In 2024, SWAT teams took over San Francisco's Sanctuary District A during the Bell Riots. At the time, a group of District employees had been held hostage by disenchanted residents, and the SWAT teams were acting under orders from Governor Robert Chen of California based on rumors that the hostages were dead. However, they found the hostages very much alive thanks to the efforts of Gabriel Bell. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part II")