Incumbent San Francisco mayor concedes to opponent amid considerations over homeless, drug overdoses

Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed has conceded the town’s mayoral race to challenger Daniel Lurie following a blazing election cycle that specialize in the town’s homelessness, crime and drug exuberance issues.

Lurie, a first-time candidate, Levi Strauss inheritor and founding father of an anti-poverty nonprofit, had declared right through his marketing campaign that “It is time to end the perception that lawlessness is an acceptable part of life in San Francisco” and “To reverse the record rates of property crime and drug dealing, criminals must know that they will be caught and there will be consequences.” 

As of Thursday, Lurie was once well-known Breed 56.2 to 43.8% in vote casting within the ranked-choice election, which integrated 10 applicants, according to KTVU. 

“After years of record-high budgets, worse outcomes, and more excuses, San Franciscans are ready for change,” the 47-year-old Democrat stated in a observation. 

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He added that the town’s govt should now ship “Clean and safe streets for all,” assemble “enough housing to turn around our affordability crisis” and take on “our drug and behavioral health crisis.” 

“I’m deeply grateful to my incredible family, campaign team, and every San Franciscan who voted for accountability, service, and change,” Lurie additionally stated. 

Lurie has told KTVU he needs to assemble 1,500 safe haven beds in six months and a couple of,500 little properties to take on the town’s homelessness factor, park extra cops on foundation patrol in top crime subjects and unclouded out open-air drug markets. 

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Town of San Francisco staff take away a homeless encampment within the Bayview community in San Francisco on Aug. 1. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

Breed, who may be a Democrat, described the chance to grant as mayor because the “greatest honor of my lifetime.” 

“At the end of the day, this job is bigger than any one person and what matters is that we keep moving this City forward. Today, I called Daniel Lurie and congratulated him on his victory in this election,” she wrote on X on Thursday. “Over the coming weeks, my staff and I will work to ensure a smooth transition as he takes on the honor of serving as Mayor of San Francisco. I know we are both committed to improving this City we love.” 

From left to proper, Democratic mayoral candidate for San Francisco Daniel Lurie, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin, president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Democratic mayoral candidate for San Francisco, are perceivable right through the primary mayoral debate on June 12. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

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“I want to thank all of the City staff who have worked tirelessly to improve this City for the last six years. I am the Mayor — but you all are doing the hard work every day and the City is on the rise,” she additionally stated.