Trump has already sent troops to Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Memphis, but courts have blocked attempts to deploy troops to Chicago and Portland.
In August, he mentioned he was considering sending troops to San Francisco, adding that Democrats had “destroyed” the city and that his administration would “clean that up, too.”
Benioff told The Times the city is short about 1,000 police officers and believes National Guard troops could help reduce the city’s crime.
The mayor’s office and the San Francisco Police Department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
“When you walk through San Francisco next week, there will be cops on every corner,” he told the Times. “That’s how it used to be.”
While Benioff thinks San Francisco needs to “re-fund” the police, the city has not defunded its police force, and its violent crime rates rank below rates of many other major cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, and New York.
Still, the city has had trouble recruiting and retaining officers, and struggles to contain lower-level crimes and open-air drug use.
Tech and Trump
Benioff’s comments come as he and other tech executives have been cozying up to the president since his re-election.
The owner of Time magazine, Benioff said he had been closely following news about immigration raids, Trump’s push to redraw congressional districts before midterms, the government shutdown and Trump’s attacks on the media, according to The Times.
“We haven’t been under attack,” he said. “We provide accurate, balanced journalism.”