Verdict: In Progress
Create a 'hospitality zone' for police and city agencies to coordinate a downtown revival, with cleaner streets and reduced open-air drug use.
Daniel LurieMayor, San Francisco·January 8, 2025
Source: Inaugural address [link]
Development
What actually happened
Lurie's administration launched enforcement sweeps in the Tenderloin and SoMa neighborhoods and increased coordination between police, health workers, and public works. Downtown foot traffic has increased modestly but the hospitality zone concept has not been formally established as a defined program.
Data sources: SF Standard, ABC7 San Francisco
Verdict: In Progress
Active work is underway toward this promise, but it has not yet been fully delivered. Progress is being tracked.