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Mayor Lurie highlights public‑safety gains and urges support for family zoning plan
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Mayor Daniel Lurie told the Board of Supervisors he is prioritizing public safety, citing declines in violent crime and encampments, and urged support for the administration’s family zoning plan that aims to add housing while preserving tenant and small-business protections.
Mayor Daniel Lurie used his scheduled appearance to frame the administration's priorities as "keeping San Francisco safe" while defending city values. He credited local, state and federal law enforcement partners for pushing violent crime down "to its lowest levels since the 1950s" and said tent encampments have been reduced to record lows. Lurie said his "rebuilding the ranks" executive directive aims to restore sworn public‑safety capacity and ensure recruits reflect the city's demographics.
"To date, San Francisco has seen a net increase in police officers and sheriff's deputies for the first time in a decade, with entry level police officer applications up 40% and an academy graduation rate up 20%," Lurie told the board. He emphasized recruitment, multilingual outreach and efforts to increase gender representation, and framed those measures as part of a broader effort to rebuild trust and capacity in the department.
On zoning, Lurie thanked supervisors for work on a family zoning plan required by state law, saying the plan "adds more housing, supporting small businesses, and preserving what makes San Francisco unique, all while keeping local control over our zoning decisions rather than ceding it to Sacramento." He said he and supervisors Melgar and Sauter have added amendments to strengthen tenant and small‑business protections and pledged to review further amendments to advance affordability and local control.
The mayor's remarks were received without formal action; subsequent board items took up many consent resolutions and ordinances throughout the meeting.