Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco is advocating for a new centrist approach to the Democratic Party called “new pragmatism,” which could lead to larger police budgets, the criminalization of homelessness, and the writing of blank checks to developers, potentially shifting the city to the right of some GOP governors and former Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis.

Every leader wants to leave their mark, to reshape their domain in a way that reminds others, “I was here.” San Francisco has endured its share of eccentric tycoons who spent their sway and fortune taming, sculpting, or redeveloping it. For instance, Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), the city’s 24th mayor, financed

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The historic Cliff House restaurant has been vacant for far too long. The iconic San Francisco eatery has sat vacant since December of 2020. This fact is entirely unacceptable, as the Cliff House is as much a part of San Francisco as Patagonia vests and Fentanyl. The good news is

Downtown San Francisco is struggling, not because of WFH (work from home), COVID, or even the tech industry’s great abdication. It’s in trouble because it was made to struggle, by force and design. The city’s upper-right quadrant, where it first emerged from the water like some Silurian hexapod, has undergone

Seeming to fulfill his promise of opening a new shelter, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced plans for a “stabilization center” at 822 Geary. The center, part of Lurie’s Fentanyl Emergency Ordinance, is already drawing praise from Tenderloin safety advocates. It also received strong support from controversial D-6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey. With

Daniel Lurie, San Francisco’s newly elected mayor, has expressed his commitment to making the city a hub for AI innovation, while also addressing issues such as public safety, housing, and corporate partnerships.

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is proposing a plan to make “at least 100 arrests” per night in South of Market, with the goal of funneling the sick and suffering into “compulsory detox and treatment” through Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s new measures.

With three weeks to go before he assumes office, Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is already at work for San Francisco. His influence helped bring part of one of the longest strikes in the city’s history to an optimistic end. Sunday marks three months from the strike’s beginnings on Sept. 22. If