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The newly appointed district attorney is set to be sworn in by Feb. 4 and, according to the county charter, will serve until the next general election, which is scheduled for June 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters will then have the opportunity to select a new district attorney to serve out the remainder of Price’s term, which was set irregularly for six years due to a \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/statute/california-codes/california-elections-code/division-1-established-election-dates/chapter-4-local-elections/section-1300-election-to-select-district-attorney-and-sheriff\">state law\u003c/a> that aligned district attorney elections with the presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">Price was recalled\u003c/a>, Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts took over as interim district attorney while the Board of Supervisors conducted its search. Interestingly, Roberts was not among the 15 people who applied, although he had previously begun the process of filling out paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates being considered include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Miiko Anderson\u003c/strong>, former senior deputy district attorney in Fresno County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Annie Esposito\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in Contra Costa County and former senior assistant DA in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Simona Farrise Best\u003c/strong>, senior assistant district attorney in Alameda County’s Consumer Justice Bureau\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Amilcar Ford\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in San Francisco and former deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Venus Johnson\u003c/strong>, chief deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice and former director of public safety in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ursula Jones Dickson\u003c/strong>, Alameda County Superior Court judge and former deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>LaTricia Louis\u003c/strong>, deputy county counsel in Alameda County and former assistant district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Elgin Lowe\u003c/strong>, senior deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Kwixuan Maloof\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in Alameda County and former San Francisco deputy public defender\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ocean Mottley\u003c/strong>, a private attorney in San Francisco and senior staff attorney with the nonprofit Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Arvon Perteet\u003c/strong>, deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice and former federal prosecutor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Yibin Shen\u003c/strong>, city attorney in the city of Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ian Seth Steward\u003c/strong>, executive director of the nonprofit Crucible in Oakland and former assistant district attorney in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Scott Tsui\u003c/strong>, former assistant district attorney in Santa Clara County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jimmie Wilson\u003c/strong>, deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The search for a new district attorney stems from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">campaign to recall\u003c/a> Price, which started only six months after she took office in 2023. Headed by the group Save Alameda For Everyone, or SAFE, the recall effort gained traction as some voters became frustrated with the office’s progressive bent and Oakland’s rising crime rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other criticisms included Price’s mismanagement of old cases — misfilings in the case of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mario-gonzalez\">Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a>’s death allowed the statute of limitations to pass for two of the officers involved — and allegations that her office had failed to prosecute misdemeanor cases and to support victims’ families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020556 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-10-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall campaign was endorsed by all of the county’s law enforcement unions and the union representing Alameda County prosecutors. Price’s predecessor, Nancy O’Malley, also supported the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price “created her own directives that were not in the best interests of the citizens of Alameda County as a whole,” said Brenda Grisham, one of the recall’s organizers and principal officer of SAFE. “Not just the families of the murdered victims. The business owners, anyone who had been the victim of crime, her directives just were not in their best interest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After leading the recall effort, SAFE and a coalition of law enforcement groups and community organizers are recommending three candidates to lead the district attorney’s office. In a letter to the Board of Supervisors on Friday, the group listed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jones Dickson, Contra Costa County Assistant District Attorney Esposito and former Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to be balanced,” Grisham said of whoever is appointed to the role. “It’s not about what you want to see. It’s about what the county needs as a whole. That’s what we’re looking for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Grisham, the next district attorney should be familiar with the role and should also be prepared to run again in 2026 with the experience they gain over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “I’m hoping that they can go in and sort out the things that need to be sorted out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Within a day of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/09/nx-s1-5253785/los-angeles-pasadena-california-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wildfires igniting in Los Angeles\u003c/a>, right-wing media and influencers began blaming the scale of the destruction on efforts to reduce systemic social inequality, notably diversity, equity and inclusion policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Billionaire Elon Musk helped circulate screenshots of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s four-year-old ‘racial equity action plan,’ writing “They prioritized DEI over saving lives and homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/kristen-crowley-los-angeles-wildfires-2011723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fire chief\u003c/a>, a 22-year veteran firefighter, happens to be the first woman and openly gay person in that role. The chief, her fire department and the city government quickly became targets in right-wing media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you focus your government on diversity, equity, inclusion, LGBTQ pet projects, and you are captured by environmentalists, we have been warning for years that you are worried about abstractions, but you can’t do the basic stuff,” Charlie Kirk, founder of the Trump-aligned nonprofit Turning Point USA, said on his podcast this week. He’s one of many critics amplifying what’s become a common refrain on the right when all kinds of disasters and tragic events hit, including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/utah-lawmaker-blames-diversity-baltimore-bridge-collapse-rcna145261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore bridge collapse \u003c/a>last March and the Secret Service’s performance during the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-dei-women-law-enforcement-7cacbc33b23b95a3ae263efae22a1117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempted assassination\u003c/a> of now President-elect Donald Trump over the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2024/01/11/business/elon-musk-rips-boeing-they-prioritized-dei-over-safety/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plane panel detached mid-flight on a Boeing aircraft\u003c/a> last year, Fox News host Laura Ingraham said, “We can’t link the diversity efforts to what happened — that would take an exhaustive investigation, but it’s worth asking at this point, is excellence what we need in airline operations or is diversity the goal here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commentary on leading, national news stories is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/02/01/1228373511/heres-why-conspiracy-theories-about-taylor-swift-and-the-super-bowl-are-spreadin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried and true\u003c/a> way for partisan media figures to drive engagement online. But stoking anger about diversity efforts in particular is also shorthand for a much larger story, said Ian Haney López, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the author “Dog Whistle Politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The story is something like this: We as a society used to hire on the basis of competence and meritocracy. But that system has been hijacked by powerful minorities,” he told NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Again and again, we see these efforts to trigger people’s latent resentments against groups that historically have been socially marginalized, socially reviled in terms that do not embrace a blatant direct bigotry, but that instead seek to clothe themselves in some form of neutrality or even a commitment to fairness or excellence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of the aftermath of wildfires that destroyed a neighborhood.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/AP25011713683937-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A person walks down a street in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(John Locher via the Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s the definition of a dog whistle, said Haney López, and it’s been happening in various forms since at least the end of the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the impact of DEI policies on putting out wildfires, “I give it only slightly more credibility than the Jewish space laser theories,” said Mike Beasley, who heads the board of \u003ca href=\"https://fusee.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefighters United for Safety Ethics and Ecology\u003c/a>. In 40 years of firefighting, he says he has watched wildfires become more extreme and “meaner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no number of people that will stop all the fires in the middle of a hot, dry season with the climate charged fuel aridity. There just isn’t,” said Beasley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With these \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252535/palisades-fire-california-los-angeles-santa-ana-winds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Ana winds\u003c/a> happening, it’s just about getting people out of the way. It’s not really about putting the fire out until the winds calm down.” [aside postID=\"news_12021720,news_12021740,news_12021661\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beasley says there are many legitimate discussions these fires should raise about \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196637141/climate-change-makes-wildfires-in-california-more-explosive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, firefighting budgets, water management, housing development, insurance and outdated infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No fire agency is going to sacrifice training and fundamental fire control and fundamental operations at the expense of DEI training,” said Beasley, who said diverse teams are better at tackling complex challenges, working under pressure and fostering community trust during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The backlash against DEI programs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The day-to-day work of helping make workplaces less discriminatory is incredibly mundane, according to Lily Zheng, who’s been a DEI consultant for about 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something that’s often lost in these conversations is that DEI practitioners themselves have actually been critiquing DEI from within for decades,” said Zheng. “We’ve called attention to the 30 minute lunch-and-learns that aren’t going to solve racism overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2020 murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police sparked a national reckoning on race that led many public, private and educational institutions to launch new efforts to make their environments less discriminatory and more inclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zheng said they’ve seen waves of rising and falling support for DEI over the years, but backlash has picked up since around 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of this toxic discourse has been a chilling effect on people’s ability to talk about DEI and to communicate their commitment to it,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/trump-dei-initiatives-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crack down on diversity programs\u003c/a>, including at universities. