Despite a decline in hate crimes nationally from their post-pandemic peaks, high-profile incidents of anti-Asian attacks continue to persist. San Francisco AAPI residents have been targeted in numerous hate crimes in recent years, leading to horrific fatalities. Additionally, hate crimes against the Jewish community have more than quadrupled since 2023. 

Many AAPI residents, especially elders, do not feel safe in their communities. AAPI communities across San Francisco are still reeling from the surge in violence against them post-pandemic, and many have fallen victim to property and other crimes. Mayor Breed slashed the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) budget by $120 million and has lost nearly 25 percent of the police force on her watch, which has significantly reduced patrol presence and increased safety concerns from the AAPI community in vulnerable areas.

As Mayor, Farrell is dedicated to prioritizing the safety of the AAPI community by implementing bold policies to prevent violence and hate crimes and provide more support for victims. His plan includes the following:

• Prioritize and expedite the hiring of more police officers who are fluent and trained in Cantonese and Mandarin.
  1. As Mayor and Supervisor, Mark Farrell helped grow the police force to record size and has released the most detailed plans to solve the City’s police officer hiring crisis.
• Increase police staffing in areas with frequent anti-Asian hate incidents, including neighborhoods and corridors like: 
  1. Corridors in the Chinese community including, Chinatown, Visitacion Avenue, Rutland Street, San Bruno Avenue, Geneva Ave, Taravel (19-24th Ave, 30-35th Ave), Noriega Street (28-35th Ave), Irving Street (19-25th Ave), and Richmond Clement Street (4-13th Ave, 20-26th Ave).
• Create an AAPI Liaison Unit within the San Francisco Police Department that will facilitate translation services to patrol officers, various investigative units, and the community. Their primary focus is to perform outreach and patrol functions to the community and to respond to all citizen’s needs. Language services to be provided, include: Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Cantonese, and Thai.
• Create an “Asian Hate Crimes Task Force” of community and public safety leaders to track crimes against the AAPI community. 
• Create a hotline for those racially attacked whose first language may not be English. 
• Expand community ambassador programs in neighborhoods with high AAPI populations. 
• Ensure all SFMTA trains, buses, and public transportation stations are equipped with working and monitored cameras.
  1. Expand MUNI security physical presence on public transportation (plainclothes and uniform).
• Provide additional budget resources for the San Francisco’s District Attorney’s office to increase support and staff for victim services and hire additional prosecutors.
• Increase support for culturally sensitive victims services programs for victims of violence and hate crimes through the Office of Victims Rights.
• Install more street cameras in vulnerable areas to provide an extra layer of protection and reduce human error and bias.

務必停止對亞裔的仇恨以及向罪案的受害者伸出援助之手

儘管全國範圍內的仇恨犯罪自疫情高峰期以來有所下降，但針對亞裔的高調攻擊事件仍然持續存在。近年來，舊金山的亞裔居民成爲衆多仇恨犯罪的目標，甚至發生可怕的死亡事件。此外，自2023年以來，針對猶太社區的仇恨犯罪數量也成倍增長。

事實上，許多亞裔居民，特別是長者，都感覺到他們的社區並不安全。舊金山的亞裔社區仍然受到疫情後針對他們的暴力事件激增的影響，許多社區的亞裔居民成爲其他犯罪的受害者。布里德市長(Mayor Breed)削減了舊金山警察局(SFPD) 1.2 億美元的預算，導致了警察隊伍數量減少了近25%，這不僅大大減少了警察巡邏人數，也加劇了亞裔社區在罪案高危的區域的安全擔憂。

作為市長，麥法恩(Mark Farrell)致力於優先保障亞裔社區的安全，通過實施大膽的政策來防止暴力和仇恨犯罪，並提供更多對受害者的支持。他的計劃包括以下幾點：

• 優先並加快招聘更多流利使用廣東話和普通話且接受過專業訓練的警察。

• 在他任職市長和市參事期間，麥法恩(Mark Farrell) 協助把警察部隊擴展到歷史上最高規模，並提出了最詳盡的計劃來解決城市警察招聘危機。

• 增加在頻繁發生反亞裔仇恨事件的地區的警力，包括以下社區和地點：

• 華人社區的地段，包括：唐人街 (Chinatown)、訪谷大道(Visitacion Ave)、拉特蘭街 (Rutland St)、聖布魯諾大道(San Bruno Ave)、吉內瓦大道 (Geneva Ave)、塔拉維爾街 (Travel St)的 19-24 街和 30-35 街地段、諾里埃加街 (Noriega St) 的28-35街地段、歐文街（Irving St)的 19-25 街地段，以及列治文區的克萊門特街 (Clement St) 的 4-13 街和 20-26街地段。

• 在舊金山警察局內建立一個亞裔聯絡單位，負責為巡邏警察、各類調查部門和社區提供翻譯服務。該單位的主要工作是執行社區外展和巡邏，並對所有公民的需求作出反應。該單位將會提供的語言服務包括：韓語、越南語、中文、廣東話和泰語。

• 建立一個由社區和公共安全領導人組成的“亞裔仇恨犯罪特別工作組”，用於負責追蹤針對亞裔社區的犯罪行為。

• 專門為母語不是英語的種族歧視受害者設立熱線並提供幫助

• 擴展在亞裔人口密集社區的社區大使計劃。

• 確保所有舊金山交通管理局 (SFMTA) 的列車、公交車和公共交通車站都配備運行正常的監控攝像頭。

• 增加 MUNI 公共交通上的安全人員（包括便衣和制服警察）。

• 為舊金山地區檢察官辦公室提供額外的預算，以增加對受害者服務的工作人員和資源，並招聘更多的檢察官。

• 通過受害者權益辦公室，增加對具有文化敏感性的暴力和仇恨犯罪受害者服務項目的支持。

• 在犯罪率高的地域安裝更多街道攝像頭，以提供額外的保護，並減少人為錯誤和偏見。