Mayor Breed addresses financial challenges, stays optimistic on COVID restoration
In her State of the Metropolis tackle, San Francisco Mayor London Breed tried to strike a steadiness, laying out the very actual issues San Francisco is going through, and her hope for a robust restoration.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Mayor London Breed supplied her evaluation at Thursday’s State of the Metropolis tackle amidst the coronavirus pandemic and financial fall-out.
The mayor mentioned town is hurting, however that she’s additionally hopeful.
Breed tried to strike a steadiness, laying out the very actual issues town by the Bay is going through, and her hope for a robust restoration.
San Francisco finds itself in a precarious place with the financial squeeze introduced on by COVID-19. The truth that her tackle needed to be achieved on-line from the Moscone Heart is a stark reminder of the place town stands.
“The state of our metropolis is resilient, and it’s resilient due to what all of us, each one among us have achieved this final 12 months,” mentioned Breed.
The mayor made her argument that swift motion final 12 months, declaring a state of emergency and shutting down San Francisco was a tough alternative, however one which saved lives.
“We’ve the bottom loss of life price of any main metropolis in the USA,” mentioned Breed. “And although each life misplaced is a tragedy we now have saved 1000’s of lives. And now we are able to see the sunshine on the finish of the tunnel.”
Putting an optimistic tone, Breed talked about the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in San Francisco, with plans to vaccinate as many as 10,000 individuals per day. She famous that the current lifting of state COVID restrictions are encouraging indicators.
“At this time San Francisco can start to get well,” she mentioned. “At this time we are able to start to reopen our doorways, reopen our companies and resume our lives; with some restrictions and plenty of many precautions, after all, however we’re reopening.”
The mayor additionally touted her administration’s cuts to pink tape for companies as a important step in re-energizing town’s financial system.
She additionally pledged to enhance infrastructure and mass transit and proceed to deal with town’s homelessness disaster and construct 5,000 new items of housing per 12 months.
“Let’s not keep in mind 2020 solely because the 12 months we suffered,” mentioned Breed. “It was the 12 months we discovered what matter most. What binds us collectively. It was the 12 months we sacrificed to save lots of every others lives. The arduous winter is sort of behind us, and hope lies forward.”
Whereas the mayor struck an optimistic tone, she is telling San Franciscans that there’s nonetheless a whole lot of arduous work forward.