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/college-dei-woke-trump-fe549f21b223ea9aa2a9f443470c593e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several states\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176210007/florida-ron-desantis-dei-ban-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida\u003c/a>, Texas, Alabama and Iowa, have already banned DEI offices in their public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta\u003c/a> and McDonald’s joined a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/anti-dei-program-effort-2025-states-companies-universities-trump-rcna184580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing list of companies\u003c/a> including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/walmart-dei-inclusion-diversity-34b06922e60e5116fe198696201ce4d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walmart\u003c/a>, Ford, Lowe’s and Toyota, that are scaling back their DEI initiatives. The change at McDonald’s – which will \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2025/01/08/mcdonalds-joins-the-stampede-of-corporations-retreating-from-dei/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emphasize “inclusion” instead\u003c/a> – came just days after the fast food company was \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/mcdonalds-corporate-diversity-starbuck-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted by anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck\u003c/a> who has led social media campaigns pressuring companies to drop their programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DEI efforts, Zheng says, are attempts to push the status quo towards meritocracy. But popular distortions about it, as well as Critical Race Theory, have been fueled by right-wing think tanks and influencers like Christopher Rufo, a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his YouTube channel last year, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/5BH8NSyi6OU?si=546BG6UtUmiTl_UF&t=307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rufo laid out his strategy\u003c/a> for how to attack university DEI programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is that the left will say, ‘Well you’re opposing DEI, you don’t like diversity, you don’t like equity, you don’t like inclusion,'” Rufo said. “And you can say no, those are false words, those are Orwellian terms, what I really don’t like is using taxpayer money to fund left-wing racialist ideology that seeks to divide students into oppressor and oppressed and create separate standards of judgment based on where their ancestors came from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The playbook is simple, said Zheng.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Take some usually progressive or even centrist idea about equality or CRT or DEI, — ideally one that is not well understood — character assassinate it by associating it with everything bad under the sun,” they said. “It’s anti-American. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beasley says there are many legitimate discussions these fires should raise about \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/30/1196637141/climate-change-makes-wildfires-in-california-more-explosive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate change\u003c/a>, firefighting budgets, water management, housing development, insurance and outdated infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No fire agency is going to sacrifice training and fundamental fire control and fundamental operations at the expense of DEI training,” said Beasley, who said diverse teams are better at tackling complex challenges, working under pressure and fostering community trust during emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The backlash against DEI programs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The day-to-day work of helping make workplaces less discriminatory is incredibly mundane, according to Lily Zheng, who’s been a DEI consultant for about 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something that’s often lost in these conversations is that DEI practitioners themselves have actually been critiquing DEI from within for decades,” said Zheng. “We’ve called attention to the 30 minute lunch-and-learns that aren’t going to solve racism overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2020 murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minneapolis police sparked a national reckoning on race that led many public, private and educational institutions to launch new efforts to make their environments less discriminatory and more inclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zheng said they’ve seen waves of rising and falling support for DEI over the years, but backlash has picked up since around 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact of this toxic discourse has been a chilling effect on people’s ability to talk about DEI and to communicate their commitment to it,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/trump-dei-initiatives-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crack down on diversity programs\u003c/a>, including at universities. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/college-dei-woke-trump-fe549f21b223ea9aa2a9f443470c593e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Several states\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/1176210007/florida-ron-desantis-dei-ban-diversity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida\u003c/a>, Texas, Alabama and Iowa, have already banned DEI offices in their public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/meta-dei-programs-employees-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta\u003c/a> and McDonald’s joined a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/anti-dei-program-effort-2025-states-companies-universities-trump-rcna184580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing list of companies\u003c/a> including \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/walmart-dei-inclusion-diversity-34b06922e60e5116fe198696201ce4d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walmart\u003c/a>, Ford, Lowe’s and Toyota, that are scaling back their DEI initiatives. The change at McDonald’s – which will \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2025/01/08/mcdonalds-joins-the-stampede-of-corporations-retreating-from-dei/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emphasize “inclusion” instead\u003c/a> – came just days after the fast food company was \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/mcdonalds-corporate-diversity-starbuck-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted by anti-DEI activist Robby Starbuck\u003c/a> who has led social media campaigns pressuring companies to drop their programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DEI efforts, Zheng says, are attempts to push the status quo towards meritocracy. 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"content": "\u003cp>After days of sniping back and forth with President-elect Donald Trump over California’s handling of the fires ravaging Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom today invited the incoming Republican president to visit the state and survey the damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic governor signed his public overture “with respect and an open hand.” But he also included praise for outgoing President Joe Biden and implicit criticism of Trump’s early handling of the tragedy — reflecting the tricky balance between cooperation and controlling the narrative that Newsom is trying to maintain as he seeks help from his biggest political nemesis to address one of the worst disasters in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1877845635359191191/photo/1\">letter also shared on social media\u003c/a>. “Hundreds of thousands of Americans — displaced from their homes and fearful for the future — deserve to see all of us working in their best interests to ensure a fast recovery and rebuild.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday, when a series of fires driven by hurricane-force winds began breaking out across the Los Angeles region, Trump has repeatedly blasted Newsom and other California leaders online for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-fires-donald-trump-fact-check/\">mismanaging the state’s water\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113796555731896970\">called on “Newscum” to resign\u003c/a>. Frustrations that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/lack-of-water-from-hydrants-in-palisades-fire-is-hampering-firefighters-caruso-says\">some fire hydrants ran dry\u003c/a> as crews battled a massive blaze in the Pacific Palisades — a failure that Newsom on Friday ordered the state to investigate — has underpinned much of the criticism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hostile rhetoric has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/california-fires-donald-trump-money/\">raised fears that Trump may follow through\u003c/a> on earlier threats to withhold disaster aid from California unless the state overhauls its water policy by allowing more supply to flow south to Central Valley farmers and Southern California. That would make it substantially more costly for the state to recover from the Los Angeles fires, which are already estimated to have caused economic losses of more than $50 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Trump administration officials told Politico last fall that the president-elect was \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/03/helene-trump-politics-natural-disaster-00182419\">flagrantly political with disaster funding\u003c/a> during his first term. Trump reportedly withheld approval for aid related to California’s 2018 wildfires because of the state’s Democratic leanings, until aides showed him that many of the residents of the affected areas had voted for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/us/politics/trump-california-wildfire-aid-newsom.html\">campaign trail last year\u003c/a>, he vowed that if the governor didn’t agree to divert more money to farmers, “we won’t give him money to put out all his fires.”[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021693,news_12016262,news_12013395\"]The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to an inquiry about Newsom’s invitation to visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Biden has already issued a major disaster declaration for the Los Angeles fires, unlocking critical aid for the response and recovery, Trump could try to punish California by reversing the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would be an unprecedented move that would almost certainly be challenged in court, said Daniel Farber, a law professor at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law gives sitting presidents the power to issue a disaster declaration but does not spell out if they can retract one, Farber said. “I don’t think that ever occurred to Congress that that would be an issue.” He noted that the statute’s purpose was to dispense disaster aid “orderly and efficiently” — so a president reversing a previous administration’s declaration “would really undermine the whole premise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there are no backseats,” Farber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trump could still slow-walk how the Federal Emergency Management Agency distributed funds. That’s something he did in his first term, after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017. A 2021 federal report \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudoig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/HUD%20OIG%20Final%20Report_2019SU008945I.pdf\">found that the Trump administration delayed $20 billion\u003c/a> in disaster aid to the island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He could definitely let FEMA know to drag their feet,” Farber said. “You say they are dragging their feet deliberately for political reasons, and they just say, ‘No, we are doing the best we can. There’s a lot of paperwork.