San Francisco Mayor London Breed introduced legislation yesterday to approve a new police contract that would raise salaries in an effort to address the city's dwindling number of officers.

Why it matters: San Francisco has 331 fewer officers today than in 2019 and many in service are eligible for retirement, according to the mayor's office. The city sees the proposed contract as a "significant step" in its efforts to recruit and retain police officers.

What's happening: The tentative agreement reached this week between the city and the San Francisco Police Officers Association would increase SFPD starting salaries by 10.75% over three years, resulting in the highest starting salary of any police department in the Bay Area.

• The current starting salary for a new SFPD officer is $103,116, according to the police department. That figure would rise to $114,201 after three years.
• The agreement would also give 3% raises to officers at five, seven and eight years of service.

What they're saying: San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey, a former communications director for the SFPD, said in a text message to Axios that the proposed raises will make law enforcement jobs in San Francisco more attractive during a time when "police recruitment is more competitive than I've seen it at any time in my career."

• It will be hard to solve the city's public safety issues "if we don’t solve our police understaffing crisis first," he said.

The other side: District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston criticized the proposal, saying in an email to Axios that it creates "massive giveaways" with "no accountability" and offers increases to police "far in excess of what any other City worker gets."

What's next: The Board of Supervisors' government audit and oversight committee must approve the contract proposal, and then it would be sent to the full board for consideration.

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The San Francisco 49ers ranked seventh on the NFL Players Association "team report cards" on workplace conditions, with players giving high marks on everything except their training room.

Details: The union asked roughly 1,300 current players from the league's 32 teams to gauge performance in eight categories: treatment of families, food service/nutrition, travel, locker room, weight room, training room, training staff and strength coaches, Axios' Jeff Tracy reports.

Zoom in: The 49ers earned positive responses (B+ or above) in all categories of the survey, except for the training room (C+), with players complaining about the small size of its rehab pool and a lack of overall space in the room.

Zoom out: The Minnesota Vikings, who got at least an A- in every category, ranked No. 1 overall. The Washington Commanders ranked last, earning just one grade above a C+ and three F- grades for their training room, locker room and travel.

The bottom line: The purpose of the survey — which the NFLPA says it will conduct annually going forward — was to raise standards across the league, while also providing free agents with information that might help them decide on a new team.

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After Walgreens announced it would stop the distribution of one of two pills used as abortion medication in 20 states, Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted Monday that California "won't be doing business" with the pharmacy chain. Still, it's unclear how much business the state did with Walgreens prior to Newsom's comment. (SF Chronicle)

❤️ Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said yesterday that she's returned home after receiving medical treatment in a San Francisco hospital for shingles. (Axios)

🏡 The historic Presidio area home featured in "The Princess Diaries" movie hit the market recently for $8.9 million. (SF Standard)

🏀 With a loss to Gonzaga on Monday night, USF men's basketball team saw its disappointing season come to a close. (SF Chronicle)

👋 Nick here.

Earlier this week, you (our loyal readers) named sourdough bread as San Francisco's unofficial smell.

What's happening: Now, our friends at the SF Chronicle have raised another important question — What should our city's (unofficial) official animal be?

• We are named after St. Francis, the patron saint of animals, after all, the Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub notes.

Details: Contenders include city favorites like the Golden Gate Park bison, San Francisco garter snake, crabs and Claude, the albino alligator who lives at the Cal Academy of Sciences.

• After her recent story, I have a feeling Megan is voting for the grazing goats.
• Personally, I'm partial to the wild parrots that I see (and hear) daily in Alamo Square Park.

How it works: There are 16 animals to start, and the list will be cut in half every week until a winner is named.

• Voting for each round starts Monday morning and closes at 12:01am Friday.
• You can vote in the first round today!

Reply and let us know how you voted, and we'll post the Chronicle's results this month.

💼 Check out the fresh open positions in the city.

1. Utilities Right of Way Divisional Director - Central California at ORC.
2. Director of Culinary Development at Local Kitchens.
3. Product Lead (Voice Games) at Volley.

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Outside Lands announced the lineup yesterday for its 15th annual festival in Golden Gate Park with headliners including Kendrick Lamar, ODESZA and Lana Del Rey.

• Other notable performers for the August 11-13 event include the Foo Fighters, Lil Yachty, Maggie Rogers and Orville Peck.

Of note: Three-day general admission tickets ($499) go on sale today starting at 10am PT.