Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming cloudy after midnight. Areas of dense fog. Low 47F. Winds light and variable..
Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming cloudy after midnight. Areas of dense fog. Low 47F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: December 15, 2025 @ 7:09 pm
San Francisco officials and community groups are continuing to work to reduce hate, bias and related violence, including with a march set for Sunday along the Upper Great Highway.
On Saturday, Mayor London Breed, the city’s Human Rights Commission and community leaders launched the Campaign for Solidarity to unite the Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx, American Indian and multi-racial communities.
“San Francisco is stronger when we are united and work together,’’ Breed said in a statement. “We must continue to come together to denounce all forms of hate, bias and discrimination.”
The campaign launched in Civic Center Plaza with intergenerational discussions, storytelling and sharing of successful examples of allyship and why standing together is important.
Event participants assembled “solidarity kits,” which included children’s books, family passes to the Asian Art Museum, mental health resources and information about public and personal safety.
The kits will be distributed to residents in Chinatown, Bayview Hunters Point, the Tenderloin and other areas.
San Francisco’s measures to reduce racially motivated violence comes as crimes against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities have soared since the start of the pandemic.
According to Chinese for Affirmative Action, there have been 3,795 reports of such crimes since March 2020 across the United States, 43% of them in California. And about 24% of all racially motivated violence reported in California occurred in San Francisco.
“When we stand together in solidarity, we have strength,” Jon Osaki, executive director of Japanese Community Youth Council, said in a statement. “It’s more important than ever that we stop the finger pointing and violence that tears us apart.”
Regional and community leaders also held an event in support of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities on Saturday in Millbrae. Organizers of the “United in Action with Asians” rally and march said its goal was to improve overall safety, awareness and protection of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander, or AAPI, communities and of communities in general.
Sunday’s event in San Francisco, which seeks safety for AAPI communities, is slated for 1 p.m. . Participants will meet at the intersection of Upper Great Highway at Sloat Boulevard. In addition to the march, there will be speeches, performances, and resource tables.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
Only subscribers can view and post comments on articles.
Already a subscriber? Login Here
Discover India with Us! Read moreIndia Community Travel: Virtual Information Session
Dirk van Ulden said:
Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup.
Error! There was an error processing your request.
Sorry, an error occurred.
Already Subscribed!
Cancel anytime
Thank you .
Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.
Check your email for details.
Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.
An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.
No promotional rates found.
Secure & Encrypted
Thank you.
Your gift purchase was successful! Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in.
| Rate: | |
| Begins: | |
| Transaction ID: |
A receipt was sent to your email.
(0) comments
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.