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom: ‘Sickens me to my core’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom and his administration have pushed back with increasing vehemence against accusations from Trump and other prominent Republicans that a lack of available water, poor vegetation management and bureaucratic incompetence are to blame for Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a video call with Biden on Friday morning, Newsom lamented the “hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation, lies, that people want to divide this country,” which he said were damaging California’s response efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to deal with this misinformation,” he said. “It infects real people that are out there, people I meet every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours later, in an email to political supporters, Newsom explicitly called out Trump and his allies for their “politically motivated lies” about the fires, which “sickens me to my core,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His letter to Trump, released not long after, was far softer. Newsom invoked their joint visits to Paradise and Malibu in 2018 to tour the devastation from the deadly Camp and Woolsey fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand and talk in a brunt out part of a forested area.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/111718_Newsom-Trump-Fire_REUTERS_CM_01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former US President Donald Trump visits the charred wreckage of Skyway Villa Mobile Home and RV Park with then Governor-elect Gavin Newsom, FEMA Administrator Brock Long, Paradise Mayor Jody Jones and then-Gov. Jerry Brown in Paradise on Nov. 17, 2018. \u003ccite>(Leah Millis/Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As you prepare to assume the presidency once more, I invite you to come to California again — to meet with the Americans affected by these fires, see the devastation firsthand, and join me and others in thanking the heroic firefighters and first responders who are putting their lives on the line,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bob Salladay, a spokesperson for the governor, said the invitation was not an attempt to reset their relationship, nor would Newsom soft-pedal his criticism about Trump’s behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a binary choice,” Salladay said in a text message. “We will have to engage with the Trump administration — he’s going to be the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As for the letter, we would like to see the president-elect out here to show some compassion and interest in the people of California and Los Angeles,” he added. “Nothing more than that. His response will speak volumes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Roger Niello, a Roseville Republican, suggested that the California GOP could help Newsom navigate the complicated dynamics with the Trump administration — although he said the governor has yet to ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though we’re in the minority, we do have a number of Republican legislators who have relationships with Republicans in Washington, D.C.,” Niello said. “To the extent that there are any challenges there, to the extent that we have a common approach toward things, we could assist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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There’s a lot of paperwork.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom: ‘Sickens me to my core’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom and his administration have pushed back with increasing vehemence against accusations from Trump and other prominent Republicans that a lack of available water, poor vegetation management and bureaucratic incompetence are to blame for Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a video call with Biden on Friday morning, Newsom lamented the “hurricane-force winds of mis- and disinformation, lies, that people want to divide this country,” which he said were damaging California’s response efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got to deal with this misinformation,” he said. “It infects real people that are out there, people I meet every single day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours later, in an email to political supporters, Newsom explicitly called out Trump and his allies for their “politically motivated lies” about the fires, which “sickens me to my core,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His letter to Trump, released not long after, was far softer. 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All five living presidents attended the funeral, including President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in less than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"A funeral procession with guards carries a coffin with a US flag draped over it down stairs with people on both sides.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members carry the casket with Carter’s remains down the steps of the U.S. Capitol before the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carter, who is the nation’s longest-living president, planned much of the funeral with the help of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, an effort they began decades ago. Many of their choices rang clear, deliberate and poignant, from the selection of the late president’s favorite music to the list of speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Biden — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1161050106/jimmy-carter-biden-relationship\">longtime friend and colleague\u003c/a> of the 39th president — delivered a eulogy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163392887/biden-jimmy-carter-eulogy\">a request made by Carter directly in 2021\u003c/a>. Biden celebrated Carter’s character and their friendship of nearly 50 years and cast a forward-looking message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, many think he was from a bygone era,” Biden said. “But in reality, he saw well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left to Right, first row, U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, second row, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mandel Ngan/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Biden also argued there is “an obligation” to “to give hate no safe harbor” and to stand up to “the abuse of power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not about being perfect because none of us are perfect. We’re all fallible,” he said. “But it’s about asking ourselves, are we striving to do things — the right things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the values that animate our spirit to operate from fear or hope? Ego for generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it’s most tested?” Biden added. “For keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, Jimmy Carter’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral service begins with the entrance of his flag-draped casket at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR/Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The funeral at the National Cathedral is part of a national day of mourning, which Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/29/proclamation-announcing-the-death-of-james-earl-carter-jr/\">declared in Carter’s honor\u003c/a> after his death. The service followed additional memorials and ceremonies since last Saturday at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249994/jimmy-carter-funeral-washington-dc\">U.S. Capitol\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5246282/live-coverage-jimmy-carter-atlanta-funeral-georgia-carter-center\">Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta and his hometown of Plains, Georgia. \u003c/a>Carter’s remains will be transported back to Georgia for a private ceremony and burial in Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Biden’s eulogy, Carter’s grandsons, Josh and Jason Carter, delivered personal and passionate family tributes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Carter speaks during the state funeral for his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter. \u003ccite>(Ben Curtis/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Carter highlighted his grandfather’s 77-year marriage to Rosalynn Carter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1019825478/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dies\">who died in 2023\u003c/a>, along with his lifelong outlook tied to his faith, given Carter was a devout Southern Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rest assured that in these last weeks, he told us that he was ready to see her again,” Jason Carter said. “But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Steve Ford — the son of former President Gerald Ford, whom Carter \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">beat in the 1976 presidential race\u003c/a> — delivered a posthumous eulogy to the 39th president written by his father — a striking nod to Carter’s longevity, given he outlived Ford by nearly 18 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia, but distances have a way of vanishing when measured in values rather than miles,” Ford said. “It was because of our shared values that Jimmy and I respected each other as adversaries even before we cherished one another as dear friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale, also read a eulogy written by the late vice president. Mondale, who served as Carter’s vice president, died in the spring of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mondale emphasized the late president’s record and highlighted his work addressing climate change, gender discrimination and income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1020x782.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1536x1178.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young person wearing Carter pins waits near the Washington National Cathedral along with others, hoping to get a glimpse of the procession after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of our time in the White House, the president and I were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office,” Mondale said. “We came up with a sentence, which remains an important summary of our work. We told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That we did, Mr. President,” he added. “I will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter’s former aide, Stu Eizenstat, passionately ticked through Carter’s presidential record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time to redeem his presidency and also lay to rest the myth that his greatest achievements came only as a former president,” Eizenstat said, characterizing him as “the most consequential one-term presidents in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He defended Carter’s domestic policy efforts, particularly around the environment and curbing inflation. He also detailed Carter’s foreign policy record, referencing his leadership on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759268550/at-camp-david-trump-sought-the-mantle-of-history-but-afghanistan-is-different\">Camp David Accords\u003c/a> and his work easing relations with Panama by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/1161146405/president-jimmy-carter-legacy-panama\">relinquishing control\u003c/a> of the Canal Zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members and mourners depart from the Washington National Cathedral after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eizenstat also offered a personal tribute to Carter and his ability to uplift other religions, sharing he came to Eizenstat’s house for a Passover Seder and was the first president to light a Hanukkah menorah. He also created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, Jimmy Carter taught us how to live a life filled with faith and service,” he said. “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in its foothills, making the U.S. stronger and the world safer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled in between remarks was a cover of “Imagine” by John Lennon — known as Carter’s favorite song — performed by country stars Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood, friends