Daniel Lurie, a multi-millionaire heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has been elected Mayor of San Francisco with a symbolic salary of $1 and plans to reform the city’s political system and address poverty, drug and behavioral health issues, and affordable housing.

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is advocating for a return-to-office mandate in San Francisco, arguing that it will revitalize the Financial District and make downtown safer and cleaner.

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Daniel Lurie, the Mayor-elect of San Francisco, has a lot of problems to solve, including reversing the Tenderloin policy, rolling back policies that punish city residents, and making city streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed is facing a tough reelection campaign as her approval ratings have dropped and her opponents, including Daniel Lurie, position themselves as the strongest alternatives.

The City is facing a climate crisis and the mayoral candidates must be able to handle it, while also working with other cities and agencies to adapt and find solutions. But can and will they?

With a delay in school closure announcements and questions about whether they’re even necessary to begin with, many look to SF Parent Coalition for guidance. But is the organization just another astroturf nonprofit funded by billionaires to ultimately undermine public schools?

Endorsements are rolling in for San Francisco’s 2024 mayoral race. Will they matter to anyone else except the chronically online?  Research shows that endorsements can help uninformed voters make decisions, especially in close races, but this is San Francisco we’re talking about. Disengaged, disappointed, disheartened, yes, but uninformed? Hardly. Endorsements

Each mayoral debate on the campaign road to the People’s Palace has been a slow-moving tornado. One was canceled because multiple candidates called foul, one was hella awkward, and the July 8th debate was perhaps the worst of them all. It was petty and confusing, and it made San Francisco