The Brief
SAN FRANCISCO - Despite threats otherwise, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said Thursday morning that President Donald Trump would not be sending federal troops to The City.
Trump-Lurie phone call
In a news release, Lurie said that he spoke to Trump on the phone Wednesday night, where the president "told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning."
Lurie said that in that conversation, he reiterated to Trump that San Francisco is "on the rise. Visitors are coming back, buildings are getting leased and purchased, and workers are coming back to the office."
Lurie said he told the president that he would "welcome continued partner