of the Carters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Since Carter died, Biden has repeatedly praised his character\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biden’s eulogy on Thursday echoed some of his initial remarks in the immediate aftermath of Carter’s death at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I find extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend, as well, even though they never met him,” Biden said. “That’s because Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump recently criticized Carter’s presidential record during a news conference, arguing that the late former president lost his 1980 reelection bid due to his handling of the Panama Canal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President-elect Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Nobody wants to talk about the Panama Canal now because, you know, it’s inappropriate, I guess,” Trump said. “Because it’s a bad part of the Carter legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a good man. I knew him a little bit, and he was a very fine person, but that was a big mistake,” Trump added. On Wednesday evening, the president-elect and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, paid their respects to Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week. Trump later told reporters he had met with members of the Carter family earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public was also able to pay tribute to the former president at the Capitol. While waiting in line outside, Carter’s supporters praised his long career in public life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021272\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The public write notes in condolence books in the Capitol Visitor Center, near the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Wentzell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who traveled to the memorial with his daughter, told NPR that Carter was “a real role model for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was so sincere in everything he did,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view him as a really good man, high moral values,” Washington, D.C., resident Bruce Meredith said as he got in line. “He seriously was a public servant. He gave all he had to this country. And that’s why I respect him so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Prolman was just 11 years old when Carter ran for president, but she recalled fondly how he stayed in her family’s home in New Hampshire during the 1976 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of staying at hotels, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wabe.org/jimmy-carter-will-be-honored-in-washington-a-city-where-he-remained-an-outsider/\">stayed at people’s houses\u003c/a>,” she said. “It was very exciting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Prolman, 59, holds up a sign from when she campaigned for President Jimmy Carter as a child growing up in New Hampshire. She remembers him coming to stay with her family during a campaign visit. Prolman visited the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the Capitol, Prolman, who now lives in D.C., held up her handwritten ‘Carter for President’ poster that she made nearly 50 years ago. Under those words were small hand-drawn peanuts, a nod to his time as a peanut farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a truly kind man,” she said. “He brought so much to this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Political leaders, friends and family honored the life of former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, concluding\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>more than a week of public tributes to the 39th president, who died \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/130189535/jimmy-carter-former-president-dead-at-100\">on Dec. 29\u003c/a> at the age of 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service, which lasted roughly two hours, was packed with heartfelt and vivid remembrances that recalled both a powerful president and politician as well as a thoughtful and giving man of faith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an ultimate Washington insider sendoff for a public servant known throughout his career as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">political outsider\u003c/a>. All five living presidents attended the funeral, including President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office in less than two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021258\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"A funeral procession with guards carries a coffin with a US flag draped over it down stairs with people on both sides.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members carry the casket with Carter’s remains down the steps of the U.S. Capitol before the state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Carter, who is the nation’s longest-living president, planned much of the funeral with the help of his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, an effort they began decades ago. Many of their choices rang clear, deliberate and poignant, from the selection of the late president’s favorite music to the list of speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Biden — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/1161050106/jimmy-carter-biden-relationship\">longtime friend and colleague\u003c/a> of the 39th president — delivered a eulogy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163392887/biden-jimmy-carter-eulogy\">a request made by Carter directly in 2021\u003c/a>. Biden celebrated Carter’s character and their friendship of nearly 50 years and cast a forward-looking message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, many think he was from a bygone era,” Biden said. “But in reality, he saw well into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-28-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left to Right, first row, U.S. President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, second row, former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President George W. Bush, his wife Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump attend the State Funeral Service for former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Mandel Ngan/AFP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Biden also argued there is “an obligation” to “to give hate no safe harbor” and to stand up to “the abuse of power.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s not about being perfect because none of us are perfect. We’re all fallible,” he said. “But it’s about asking ourselves, are we striving to do things — the right things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the values that animate our spirit to operate from fear or hope? Ego for generosity? Do we show grace? Do we keep the faith when it’s most tested?” Biden added. “For keeping the faith with the best of humankind and the best of America is a story, in my view, from my perspective, Jimmy Carter’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021260\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021260\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-29-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral service begins with the entrance of his flag-draped casket at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR/Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The funeral at the National Cathedral is part of a national day of mourning, which Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/12/29/proclamation-announcing-the-death-of-james-earl-carter-jr/\">declared in Carter’s honor\u003c/a> after his death. The service followed additional memorials and ceremonies since last Saturday at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5249994/jimmy-carter-funeral-washington-dc\">U.S. Capitol\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/04/nx-s1-5246282/live-coverage-jimmy-carter-atlanta-funeral-georgia-carter-center\">Carter Presidential Center in Atlanta and his hometown of Plains, Georgia. \u003c/a>Carter’s remains will be transported back to Georgia for a private ceremony and burial in Plains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to Biden’s eulogy, Carter’s grandsons, Josh and Jason Carter, delivered personal and passionate family tributes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021261\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021261\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-30-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Carter speaks during the state funeral for his grandfather, former President Jimmy Carter. \u003ccite>(Ben Curtis/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Carter highlighted his grandfather’s 77-year marriage to Rosalynn Carter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/11/19/1019825478/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-dies\">who died in 2023\u003c/a>, along with his lifelong outlook tied to his faith, given Carter was a devout Southern Baptist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rest assured that in these last weeks, he told us that he was ready to see her again,” Jason Carter said. “But his life was also a broader love story about love for his fellow humans and about living out the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notably, Steve Ford — the son of former President Gerald Ford, whom Carter \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/432214948/carters-single-white-house-term-controversy\">beat in the 1976 presidential race\u003c/a> — delivered a posthumous eulogy to the 39th president written by his father — a striking nod to Carter’s longevity, given he outlived Ford by nearly 18 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021262\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The casket of former President Jimmy Carter arrives at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for procession before the funeral on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains, Georgia, but distances have a way of vanishing when measured in values rather than miles,” Ford said. “It was because of our shared values that Jimmy and I respected each other as adversaries even before we cherished one another as dear friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale, also read a eulogy written by the late vice president. Mondale, who served as Carter’s vice president, died in the spring of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mondale emphasized the late president’s record and highlighted his work addressing climate change, gender discrimination and income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1227\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1020x782.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-32-1536x1178.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young person wearing Carter pins waits near the Washington National Cathedral along with others, hoping to get a glimpse of the procession after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Towards the end of our time in the White House, the president and I were talking about how we might describe what we tried to accomplish in office,” Mondale said. “We came up with a sentence, which remains an important summary of our work. We told the truth, we obeyed the law, and we kept the peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That we did, Mr. President,” he added. “I will always be proud and grateful to have had the chance to work with you towards noble ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carter’s former aide, Stu Eizenstat, passionately ticked through Carter’s presidential record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is time to redeem his presidency and also lay to rest the myth that his greatest achievements came only as a former president,” Eizenstat said, characterizing him as “the most consequential one-term presidents in American history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He defended Carter’s domestic policy efforts, particularly around the environment and curbing inflation. He also detailed Carter’s foreign policy record, referencing his leadership on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759268550/at-camp-david-trump-sought-the-mantle-of-history-but-afghanistan-is-different\">Camp David Accords\u003c/a> and his work easing relations with Panama by \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/12/29/1161146405/president-jimmy-carter-legacy-panama\">relinquishing control\u003c/a> of the Canal Zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021268\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021268\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. military members and mourners depart from the Washington National Cathedral after the state funeral. