The Safety Network Program assists people living and working in San Francisco to collectively improve safety within their community. A full-time Community Organizer works at the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center to help build strong partnerships between law enforcement, residents, merchants, and local service providers in the Sunset. These coalitions determine priorities for the neighborhood; conduct outreach and education; set goals and objectives for advocating for change in the neighborhood; and help to implement crime prevention and public safety strategies in the Sunset District.

In collaboration with community members and the Taraval Police District, the Safety Network Program has developed a work plan that addresses specific issues affecting the Sunset District. This work plan is an evolving document meant to reflect the input and interests of the Sunset community. Current projects include:

• Police and Community Meeting in Chinese: Quarterly meetings at the Taraval Police Station offer Chinese-speaking residents the opportunity to meet Chinese-speaking police officers and learn important neighborhood and safety information in their own language.
• CAHSEE Tutoring: The Community Organizer coordinates and recruits participants for SNBC's Califronia High School Exit Exam tutoring programming. Through a partnership with Lake Tahoe and Butte Community Colleges, the program uses online interactive lessons and online classes to help students that are struggling to pass the CAHSEE.
• School Safety: The Community Organizer works with a group of students to help make Lincoln High School a safer, more positive and supportive environment.
• sfSunset.org: Driven by community members, local merchants, and other stakeholders, SNBC and the Community Organizer are developing a Sunset-specific website. The website will serve as a one-stop shop for neighborhood and city resources, events postings, local business and merchant listings, as well as a place for residents to share their opinions, ideas, and information about themselves with the community.
• Door-to-Door Community Outreach: The Community Organizer is conducting door-to-door outreach to neighbors around the Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center's "Hub Site" at AP Giannini Middle School. Working with West Sunset Rec Connect's high school groups - Youth Leadership Council and Sunset Green - we have developed a set of questions about what people want to see in their community and are surveying the neighborhood. We hope to begin to develop relationships with these neighbors and work with them to build a stronger sense of community on their blocks.
• Graffiti/Neighborhood Clean-ups: Working with Supervisor Carmen Chu's Office, the Department of Public Works, and local parks and environmental non-profits, the Community Organizer helps plan regular neighborhood clean-ups and beautification projects.