Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed has conceded to challenger Daniel Lurie after a heated campaign that focused on the city's homelessness, crime and drug overdose problems.
Lurie, a first-time candidate, successor to Levi Strauss, and founder of an anti-poverty nonprofit, said during his campaign, “The recognition that illegality is an accepted part of life in San Francisco.'' “It's time to end this,” he declared, “to turn things around.” Given record rates of property crime and drug trafficking, criminals must know they will be caught and there will be consequences. ”
As of Thursday, Lurie was leading Breed 56.2 to 43.8% in a ranked-choice poll that included 10 candidates. According to KTVU.
“After years of record budgets, bad results, and more excuses, San Franciscans are ready for change,” the 47-year-old Democrat said in a statement.
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Daniel Lurie defeated incumbent London Breed in the San Francisco mayoral race. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AP/Jeff Chiu)
He said the city government is now providing “clean and safe streets for everyone,” building “enough housing to turn around the affordability crisis,” and “turning around the drug and behavioral health crisis.” ” must be addressed, he added.
Lurie also said he is “deeply grateful to my wonderful family, my campaign team, and all the San Franciscans who voted for accountability, service, and change.”
Lurie told KTVU. He has built 1,500 shelter beds and 2,500 tiny homes in six months to tackle the city's homelessness problem, deploying more police officers on foot patrols in high-crime areas and cleaning up outdoor drug markets. I'm thinking of building one.
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San Francisco city officials cleared a homeless encampment in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood on August 1st. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Breed, a Democrat, called the opportunity to serve as mayor “the greatest honor of my life.”
“At the end of the day, this job is more important than any one person, and what matters is that we continue to move this city forward. Today, I call Daniel Lurie to congratulate him on his victory in this election.” I did.” she wrote to x on Thursday. “Over the coming weeks, my staff and I will work to ensure a smooth transition as he assumes the honor of being the mayor of San Francisco. We are both committed to making the city we love even better. I know that you are working hard on this.”
From left to right: San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Daniel Lurie, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Chairman and Democratic San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Aaron Peskin, during the first mayoral debate on June 12th. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“I want to thank all of our city employees who have worked tirelessly to improve our city over the past six years. I'm mayor, and you all work hard every day, and our city is growing,” she said. said. He also said.