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eizenstat also offered a personal tribute to Carter and his ability to uplift other religions, sharing he came to Eizenstat’s house for a Passover Seder and was the first president to light a Hanukkah menorah. He also created the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, Jimmy Carter taught us how to live a life filled with faith and service,” he said. “He may not be a candidate for Mount Rushmore, but he belongs in its foothills, making the U.S. stronger and the world safer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nestled in between remarks was a cover of “Imagine” by John Lennon — known as Carter’s favorite song — performed by country stars Garth Brooks and Tricia Yearwood, friends of the Carters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Since Carter died, Biden has repeatedly praised his character\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Biden’s eulogy on Thursday echoed some of his initial remarks in the immediate aftermath of Carter’s death at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I find extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people all around the world, all over the world, feel they lost a friend, as well, even though they never met him,” Biden said. “That’s because Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words but by his deeds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump recently criticized Carter’s presidential record during a news conference, arguing that the late former president lost his 1980 reelection bid due to his handling of the Panama Canal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021271\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021271\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President-elect Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump pay their respects in front of the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Tyrone Turner/WAMU)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Nobody wants to talk about the Panama Canal now because, you know, it’s inappropriate, I guess,” Trump said. “Because it’s a bad part of the Carter legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a good man. I knew him a little bit, and he was a very fine person, but that was a big mistake,” Trump added. On Wednesday evening, the president-elect and his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, paid their respects to Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda this week. Trump later told reporters he had met with members of the Carter family earlier in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public was also able to pay tribute to the former president at the Capitol. While waiting in line outside, Carter’s supporters praised his long career in public life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021272\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021272\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-34-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The public write notes in condolence books in the Capitol Visitor Center, near the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Wentzell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who traveled to the memorial with his daughter, told NPR that Carter was “a real role model for everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was so sincere in everything he did,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I view him as a really good man, high moral values,” Washington, D.C., resident Bruce Meredith said as he got in line. “He seriously was a public servant. He gave all he had to this country. And that’s why I respect him so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Prolman was just 11 years old when Carter ran for president, but she recalled fondly how he stayed in her family’s home in New Hampshire during the 1976 primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of staying at hotels, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.wabe.org/jimmy-carter-will-be-honored-in-washington-a-city-where-he-remained-an-outsider/\">stayed at people’s houses\u003c/a>,” she said. “It was very exciting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021274\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021274\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-35-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Prolman, 59, holds up a sign from when she campaigned for President Jimmy Carter as a child growing up in New Hampshire. She remembers him coming to stay with her family during a campaign visit. Prolman visited the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter lying in state in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8. \u003ccite>(Maansi Srivastava for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing outside the Capitol, Prolman, who now lives in D.C., held up her handwritten ‘Carter for President’ poster that she made nearly 50 years ago. Under those words were small hand-drawn peanuts, a nod to his time as a peanut farmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was a truly kind man,” she said. “He brought so much to this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">day of inaugural celebrations\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s newly sworn-in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">Mayor Daniel Lurie\u003c/a> spent Wednesday night dining with Chinatown community leaders while residents celebrated on Grant Avenue with music, fireworks and dragon dances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s decision to spend his first official night in office with Chinatown residents and community leaders reflected his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003096/public-safety-takes-center-stage-as-sf-mayoral-hopefuls-court-chinese-american-voters\">promises on the campaign trail\u003c/a> to the city’s Asian American voters. He pledged to increase public safety, boost police department staffing following upticks in anti-Asian violence and bring more staffers with Asian backgrounds to City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s task will be to prove he can stay in touch with the diverse needs of Asian San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we speak, the San Francisco Police Department and sheriff’s department are rapidly shifting resources and personnel to bring drug dealers to justice and clean up our streets,” Lurie said in his inaugural address on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese Americans have long played a critical role in San Francisco politics and the city’s identity as a bastion of progress and compassion, advocating for integrated schools, affordable housing and public safety, especially after the pandemic when anti-Asian hate crimes spiked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banner hangs over Grant Avenue welcoming Mayor Lurie at the Chinatown Night Market on Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s also a fast-growing electorate. The Asian population had the highest growth rate of any ethnicity in San Francisco from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census data. Chinese residents account for nearly 22% of the city’s population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has already hired several staffers to help him bridge cultural divides, including Han Zhao, a political strategist for Lurie’s campaign who will be the director of public affairs; Paul Yep, a former San Francisco police commander who will be the director of public safety; and Kit Lam, who was the Asian American and Pacific Islander political director for Lurie’s campaign and who was previously an organizer of the school board recall in 2022. He will serve as a press liaison between the mayor’s office and AAPI communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, founder of the nonprofit Tipping Point and heir to the Levis Strauss clothing fortune, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">campaigned as a political outsider\u003c/a> fed up with dysfunction and corruption in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had never held elected office before but convinced voters that his background in nonprofit work would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">position him well to bring new ideas to City Hall\u003c/a>. Campaign contributions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017551/is-san-francisco-a-bellwether-for-cryptocurrency-influence-on-local-elections\">soared past $62 million\u003c/a>, topped by Lurie, who raised roughly $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his run the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie addresses supporters inside Far East Cafe, a Cantonese restaurant, during a visit to Chinatown’s Night Market on his Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s night market, hundreds of residents packed the streets of Chinatown to eat and dance to electronic music by San Francisco-born electronic music producer, Zhu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got off of work over at Equinox and came because Zhu was performing, but I also came here to support our new Mayor Daniel Lurie,” said Mason Maes, who lives in Noe Valley. “It’s great to see all these residents get together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Wang, a Marina resident, came because she was hoping to learn more about Lurie and to have fun with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just here for the vibes. I can’t say I know much about [Lurie] since he’s new to government,” Wang said. “But having a party here in Chinatown means a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021092\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds fill Grant Avenue for the Chinatown Night Market on Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others at the event, who didn’t vote for Lurie and had skepticism about his wealthy background, said they’re waiting to see what type of change his administration will bring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We weren’t Daniel Lurie fans, but we love this city and hope it gets better,” said Tiny Harris, who was chasing her toddler around the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she voted for Aaron Peskin partly because he opposed sweeps of homeless encampments and supported housing and behavioral health solutions over law enforcement to address street homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But out of all the mayoral candidates, we could have done worse, so I’m thankful for that,” Harris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020848 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00196-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the festivities in Chinatown, Lurie spent the day flanked by family and friends as he walked through the Tenderloin, rode a cable car to Ghirardelli Square and took his oath of office from City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his inaugural address, the new mayor was blunt about the challenges facing the city — from a nearly $900 million budget deficit to homelessness and clean streets — and implored residents to respond with hope and action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A problem of this magnitude requires us to make some painful decisions and rethink the way we operate. We need to stop spending more than we can afford,” Lurie said on Wednesday during his address. “We need to prioritize essential services and make the investments that are critical to getting San Francisco up and running again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">unveiled emergency plans to tackle drugs and homelessness\u003c/a>, among other policy announcements. He said that the package of emergency ordinances will go before the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, and with an expedited approval process, certain plans could go into effect in about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s emergency plans would also increase nighttime operations for law enforcement targeting outdoor drug use and sales, particularly around United Nations Plaza and Market Street, according to a policy brief from Lurie’s communications team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie is also asking the supervisors to ease restrictions around procurement and grant-making and to authorize the use