people with case managers who had been trying to reach them. This is an important new tool to help keep our streets safe and clean.

This past Sunday, nearly 80 illegal ATVs and dirt bikes were seized on the Bay Bridge as part of a two-month investigation by the Oakland Police Department. OPD, with CHP's assistance, tracked the illegal sideshow activity. They alerted SFPD to a potential takeover heading into San Francisco. More than 100 OPD officers were deployed to make arrests and recover the vehicles. This coordinated response highlights the strength of our regional partnerships and the progress being made to address illegal sideshows. Thank you to OPD personnel for their continued dedication to public safety and our law enforcement partners at CHP for their collaboration in keeping our communities safe.

Yes, you can park in your own driveway. No, your car cannot block the sidewalk. Through PermitSF, we passed legislation to get rid of outdated laws that prohibited San Francisco residents from parking cars in their own driveways. Just follow these guidelines: ✅ You can park in the driveway in front of your house. ✅ No part of your car can overhang onto the sidewalk. ✅ You may park parallel to the curb in front of your own driveway, if your vehicle is registered to that address and the building has two or fewer units. When in doubt, visit SFMTA.com/ParkLegally to review parking rules. With PermitSF, we’re making life easier for residents, small businesses, and all San Franciscans through common-sense changes.

San Francisco needs a reset. Our city charter is one of the longest in the country. It is bloated. It is broken. And it only works for the people who know how to manipulate it—not everyday San Franciscans. Today, I’m proposing reforms to clean up our city charter and make the government, and me, more accountable to you. Here is the breakdown. First: we are going to fix the city’s broken contracting system to make sure that your tax dollars are being spent efficiently and transparently. By bringing contracting under one entity, the City Administrator, we can set consistent citywide standards that will cut red tape, reduce delays, and save taxpayer dollars. Second: we are going to make our ballots shorter and simpler. That long voter packet that you received in 2024 had 15 ballot measures on it. In the same election, Oakland had 3. San Jose had 1. San Francisco makes it so easy to put things on the ballot that our elected officials don’t have to do their jobs. The result? San Franciscans have to fill out lengthy, confusing ballots, including contradictory measures and sometimes poorly written laws. This will ensure that ballot measures reflect real citywide priorities—and that elected officials focus on the job voters sent them here to do: delivering results for the people of San Francisco. Third: accountability. San Franciscans expect our city to deliver world-class services. To do that, we need to be able to hold those in leadership accountable. But right now, our charter rewards bureaucracy and scatters responsibility—protecting those in power, even if they have demonstrated serious ethical lapses. These reforms would change that to ensure that when San Franciscans elect a mayor, they know who is responsible for delivering results. San Franciscans elect people to run their government, and those leaders should be accountable for whether it works. If it doesn’t, you should know exactly who to hold responsible—that’s the point of elections. This package of reforms is about results. It’s about accountability. It’s about making City Hall work for San Francisco.

We’re seeing real progress in our work to help people move off the streets and into stability, and to make neighborhoods cleaner and safer for families. Right now, tent and encampment numbers are at the lowest level we’ve recorded. We’re also making progress moving people out of RVs and into housing: RV numbers are at their lowest since we began counting, down nearly 20% since the last count, and 47 households have already been housed through the program. We’re also reconnecting people with family and support systems through Journey Home, which helped 44 people return to loved ones in February—the highest monthly total since 2022. By using every tool available—from housing to treatment to reunification—we’re starting to turn things around. There’s still a lot of work ahead, and we’re going to keep building on this progress.

No more lines. No more paperwork. With our PermitSF Portal, we are bringing San Francisco’s permitting online. You can now apply for permits wherever you want, whenever you want. Too many San Franciscans know the pain of waiting in line and dealing with lengthy paperwork to get a simple permit. If we want small residents to thrive, businesses to grow, and housing to move faster, we have to make City Hall work better.

The eyes of the world were on San Francisco during Super Bowl week.   With final economic impact numbers still coming in, estimates say almost $500 million was spent in San Francisco alone during Super Bowl festivities.   Approximately 1.3 million passengers came into SFO for Super Bowl week and searches for San Francisco on hotel platforms were up 350% year over year.   Thanks to the hard work of our city teams, first responders, transit operators, hospitality workers, and strong coordination with private-sector partners, we got to show off who we really are.   The city was busy. The streets were alive. Restaurants were packed. Events ran smoothly. And San Francisco showed up. Let’s keep the momentum going.

