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 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: These 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: SNBC is starting a tutoring programming to help students that are struggling to pass the California High School Exit Exam. Safety Network is leading the efforts to develop and implement this new program.
• Bike Safety: Safety Network is facilitating bike safety education in the Sunset through safety education classes for elementary school students. Children learn the rules of the road, how to hand a bicycle in traffic, and how to be safe on the streets.
• School Safety: Through the end of the school year and beginning again in the fall, the Community Organizer works with a group of students to help make Lincoln High School a safer, more positive and supportive environment.
• Graffiti/Neighborhood Clean-ups: Working with Supervisor Carmen Chu's Office and the Department of Public Works, the Community Organizer helps plan regular neighborhood clean-ups and beautification projects.
• Sunset Chinese Neighbors: The Community Organizer with the Community Convener are working with a group of Chinese-speaking Sunset residents to form a group dedicated to sharing information and creating a forum and voice for Chinese Sunset neighbors.