of private funding to help finance his plans to build over 1,000 emergency shelter beds and open up a new 24/7 crisis drop-in center during his first six months in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is truly a new era of cooperation and mutual respect between City Hall, the Board of Supervisors, law enforcement and the thousands of city employees working on the front lines,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we speak, the San Francisco Police Department and sheriff’s department are rapidly shifting resources and personnel to bring drug dealers to justice and clean up our streets,” Lurie said in his inaugural address on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese Americans have long played a critical role in San Francisco politics and the city’s identity as a bastion of progress and compassion, advocating for integrated schools, affordable housing and public safety, especially after the pandemic when anti-Asian hate crimes spiked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021091\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00553-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banner hangs over Grant Avenue welcoming Mayor Lurie at the Chinatown Night Market on Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s also a fast-growing electorate. The Asian population had the highest growth rate of any ethnicity in San Francisco from 2010 to 2020, according to U.S. Census data. Chinese residents account for nearly 22% of the city’s population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has already hired several staffers to help him bridge cultural divides, including Han Zhao, a political strategist for Lurie’s campaign who will be the director of public affairs; Paul Yep, a former San Francisco police commander who will be the director of public safety; and Kit Lam, who was the Asian American and Pacific Islander political director for Lurie’s campaign and who was previously an organizer of the school board recall in 2022. He will serve as a press liaison between the mayor’s office and AAPI communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, founder of the nonprofit Tipping Point and heir to the Levis Strauss clothing fortune, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">campaigned as a political outsider\u003c/a> fed up with dysfunction and corruption in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had never held elected office before but convinced voters that his background in nonprofit work would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">position him well to bring new ideas to City Hall\u003c/a>. Campaign contributions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017551/is-san-francisco-a-bellwether-for-cryptocurrency-influence-on-local-elections\">soared past $62 million\u003c/a>, topped by Lurie, who raised roughly $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his run the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021095\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021095\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-49-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie addresses supporters inside Far East Cafe, a Cantonese restaurant, during a visit to Chinatown’s Night Market on his Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Wednesday’s night market, hundreds of residents packed the streets of Chinatown to eat and dance to electronic music by San Francisco-born electronic music producer, Zhu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just got off of work over at Equinox and came because Zhu was performing, but I also came here to support our new Mayor Daniel Lurie,” said Mason Maes, who lives in Noe Valley. “It’s great to see all these residents get together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elizabeth Wang, a Marina resident, came because she was hoping to learn more about Lurie and to have fun with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just here for the vibes. I can’t say I know much about [Lurie] since he’s new to government,” Wang said. “But having a party here in Chinatown means a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021092\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieChinatownMarket_DMB_00645-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crowds fill Grant Avenue for the Chinatown Night Market on Inauguration Day in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. 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"content": "\u003cp>Daniel Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">first day as mayor of San Francisco\u003c/a> is in the books, and the energy around the political outsider — who won’t be able to claim that status much longer — feels warily optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">started the celebratory day in the Tenderloin\u003c/a>, where he was congratulated and greeted by residents as he served breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation and walked the streets with Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also hit some San Francisco staples, taking a morning cable car ride down Powell Street and stopping into Ghirardelli Square for hot chocolate with his family before arriving to a buzzing Civic Center — on time — for his midday inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the crowd of political bigwigs and business leaders was Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who praised Lurie in a reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a spirit in the air, an optimism, and it’s authentic,” Kerr told the crowd. “We have been through an awful lot in recent years, and our city has taken some hits, but we are bouncing back, and Mayor-elect Lurie is ready to guide our city to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members attend Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City public school students announced each of the speakers, including Lurie’s wife, Becca Prowda, who serves as Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>’s chief of protocol in Sacramento and worked as an aide in his San Francisco mayoral administration. She said proudly that she and her husband were both committed to serving the city in their new roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel and I both believe it’s not enough to just live in a place; you have to take action to make that place better,” she said. “For us, San Francisco is that place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being sworn in, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">announced plans\u003c/a> for legislation cracking down on fentanyl and speeding up City Hall’s work. He walked off the stage to applause and a performance by Oakland musician Michael Franti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie and his family cheer after his signing of the oath to office inside City Hall, during his Inauguration Day, in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sound of Sunshine” carried hundreds of attendees inside City Hall, where the public was invited to share snacks, listen to a live jazz band and write letters outlining their wishes for the city and the new administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven-year-old Amelia Rose, whose dad picked her up from school early to attend the inauguration, wished for the city to be welcoming and united.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dear San Francisco, I want everybody to have love and loyalty in others,” she said. “We love you, San Francisco, and have faith in you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie shared Amelia’s optimism in his speech, saying hope was in the air and promising that the city — for all its challenges and stories of decline — was beginning a comeback. However, he also tempered expectations, warning that the work would take time to bear fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie shakes hands with Willie Brown after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Lasting change doesn’t happen overnight,” he said. “But if we are consistent, if we have vision, if we aren’t afraid to make tough decisions — San Francisco will rise to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie held true to his promise to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018663/san-francisco-overdose-deaths-up-in-november-but-still-below-peak-last-year\">tackle fentanyl\u003c/a> on day one, offering a list of emergency ordinances he plans to put forward at the new Board of Supervisors’ first meeting next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020848 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00196-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although his campaign refrains about revitalizing downtown and cracking down on drugs have started to take shape, it remains to be seen how they’ll come to pass. As a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020409/a-lot-can-go-wrong-san-francisco-mayoral-transition-i-would-know\">new mayor with no government experience\u003c/a>, Lurie must soon contend with an $876 million budget deficit, five new supervisors whose legislating strategies are still unknown, and a notoriously challenging bureaucratic structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” said Deonte Dial, a resident Lurie greeted on his Tenderloin walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All we can do is kick back, and you see what he does,” Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the formal festivities, Lurie will head to Chinatown for a party featuring a special night market and more local music from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969982/sf-edm-star-zhu-to-headline-daniel-luries-free-inauguration-party\">San Francisco EDM artist Zhu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, some of Lurie’s sunnier visions could give way as he gets down to crunching numbers for service provider budgets and hosts a meeting with city department heads, who he said earlier this month are all re-interviewing for their roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As your mayor, I will always tell you the truth, even when they are hard truths,” Lurie told the inauguration crowd. “The challenges ahead of us are enormous, but in the words of Harvey Milk, ‘You have to give people hope. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Daniel Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">first day as mayor of San Francisco\u003c/a> is in the books, and the energy around the political outsider — who won’t be able to claim that status much longer — feels warily optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">started the celebratory day in the Tenderloin\u003c/a>, where he was congratulated and greeted by residents as he served breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation and walked the streets with Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also hit some San Francisco staples, taking a morning cable car ride down Powell Street and stopping into Ghirardelli Square for hot chocolate with his family before arriving to a buzzing Civic Center — on time — for his midday inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the crowd of political bigwigs and business leaders was Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who praised Lurie in a reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a spirit in the air, an optimism, and it’s authentic,” Kerr told the crowd. “We have been through an awful lot in recent years, and our city has taken some hits, but we are bouncing back, and Mayor-elect Lurie is ready to guide our city to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members attend Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City public school students announced each of the speakers, including Lurie’s wife, Becca Prowda, who serves as Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>’s chief of protocol in Sacramento and worked as an aide in his San Francisco mayoral administration. She said proudly that she and her husband were both committed to serving the city in their new roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel and I both believe it’s not enough to just live in a place; you have to take action to make that place better,” she said. “For us, San Francisco is that place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being sworn in, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">announced plans\u003c/a> for legislation cracking down on fentanyl and speeding up City Hall’s work. He walked off the stage to applause and a performance by Oakland musician Michael Franti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie and his family cheer after his signing of the oath to office inside City Hall, during his Inauguration Day, in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sound of Sunshine” carried hundreds of attendees inside City Hall, where the public was invited to share snacks, listen to a live jazz band and write letters outlining their wishes for the city and the new administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven-year-old Amelia Rose, whose dad picked her up from school early to attend the inauguration, wished for the city to be welcoming and united.