“The Federal Government was preparing to ‘surge’ San Francisco, California, on Saturday, but friends of mine who live in the area called last night to ask me not to go forward with the surge in that the Mayor, Daniel Lurie, was making substantial progress,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. “I spoke to Mayor Lurie last night, and he asked, very nicely, that I give him a chance to see if he can turn it around.”

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie also confirmed the move. He said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in a morning conversation, FOX 2 San Francisco reported.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday called off a plan for a “surge” of federal agents and troops in San Francisco over the weekend to combat crime and illegal immigration.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“I am profoundly grateful to all the San Franciscans who came together over the last several days,” Lurie said. “Our city leaders have been united behind the goal of public safety. And our values have been on full display — this is the best of our city.”

Lurie said he will monitor the situation and remain “prepared for any scenario.” Fox News Digital has reached out to the White House and the Department of Homeland Security for comment.

Trump said he told Lurie that he thought the mayor was making “a mistake, because we can do it much faster, and remove the criminals that the Law does not permit him to remove.”

“I told him, ‘It’s an easier process if we do it, faster, stronger, and safer but, let’s see how you do?’” Trump wrote. “The people of San Francisco have come together on fighting Crime, especially since we began to take charge of that very nasty subject.”

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A split image of San Francisco and homeless people on city streets, a problem that has persisted for years.  (Getty Images)

He said that internet entrepreneurs like Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff called him to say “the future of San Francisco was bright.”

“They want to give it a ‘shot,’” Trump said. “Therefore, we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday. Stay tuned!”

FOX 2 initially reported that roughly 100 U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were conducting an operation with “pre-identified” targets, which could include visiting Home Depot locations around the Bay Area.

Meanwhile, about 200 to 300 protesters were seen singing and chanting Thursday morning in front of the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Alameda.

Trump had threatened to send federal agents and National Guard troops to San Francisco to conduct immigration enforcement operations similar to missions in Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago.

The move was heavily criticized by California officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who threatened to sue the administration if Trump followed through with his plans for San Francisco.

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“Donald Trump, himself a convicted felon who pardoned felons convicted of assaulting federal law enforcement officers, is misleading the public with his false narrative that America, and especially California, is some lawless wasteland,” Newsom said Tuesday. “But California is proving him wrong — in the courts and on the facts.”

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“The notion that the federal government can deploy troops into our cities with no justification grounded in reality, no oversight, no accountability, no respect for state sovereignty — it’s a direct assault on the rule of law,” he added. “We’re drawing a line: California will always defend the Constitution, our people and our values from authoritarian overreach.”

Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.

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The Controller’s Office released its annual assessment of street cleanliness and conditions, finding that several neighborhoods showed increased levels of grime and debris compared to 2024.

“San Francisco struggles with cleanliness and sidewalk conditions in a number of areas, but the average street will not have significant accumulations of litter, debris or health hazards,” officials stated.

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The report tracked sightings of litter, dumped items, human and animal feces, and graffiti from June 2024 through June 2025.

Neighborhoods including Bayview, Mission District, Tenderloin and Bernal Heights reported worsening conditions compared to the prior year.

San Francisco has become notorious in recent years for crime, filth, open drug use and homelessness that have plagued its streets. The state of the city has alarmed residents and prompted some business owners to close their stores.

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Homeless individuals are seen as the city works to clean up drugs in San Francisco. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu)

The Controller’s Office reported that the overall amount of human and animal feces rose over the past year, with the Tenderloin seeing an 18% increase. However, it noted that the Financial District and South Beach were “notable exceptions,” with a 14% decrease.

A map showing sightings of human feces across San Francisco made national headlines in 2019. The so-called “poop map,” created using data from Open the Books, showed that nearly every city block had at least one report in recent years.

Most neighborhoods saw less than a 5% rise in dumped items, though Bernal Heights, Castro/Upper Market and the Outer Mission recorded a 17% increase. Those items included furniture, electronics, construction materials and luggage.

The report found that one-third of the trash on San Francisco streets was construction debris, while 22% consisted of furniture such as mattresses and bed frames.

Areas including the Mission, Outer Richmond, Bayview and Seacliff recorded higher levels of construction debris than other neighborhoods.

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The San Francisco skyline is visible on April 26, 2023.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

The report also noted a slight increase in graffiti across the city and stated that “the likelihood of seeing some graffiti on a city street or sidewalk has remained high.”

It added that for 2024-2025, 89% of city streets had some form of graffiti on them.

The San Francisco government did not immediately reply to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.

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