US EditionSalesforce CEO Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco
Benioff supports deploying National Guard and adding 1,000 police officers to enhance San Francisco's public safety amid shifting political views in the tech community.
- On Friday, Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce, told the New York Times he would welcome National Guard troops in San Francisco if President Donald Trump orders it.
- Citing police staffing, Benioff said San Francisco needs roughly a thousand more officers, aiming for 2,500, remarks that surprised his communications team during a private plane interview.
- Pointing to costs, Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce, lamented paying for hundreds of off‑duty officers to patrol Moscone Center and holds a $10.2 billion net worth with hundreds of federal government contracts.
- A spokesperson for Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office says public safety is top priority and police staffing is up to 2,000 officers, but District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Supervisor Matt Dorsey pushed back, with Dorsey stating `We don't NEED the National Guard here in San Francisco`.
- Dreamforce next week will bring more than 50,000 attendees, and Benioff shortly after posted on X about partnering to hire 200 additional trained law enforcement professionals for the event, which generates $90 million revenue annually.
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Los Angeles Times
Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco
Salesforce Chief Executive Marc Benioff says President Trump is doing a great job and ought to deploy the National Guard to deal with crime in San Francisco.
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Salesforce CEO says National Guard should patrol San Francisco -- stunning his own PR team
Though Benioff's shift mirrors Silicon Valley's broader accommodation of Trump, the exchange offered a rare glimpse of just how far that repositioning can go. The question now: will other Bay Area tech CEOs follow Benioff's lead and call for federal troops in their own backyard?
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