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dear San Francisco, I want everybody to have love and loyalty in others,” she said. “We love you, San Francisco, and have faith in you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie shared Amelia’s optimism in his speech, saying hope was in the air and promising that the city — for all its challenges and stories of decline — was beginning a comeback. However, he also tempered expectations, warning that the work would take time to bear fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020966\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020966\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-43-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie shakes hands with Willie Brown after taking the oath of office on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Lasting change doesn’t happen overnight,” he said. “But if we are consistent, if we have vision, if we aren’t afraid to make tough decisions — San Francisco will rise to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie held true to his promise to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018663/san-francisco-overdose-deaths-up-in-november-but-still-below-peak-last-year\">tackle fentanyl\u003c/a> on day one, offering a list of emergency ordinances he plans to put forward at the new Board of Supervisors’ first meeting next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although his campaign refrains about revitalizing downtown and cracking down on drugs have started to take shape, it remains to be seen how they’ll come to pass. As a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020409/a-lot-can-go-wrong-san-francisco-mayoral-transition-i-would-know\">new mayor with no government experience\u003c/a>, Lurie must soon contend with an $876 million budget deficit, five new supervisors whose legislating strategies are still unknown, and a notoriously challenging bureaucratic structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” said Deonte Dial, a resident Lurie greeted on his Tenderloin walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All we can do is kick back, and you see what he does,” Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the formal festivities, Lurie will head to Chinatown for a party featuring a special night market and more local music from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969982/sf-edm-star-zhu-to-headline-daniel-luries-free-inauguration-party\">San Francisco EDM artist Zhu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, some of Lurie’s sunnier visions could give way as he gets down to crunching numbers for service provider budgets and hosts a meeting with city department heads, who he said earlier this month are all re-interviewing for their roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As your mayor, I will always tell you the truth, even when they are hard truths,” Lurie told the inauguration crowd. “The challenges ahead of us are enormous, but in the words of Harvey Milk, ‘You have to give people hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow.’ And as I look out on this crowd, I feel that hope.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/sjohnson\">\u003cem>Sydney Johnson\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:12 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s\u003c/a> inauguration on Wednesday marks the start of the nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir’s leadership of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie unseated former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/london-breed\">Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> in November. Campaign contributions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017551/is-san-francisco-a-bellwether-for-cryptocurrency-influence-on-local-elections\">soared past $62 million\u003c/a>, topped by Lurie, who raised roughly $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his run the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His campaign against so-called City Hall “insiders” caught on with voters from different neighborhoods looking for cleaner streets, more affordable housing and more effective government, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, he faces the realities of governing a major city and keeping ambitious promises — like speeding up permanent housing and temporary shelter production — while confronting a $900 million deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Faith leaders bless new mayor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Brian Lurie, the father of Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, gives a paternal blessing to his son during an Interfaith Ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025, the evening before Lurie’s inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the eve of his inauguration, leaders across San Francisco’s religious communities gave a blessing for the city and welcomed the new mayor at Congregation Emanu-El, including an emotional blessing from Lurie’s father, Rabbi Brian Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie steered clear of any detailed policy plans when speaking to the congregation on Tuesday night, instead focusing on the tough realities ahead and the urgency of cooperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must transform a political discourse that has us vilifying each other on every issue,” Lurie said. “This is a scary time for many … but we must not let fear drown out hope and courage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Connecting over breakfast\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family serve food at St. Anthony’s Foundation, a nonprofit providing meals, medical care, clothing, shelter and addiction recovery in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lurie began Inauguration Day serving breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin, where Sedrick Vanisi learned he shares a birthday with the new mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel kind of familiar with him now,” Vanisi told KQED. “I never dreamed of shaking his hand and having a meal at St. Anthony’s, one of my favorite places to come and have breakfast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanisi said he was optimistic about Lurie’s plan to crack down on fentanyl and homelessness in the neighborhood so long as he holds to his promise to support people struggling on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clear intent in the process is to make them better,” he said. “It’s not like sweeping off to throw them away or something, but it is a process of removing them in the process to get housing and that’s very good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020420 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-LurieInaugurationCleanup-17-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After breakfast, Lurie walked through the Tenderloin with San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the Tenderloin are frustrated,” Lurie told KQED. “People in Bernal Heights are frustrated, so I’m going to commit myself every single day to be tireless in getting people the help that they need, whether it’s into a mental health bed or a drug treatment bed or into a shelter bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t Lurie’s first time walking through the Tenderloin, according to Kate Robinson, director of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. She said he joined her team on multiple morning shifts to ensure kids got to school safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incoming Mayor Lurie was the very first to request to come back and then come back again,” Robinson said. “That set him apart just for me, personally, seeing the level of care and seeing how genuinely interested he was in talking to the residents, talking to our safety stewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m optimistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott said the new administration has a lot of ideas and energy, but San Francisco residents will expect the city to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the ceremony and all that goes away, we still have a job to do, so it’s really important that we stay focused on getting that job done, and that’s where my focus is,” Scott said. “Of course, I’m gonna do the things that the mayor has asked for us to do and do that to the best of my ability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, stopped Lurie and urged him to follow through on his promises to clean up encampments and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said he’s gonna do it. All we can do is kick back, and you see what he do,” Luckett said after shaking hands with the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” Deonte Dial added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Plans shared on a cable car\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family ride a cable car in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the walk, Lurie and his family took a ride on a cable car, which he’s assured San Franciscans would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016411/shutting-down-sfs-cable-cars-trim-budget-no-chance-lurie-says#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20Mayor%2Delect%20Daniel,on%20social%20media%20platform%20X.\">safe from budget cuts\u003c/a> despite the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\"> Muni’s dire financial situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding down Powell Street to Ghirardelli Square in search of hot chocolate, Lurie rang the iconic cable car bell and fielded questions about his plans to thwart the fentanyl crisis and restructure City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made some progress through the [Drug Market Agency Coordination Center], and I commend SFPD and all the agencies that have started to work together and build on that,” he said. “With the four new [policy chiefs], they’re going to help better coordinate all of these departments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A new day in San Francisco’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hundreds attended Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center. The event kicked off with a DJ set, a performance by the San Francisco Symphony and remarks by Nadine Burke Harris, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724781/californias-first-surgeon-general-takes-aim-at-toxic-stress\">California’s first surgeon general\u003c/a> who served from 2019–22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a new day in San Francisco,” Burke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie takes the oath of office with his family on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, other guests included Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis; California’s first partner, Jennifer Sibel Newsom; Steve Kerr, the coach of the Golden State Warriors; state Sen. Scott Wiener; and California Senate Leader Mike McGuire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of spectators lined the edges of the barricaded ceremony to catch a glimpse of their new mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission resident Marlon Bishop, who works at a homeless shelter, said he stopped to hear what Lurie had to say. He wished him success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, homelessness is one of my concerns that’s near and dear to my heart because, at one time, I struggled with homelessness in San Francisco, and the support and the help that I received from the community was what allowed me to stand up and rebuild my life,” Bishop said. “I’m just hoping that he is able to translate his ideas into a working plan that assists the unhoused population.”