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Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie ran as the “non-politician” who could hit reset at San Francisco City Hall. But even as a political newcomer, Lurie, scion of one of the city’s elite old-money families, is far from an outsider.
Bay Area voters sent a clear message in last week’s election, ousting the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland and rejecting a handful of left-wing candidates, as pent-up frustrations with crime and homelessness took center stage.
Levi’s heir and nonprofit executive Daniel Lurie soundly beat incumbent Mayor London Breed to become San Francisco’s next mayor. His victory is part of a broader centrist shift for this famously liberal city.
Incumbent Mayor London Breed trailed Levi’s heir and philanthropist Daniel Lurie in early returns in San Francisco’s mayor’s race, a contest in which homelessness and property crime emerged as pivotal issues.
In Kamala Harris’ childhood neighborhood, and among her friends in San Francisco and Oakland, people expressed hope and anxiety as polls close.
Prop. 6 would ban forced labor in California prisons, paving the way for incarcerated people to have more freedom over the work they do.
In San Francisco, venture capitalist Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie, heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, are running formidable campaigns to replace Mayor London Breed.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed says she’s learned the hard way that, when it comes to running a city, compassion has its limits. Is it enough to get her reelected?
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Wealthy tech leaders are spending heavily in San Francisco’s mayoral race, hoping to infuse more centrist politics and set a course for the city’s future.
The city brought us the first female House speaker and, if Harris wins, the first female president.
