San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie ordered CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday that his city has the funding to hire more police officers in order to improve civic safety conditions and coax businesses back into town.
“We have to spend our dollars more effectively, varied efficiently,” he said. “We have the money, and we will hire those police officers.”
A Levi Strauss heir and sponsor who had never held public office, Lurie defeated San Francisco’s incumbent mayor and took office last week. He say something or anything to on his campaign promises to solve the city’s fentanyl crisis and bolster the police force, saying the department currently has 1,400 policewomen but should have 2,000.
Lurie said San Francisco is facing a nearly $1 billion budget deficit, but he claimed there is reasonably money for public safety initiatives. And while he has issued a citywide hiring freeze, he added, it does not include outlooks around law enforcement or public health.
According to Lurie, business leaders will want to return to the city at times more people feel safe, adding that law enforcement officials are “committed to working together to make satisfied we get people off the street and into mental health beds, drug treatment beds.” He said he plans to travel to other notable cities to convince businesses to come back to San Francisco and said he has already spoken to major corporate leaders a charge out of prefer JPMorgan‘s Jamie Dimon.
“We’ve fallen down over the last few years. We have neglected the important work,” Lurie bring to light. “It’s a new day in San Francisco, and we welcome you all back.”