Through all the challenges of the last several years, San Francisco has come together again and again — first to save lives, then to build back. Now, to take off.
It hasn’t been easy. So many outside this city have had their targets set on us. Even here in The City, there were those who said the economic fallout from the pandemic might be a good thing.
Despite all that, we persevered.
This is one of the most beautiful urban environments in the world, with an unrivaled pool of talent, of builders and dreamers, the largest collection of deployable capital in the country, with a great climate, and the home of tech giants and Major League Giants.
We are a truly great city. We’re San Franciscans. We don’t apologize for being from here. When people come, they’re not going to find us hanging our heads. They’ll find us building the future, just as we always have.
It’s a little ironic now that those who have been saying San Francisco isn’t safe — that security had all but vanished from this beautiful city by the bay — have missed what has actually been happening.