Workers who arrived at San Francisco City Hall were met with racist and sexist epithets spray-painted on the front door, Mayor London Breed said. 

“This hateful act is a painful reminder of the work we still need to do,” said Breed on social media Wednesday afternoon. “Like many, I confront this kind of hate almost every day online. But I want to be clear, this disgusting racism and sexism isn’t just about me, it hurts everyone in our city.”

San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott also took to the X platform to decry the graffiti. 

“We will not stand for this vile racism and hate,” he wrote on the site formerly known as Twitter. “Seeing someone spread this hideous message is a sobering reminder of the racism that sadly still exists in our society. The SFPD will assist [the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office] in finding whoever did this and bring them to justice.”

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.