Today, I had the honor to present the state of our city.  For the first time in five years, San Franciscans believe we're moving in the right direction. Our recovery is well underway.  The work now is to make it durable for everyone. For that to happen, we have to keep our focus on public safety, clean streets, and a lasting economic recovery. 2025 will go down as one of the safest years in our city's history. Crime is down nearly 30%, car break-ins are at a 22-year low, and homicides haven't been this low since 1954.  The fentanyl crisis changed our city, so we have changed our approach. We stopped freely handing out drug supplies and made San Francisco a recovery-first city. Encampments are down 44% from 2024 and we've opened 600 new treatment-focused beds. Over the past year, cleaner, safer streets helped our economy come roaring back. But one year of momentum is not enough. When tech booms, opportunity grows—but so does anxiety about rising rents and displacement. This boom-and-bust cycle has historically left too many people behind. Opportunity and stability must rise together for every resident and every neighborhood. Today marks the beginning of our Family Opportunity Agenda—a powerful effort to reduce the cost of living for San Francisco families by tens of thousands of dollars each year. In December, we approved The Family Zoning Plan—a generational roadmap that will help ensure San Franciscans can afford to raise their kids here and expand housing supply while preserving the character of our neighborhoods and protecting rent-controlled buildings. And starting this month, a family of four making less than $230K a year will qualify for free childcare at hundreds of high-quality providers across San Francisco. By this fall, those earning up to $310K a year will receive a 50% subsidy.  Twelve months into this administration, the state of our city is resilient. But I don’t just want to bring San Francisco back. I want to build something better that will last, a city you and your children and their children are proud to call home.  We're just getting started, and we aren't going to leave anyone behind. Let's go, San Francisco.

This new law enforcement sobering center marks a fundamental change in San Francisco: If you do drugs on our streets, we will arrest you. And with this new resource, we will give you a real chance to enter recovery.

As I set out to make the appointment for District Four’s next Supervisor, I looked for someone who understands the Sunset and Parkside, because they live it and breathe it. Someone who is of the Sunset and works for the Sunset.  Someone who is a bridge builder, a problem solver, and someone who cares deeply about their neighborhood and this city as a whole.   Beya Alcaraz is that person, and I am incredibly honored to appoint her as the next Supervisor for District Four.  At just 22 years old, @beyaalcarazd4 bought and ran the neighborhood’s most beloved pet shop, The Animal Connection, on 35th and Irving. Under very trying circumstances, she kept her shop open through the pandemic because she knew what that store meant to the people here and how much her customers depended on her. That’s the kind of grit and care we need at City Hall. As the daughter of Asian immigrants, a graduate of Holy Name and Saint Ignatius, a teacher and youth coach, Beya is helping to raise the next generation of Sunset kids—teaching them the fundamentals not just of basketball or piano, but of teamwork and perseverance, and what it means to serve your community.  And as someone who lived in an ADU with her aunt while her parents saved to buy their own home—Beya knows the sacrifices families make to stay in the communities they love, especially as our city has gotten more expensive. Beya is a bridge between generations—between the longtime residents like her family who helped build this community, and the young people who will carry it forward. She’s a bridge between small business owners, working families and our city government. She is a bridge to the future of the Sunset. When I talk to Beya, I see someone who is not a career politician but has spent her life in service to this community. She doesn’t owe anything to anyone other than the people who live right here. Beya loves the Sunset the way I love San Francisco.   I am confident that she will make her community proud—by listening, showing up, and doing the hard work this moment demands.

Putting out sidewalk tables and chairs for your business is easy: fill out a free form, learn the rules like keeping sidewalks accessible, and you’re good to go. No permit or free required. We want San Francisco’s businesses to bring our streets to life—just follow a few simple steps. Check out sf.gov/tablesandchairs to get started.

We’re bringing San Francisco back—and we are just getting started.

Yesterday, I spoke to San Franciscans about a potential federal deployment in our city. I said then what I have said since taking office, that keeping San Franciscans safe is my top priority. Late last night, I received a phone call from the President of the United States. I told him the same thing I told our residents: San Francisco is on the rise. Visitors are coming back, buildings are getting leased and purchased, and workers are coming back to the office. We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery. We appreciate that the president understands that we are the global hub for technology, and when San Francisco is strong, our country is strong. In that conversation, the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning. My team will continue to monitor the situation closely, and our city remains prepared for any scenario. I am profoundly grateful to all the San Franciscans who came together over the last several days. Our city leaders have been united behind the goal of public safety. And our values have been on full display—this is the best of our city.