Brian Adam
The well-documented San Francisco tech exodus continues to persist with no end in sight. To counteract this trend, how would you incentivize current San Francisco tech companies to stay or expand in the City, and how would you attract non-San Francisco tech companies to move to the City?
Improve the quality of amenities in the City, e.g. public transit, night life, green spaces, etc.
Name two concrete actions the City should take to ensure that San Francisco maintains its title as the world's tech capital.
1. Improve funding for public transit and accelerate local processes for a seamless, zero fare Bay Area public transit system, 2. Provide tax incentives for companies to employ people living in San Francisco or for their employees to live within the City and County
Of the 25 largest cities in the U.S., San Francisco has the highest property crime rate in four of the most recent years. What policies or other approaches would you support to curb the City’s staggering property crime rate?
1. Reallocate administrative / car sector patrol officers to foot patrol in commercial corridors,
2. Restructure social services and criminal justice system-locked services to ensure people are getting quality services before any crimes are committed,
3. Expand reimbursement for private security camera installations
With a significant portion of San Francisco’s budget relying on tax revenue from employees working downtown and healthy tourism and convention numbers, are you concerned about the City’s ability to balance future budgets? If so, how would you address this potential budget shortfall?
Establish business districts that receive special tax breaks if they meet special conditions, e.g. employing locally, having their employees live in the City, etc. Start a conversation for realigning current property taxes.
What is one significant action you would take to address homelessness in the City?
Expand housing.
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Shamann Walton
The well-documented San Francisco tech exodus continues to persist with no end in sight. To counteract this trend, how would you incentivize current San Francisco tech companies to stay or expand in the City, and how would you attract non-San Francisco tech companies to move to the City?
We need to work with our big businesses and push them to bring back their workforce to downtown. Collaborating with our businesses and business leaders to support the recommendations of San Francisco’s Economic Recovery Task Force is of major importance.
Name two concrete actions the City should take to ensure that San Francisco maintains its title as the world's tech capital.
1. The City should work to ensure that tech giants provide pipeline and internship programs that feed the workforce of major tech companies. This will ensure that tech companies have a quality workforce and also provide quality jobs to City residents, making being in San Francisco a major win for everyone,
2. Continue to promote the utilization of technological advances that also provide equitable opportunity for everyone including bridging the digital divide in low income and senior communities (like apps and computer advances).
Of the 25 largest cities in the U.S., San Francisco has the highest property crime rate in four of the most recent years. What policies or other approaches would you support to curb the City’s staggering property crime rate?
Decrease the unemployment rate and ensure that quality jobs are available to all of San Francisco’s residents. We know that opportunity and a paycheck reduces crime and helps the City thrive economically. I would also continue to work with employers on ways that they can assist in keeping their works safe while working with the City. We have an extensive safety plan for District 10 developed with community partners, law enforcement, public defender’s office, district attorney's office, Street Violence Prevention and Intervention Program, City residents, and most major City departments. Working to develop a safety plan with employers would also be helpful.
With a significant portion of San Francisco’s budget relying on tax revenue from employees working downtown and healthy tourism and convention numbers, are you concerned about the City’s ability to balance future budgets? If so, how would you address this potential budget shortfall?
With very real negative consequences of the pandemic, I will always prioritize serving our most vulnerable populations. We need to preserve funding to programs that address testing and vaccination disparities, food insecurity, prevent evictions, address community safety, preserve safety nets, and keep people from being put out on the street.
In all honesty the Ciy’s budget has grown the last few years. My focus is to stabilize the revenue streams we have in place and focus on bringing businesses, people, and excitement back to San Francisco.
What is one significant action you would take to address homelessness in the City?
As Supervisor, I plan to continue to champion:
- Increasing funding for housing support, stabilization, and homeownership, including through the Dream Keeper Initiative
- Supporting D10’s 3 SAFE Navigation Centers and adding one to every district
- Building 100% affordable housing
- Holding developers responsible for packages that support walkability, mixed-use, and environmental concerns
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