San Francisco Mayor London Breed has issued a statement apologizing for comments she made during a recent interview that some in the Latino community have called anti-immigrant.
"Over the last few days, I have had conversations with several leaders from our Latino community about comments I made during a recent conversation about drug dealing in the Tenderloin," Breed's statement read."I want to apologize to the Latino community for what I said and how I said it. In trying to explain what is happening in the Tenderloin, I failed to accurately and comprehensively discuss what is an incredibly complex situation in our City and in Central America.
In the statement, Mayor Breed said the city compounded the problem by not prosecuting drug dealers, a reference to former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin's policies. Breed appointed one of the figureheads of the successful campaign to recall Boudin -- former DA's office staff attorney Brooke Jenkins -- as the interim DA.
We do have significant challenges with drug dealing in the Tenderloin, and those challenges are impacting families that live there, including immigrant Latino families and residents who are living in fear. As a proud Sanctuary City, we have an obligation to provide a safe space for our immigrant families to live and thrive. That includes ending open-air drug markets and hold drug dealers, regardless of ethnicity, accountable.
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