London Breed

“By providing every student with a quality education, and the materials they need for class and to do their homework, we can help students from all backgrounds learn and thrive.”

“Subsidizing someone's rent is much cheaper than paying for new housing, police or medical responses, or hospital or jail stays.”

“Every student should be able to start the school year with the supplies they need, and shouldn't feel left out if their family is unable to afford a new backpack, notebooks, and pencils.”

“With commitment and the right investments, we can create a San Francisco where no one is forced, relegated, or allowed to sleep on the streets, and where no one endures addiction or mental illness on the streets without supportive and effective services.”

“Well, my grandmother, she raised me in public housing.”

“Housing insecurity isn't just an abstract point of policy for me. I've lived it.”

“The voters have been very clear that we need to address the homelessness and housing crisis that is affecting our City, and I remain focused on solving these issues.”

“San Francisco is a City for everyone and our government needs to work for all of our residents.”

“We know that all too often, homelessness and behavioral health challenges go hand in hand.”

“Child care should be convenient, affordable, and available in every neighborhood.”

“While it's absolutely important that we build housing for our low-income residents, when we are talking about opening up hundreds of sites for housing, we should be trying to build affordable housing for all of our residents struggling to pay rent. That means housing for teachers, for nurses, for janitors.”

“I don't want San Francisco to be just a place where people just move for opportunities.”

“When I was growing up in San Francisco, one of the experiences that changed my life was my first paid internship - a summer job at The Family School.”

“Walking the streets of San Francisco can be a frightening, demoralizing, even an unhealthy experience for residents and tourists alike.”

“San Francisco needs a Mayor who will make all our neighborhoods safe, a Mayor with a record of standing up for public safety and fighting for the resources we need.”

“In San Francisco, we have long faced serious challenges in managing the crisis of homelessness on our streets.”

“It is our responsibility to stand up for equality, fairness, and civil rights.”

“I ask people to not attribute what I've done - my success and how hard I've worked - to not reduce that or attribute that to someone else.”

“As a child, I walked with my friends to Rosa Parks Elementary and then to Ben Franklin Middle School. I rode Muni to Galileo High School. And thanks to amazing teachers who believed in me and supported me along the way, I was able to matriculate to another public school: the University of California at Davis.”

“We can't keep limiting ourselves when it comes to housing. Affordable housing and teacher housing are too crucial to let the failed policies of the past get in the way.”