Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by London Breed

As a kid growing up in public housing, I didn't always get show up at the first day of school with a new backpack full of supplies. Having the school supplies I needed would have made me feel more prepared and ready to learn.

We are fighting for an affordable, diverse community where all of us can thrive.

If we are ever going to fix our housing affordability crisis, we have to make significant changes to how we plan and construct, and we have to be open to solutions that make it easier and faster to build much-needed housing.

We need a coordinated, citywide approach to make sure that everyone in San Francisco is sheltered and has access to the care they need.

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.

Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future.

As a young girl growing up in poverty, I know firsthand how much a paycheck from a summer job can make a difference.

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

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.

We have to be bold and serve all San Franciscans who are struggling to afford housing.

In San Francisco, we strive to be a beacon of progressivism for the rest of the country and the world, whether it is leading the way on gay marriage, immigrants rights, or combating climate change.

Young people experiencing homelessness often have a difficult time accessing services, including shelter, medical care, and employment. This is due to the stigma of their housing situation, lack of knowledge of available resources, and a lack of services targeted to young people.

San Francisco is a beacon of hope for LGBTQ people around the world.

Improving our transportation infrastructure reduces car trips, helps us reach our carbon emission reduction goals, is healthier for our residents, and saves lives. Too often in the past we have been slow to make these common sense improvements to our streets.

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

When I was in college, the bell tolled for us. Just as my grandmother, the woman who had cared for me all my life, started needing me to care for her, we were told our home was being torn down, and we would need to find another place to live.

San Francisco is a place that stands up for our LGBTQ communities.

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.

Businesses have played an important role in advancing nondiscrimination protections across the county because they have recognized that inclusion is the right thing to do and fairness and equality are good for business.

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.

Youth should have access to paid internships or jobs year-round, so they can keep developing important skills and earning income.

Bureaucracy and red tape should not delay our efforts to bring help to those in need.

As the COVID-19 situation evolves, we need to make sure we have enough medical professionals to care for people in need.

Money should never be a barrier to whether or not a young person is given the opportunity to succeed.

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

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.

Students should feel excited and prepared for the new school year.

In my sophomore year of high school, I watched my friend Loretta leave in a U-Haul headed for Oakland. She and her mom had been tenants in a nearby apartment, forced out by rent they couldn't afford anymore.

I've lived in poverty.

We have so much work to do to meet the challenges of people living on our streets. But every day we are out there doing the work, finding solutions not only to help those living on our streets, but to prevent more people from ending up there in the future.

I've seen my friends, my community forced from the city I call home.

Despite my work, I know some in politics will never support me. I see them distort my record.

Far too many LGBTQ individuals are the victims of violence and hatred, and we must all fight together to ensure that no one is erased or marginalized because of how they identify or who they love.

We need more housing in San Francisco, plain and simple, and we especially need more affordable housing for our low-income households, seniors, teachers, formerly homeless people, veterans, and middle-income residents.

Fighting for tenants' rights has never been about political posturing for me. It's very personal. It's why I fight for everyone who's struggling to stay in San Francisco.

In San Francisco, our diversity is our strength.

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.

Burdensome fees have made it harder for people to exit the criminal justice system.

Well, I was lucky to have people throughout my life who invested in me.

Costly jail calls and high commissary fees have forced families to choose between paying their bills and talking to their loved ones who are serving time, adding further costs to an already difficult situation.

San Francisco deserves to be a great bicycling city where every day is Bike to Work Day.

Too many people are suffering from severe behavioral health and substance use issues on our streets, which puts a strain on our hospitals and our criminal justice system instead of treating the root cause.

Our work is not done until everyone is safe and celebrated not just in San Francisco, but also across the country.

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

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

As investments and as an energy source, fossil fuels have nowhere to go but down.

We want to make sure that anyone facing eviction has access to high-quality legal representation.

In San Francisco, our businesses, healthcare services, workforce, and housing will always be Open to All.

As someone who grew up in public housing, I've known these conditions.

Every day on our streets there are people who are facing a combination of homelessness, mental illness, and addiction. Each of these conditions is challenging alone, but when experienced at the same time it creates a downward spiral that makes it even more difficult for the person to get treated and housed.

Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all.

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

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.

Both San Francisco and New York are taking bold, sweeping action to reduce emissions, make our infrastructure more resilient and improve the health of our people. We are also leading the charge against those who continue to deny the existence of climate change.

I want to make sure we are spending wisely and using our resources effectively to address the issues facing San Francisco, while reaching residents throughout our entire City.

We are committed to delivering a safe, equitable, and reliable transportation system.

We share common values as San Franciscans: we help each other; we welcome newcomers; we innovate and learn; we focus on facts; we work together; and we find creative solutions.

Some consider bicycling an 'alternative' mode of transportation, but it should not be considered alternative. It should be an easy choice for getting around in our City, and we need to do more to make that a reality.

I grew up in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition, five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars.

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