[aside postID=news_12020848 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00196-1020x680.jpg']With his two children and wife at his side, Lurie took the stage just before noon to take the oath of office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You voted for accountability and change, a clear mandate that my administration will work to fulfill every single day,” Lurie said at the beginning of his address. “Lasting change doesn’t happen overnight — it takes time,” Lurie said. “But if we are consistent, if we have vision, if we aren’t afraid to make tough decisions, San Francisco will rise to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie made several announcements during the speech, including that he does not plan to cut police funding despite the city’s major budget deficit. He said he’d utilize emergency powers to quickly stand up emergency shelters in the city, using a combination of public and private funding. The Board of Supervisors must next approve his emergency order requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will allow us to further surge resources and bypass the bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of tackling this crisis,” Lurie said. “This authorization will fast-track a public-private partnership to stand up temporary emergency shelter and address the homelessness crisis on our streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie seemed to hint at rising concerns facing immigrants, LGBTQ residents and other San Franciscans fearing threats from the incoming Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I also know that many feel a great sense of fear and loss about the state of our country right now. I share those concerns,” Lurie said. “San Francisco must be a city where every individual feels safe, valued and empowered. That means standing firm against discrimination and fighting for the dignity of all communities, no matter what comes our way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie left the stage for a surprise performance by Oaklnd-born songwriter Micahel Franti singing “The Sound of Sunshine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time to move past the politics of demonizing each other on every single issue,” Lurie said before heading into City Hall for an open house reception. “It’s time to redefine how politics work in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Faith leaders bless new mayor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-20-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rabbi Brian Lurie, the father of Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie, gives a paternal blessing to his son during an Interfaith Ceremony at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025, the evening before Lurie’s inauguration. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the eve of his inauguration, leaders across San Francisco’s religious communities gave a blessing for the city and welcomed the new mayor at Congregation Emanu-El, including an emotional blessing from Lurie’s father, Rabbi Brian Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie steered clear of any detailed policy plans when speaking to the congregation on Tuesday night, instead focusing on the tough realities ahead and the urgency of cooperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must transform a political discourse that has us vilifying each other on every issue,” Lurie said. “This is a scary time for many … but we must not let fear drown out hope and courage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Connecting over breakfast\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family serve food at St. Anthony’s Foundation, a nonprofit providing meals, medical care, clothing, shelter and addiction recovery in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lurie began Inauguration Day serving breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation in the Tenderloin, where Sedrick Vanisi learned he shares a birthday with the new mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel kind of familiar with him now,” Vanisi told KQED. “I never dreamed of shaking his hand and having a meal at St. Anthony’s, one of my favorite places to come and have breakfast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vanisi said he was optimistic about Lurie’s plan to crack down on fentanyl and homelessness in the neighborhood so long as he holds to his promise to support people struggling on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clear intent in the process is to make them better,” he said. “It’s not like sweeping off to throw them away or something, but it is a process of removing them in the process to get housing and that’s very good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After breakfast, Lurie walked through the Tenderloin with San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People in the Tenderloin are frustrated,” Lurie told KQED. “People in Bernal Heights are frustrated, so I’m going to commit myself every single day to be tireless in getting people the help that they need, whether it’s into a mental health bed or a drug treatment bed or into a shelter bed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t Lurie’s first time walking through the Tenderloin, according to Kate Robinson, director of the Tenderloin Community Benefit District. She said he joined her team on multiple morning shifts to ensure kids got to school safely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incoming Mayor Lurie was the very first to request to come back and then come back again,” Robinson said. “That set him apart just for me, personally, seeing the level of care and seeing how genuinely interested he was in talking to the residents, talking to our safety stewards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m optimistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott said the new administration has a lot of ideas and energy, but San Francisco residents will expect the city to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When all the ceremony and all that goes away, we still have a job to do, so it’s really important that we stay focused on getting that job done, and that’s where my focus is,” Scott said. “Of course, I’m gonna do the things that the mayor has asked for us to do and do that to the best of my ability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, stopped Lurie and urged him to follow through on his promises to clean up encampments and drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He said he’s gonna do it. All we can do is kick back, and you see what he do,” Luckett said after shaking hands with the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” Deonte Dial added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Plans shared on a cable car\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-02-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family ride a cable car in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the walk, Lurie and his family took a ride on a cable car, which he’s assured San Franciscans would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016411/shutting-down-sfs-cable-cars-trim-budget-no-chance-lurie-says#:~:text=San%20Francisco%20Mayor%2Delect%20Daniel,on%20social%20media%20platform%20X.\">safe from budget cuts\u003c/a> despite the\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\"> Muni’s dire financial situation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riding down Powell Street to Ghirardelli Square in search of hot chocolate, Lurie rang the iconic cable car bell and fielded questions about his plans to thwart the fentanyl crisis and restructure City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made some progress through the [Drug Market Agency Coordination Center], and I commend SFPD and all the agencies that have started to work together and build on that,” he said. “With the four new [policy chiefs], they’re going to help better coordinate all of these departments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A new day in San Francisco’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hundreds attended Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center. The event kicked off with a DJ set, a performance by the San Francisco Symphony and remarks by Nadine Burke Harris, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11724781/californias-first-surgeon-general-takes-aim-at-toxic-stress\">California’s first surgeon general\u003c/a> who served from 2019–22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a new day in San Francisco,” Burke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDayQuick_BL_00004-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie takes the oath of office with his family on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, other guests included Lt. 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"content": "\u003cp>Daniel Lurie is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">officially San Francisco’s mayor\u003c/a> — and he’s not wasting any time easing into his first elected office. In his inaugural address on Wednesday, Lurie outlined plans to crack down on the city’s drug and homelessness crises and expedite notoriously slow City Hall functions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie made a move toward a much-discussed campaign promise, announcing a package of fentanyl emergency ordinances. Though he had often vowed to declare a fentanyl state of emergency on his first day in office, experts had said it likely wouldn’t be possible under city rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we speak, the San Francisco Police Department and Sheriff’s Department are rapidly shifting resources and personnel to bring drug dealers to justice and clean up our streets,” he told the hundreds of people gathered at Civic Center, including former mayors Willie Brown, Art Agnos, Frank Jordan and the incoming Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s administration will make permanent the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989112/can-san-francisco-arrest-its-way-out-of-tenderloins-drug-crisis\">Drug Market Agency Coordination Center\u003c/a>, a move spearheaded by former Mayor London Breed to streamline efforts by local law enforcement and other city departments to shut down open-air drug dealing in the Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott has also been tasked with creating a road map to extend its operation to 24 hours a day and expand its reach to the 6th Street corridor, which has seen an increase in drug activity in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00309-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie addresses a crowd of hundreds for the first time as city mayor on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in downtown San Francisco, California, on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of December, the DMACC has made more than 5,000 arrests and seized 277 lbs of fentanyl, according to SFPD data — numbers Lurie hopes will grow with a wider reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fentanyl crisis is not a 9-to-5 operation, and neither can we be. We have to have a response 24-7,” he told reporters ahead of his speech, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">riding a cable car down Powell Street\u003c/a> with his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who has made efforts to connect with the incoming and returning members of the Board of Supervisors since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013464/daniel-lurie-clinches-victory-become-sfs-next-mayor-unseating-london-breed\">his November election\u003c/a>, said that the package of emergency ordinances will go before the board on Tuesday and with an expedited approval process, could go into effect in about a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If passed, it would expand his and certain department leaders’ emergency powers to roll out drug and homelessness initiatives without the regular policy approval process, which can take six to 12 weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020422 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250107-LurieInterfaithCeremony-23-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The package will ask supervisors to waive certain rules around executing contracts and grants and speed up approval of contracts and leases for behavioral health, substance abuse and shelter services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is truly a new era of cooperation and mutual respect between City Hall, the Board of Supervisors, law enforcement, and the thousands of city employees working on the front lines,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A career philanthropist, Lurie is also asking the board to authorize the use of private funds for public initiatives to address the fentanyl crisis. 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