As of Thursday, San Francisco had documented 14 homicides in 2026, compared with just four by the same time in 2025.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins called it “a crisis point.”
“It takes us as leaders, as community members, elected officials, school staff and employees, educators, you name it, coming together to signal to our young people, youth and young adults, that this is not the way,” she said at Thursday’s press conference. “This is not the answer.”
In light of the surge of homicides, Rudy Corpuz Jr., founder and executive director of the nonprofit United Playaz, led the call for a 24-hour citywide ceasefire to begin Friday.
“We have a lot of work to do, but for one day, y’all, in San Francisco, let’s sit on our hands,” Corpuz said at the event on Thursday. “This is just a call to action for everybody from all over the city, wherever you’re at, to stand on business.”