San Francisco Mayor Responds to Trump Comments About Sending National Guard

He said the National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers.

Texas National Guard troops walk through the Joliet Army Reserve Training Center, after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence to assist in crime prevention, in Elwood, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2025. Jim Vondruska/Reuters

San Francisco-Mayor Daniel Lurie said Oct. 20 that sending the National Guard to San Francisco will not help with issues that the city has already made progress with.

“I am deeply grateful to the members of our military for their service to our country, but the National Guard does not have the authority to arrest drug dealers—and sending them to San Francisco will do nothing to get fentanyl off the streets or make our city safer,” Lurie said in a statement.