AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP doubled down on his threat to send the National Guard to San Francisco, Mayor Daniel Lurie says the city is getting ready to respond to a potential deployment of federal troops.

“We’ve been constantly monitoring the possibility of federal intervention, really, since the day I took office so that we can be prepared to respond and keep San Francisco safe under any scenario,” Lurie said at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.