Overview

• Marc Benioff made the request in a New York Times interview conducted on his private plane, saying troops should patrol city streets to address crime.
• He said he hires hundreds of off-duty police for Salesforce events and argued the city lacks officers, while also calling to "refund" the police.
• San Francisco’s mayoral office countered that the department was never defunded, citing a recruitment plan, net staffing gains, and a nearly 30% drop in citywide crime.
• A federal judge ruled Trump’s Los Angeles deployment illegal for functioning as policing, and courts have recently blocked attempted deployments in Oregon and Illinois.
• TechCrunch reported that Benioff voiced full support for President Trump and that his remarks appeared to surprise his own communications team.