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"content": "\u003cp>Proposition D, a local ballot measure that would cut \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco’s\u003c/a> nearly 130 commissions in half and cap the total at 65, appears headed for defeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The preliminary results come amid one of the most expensive election cycles in San Francisco’s history, with a number of wealthy technology and real estate billionaires financially backing local races, including Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of early Wednesday morning, the commission reform measure had 55% “no” votes and 45% voting “yes.” The next update will be shared on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004606/commission-reform-clash-heres-how-mayoral-candidates-want-to-rewrite-san-franciscos-charter\">Proposition D was put forward\u003c/a> by TogetherSF, a billionaire-backed political organizing group seeking to give the mayor more direct authority by cutting down the number of citizen oversight commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has become the most expensive proposition on the ballot primarily due to large donations from Silicon Valley billionaires like venture capitalist Micahel Moritz and real estate developer Thomas Coates. 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Farrell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012419/sf-mayoral-candidate-mark-farrell-pay-largest-ethics-fine-citys-history\">agreed to pay nearly $108,000\u003c/a> to settle eight counts of campaign finance violations, according to the San Francisco Ethics Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell and leaders of TogetherSF did not respond to requests for comment before publication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Stay informed with the latest results for elected leaders and measures passed' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really was not about Mark Farrell. This was really about some very, very powerful forces who invested more money in a mayor’s race than has ever happened in the history of San Francisco by a huge amount,” Peskin told KQED on Tuesday night. “What his concession shows is that billionaires like Michael Moritz and Bill Obendorf and their agenda have been completely rejected by the people of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual campaign contributions to candidates are capped at $500. However, the same limits don’t apply to ballot measures. While other candidates, including Peskin and Breed, also backed certain ballot measures, members of the ethics commission said that Farrell’s strategies blatantly flaunted campaign finance rules by using funds for Proposition D to cover things like staffing costs for his mayoral campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a directly competing measure from Peskin, Proposition E, was similarly aimed to reform the city’s commission system. That measure, however, did not create an arbitrary cap on the number of commissions. Instead, it would create a task force to set recommendations for any changes or cutting commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early results suggest voters will pass Peskin’s version of the charter and commission reform proposal, overriding Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissions are government bodies made up of community members and are designed to provide public input and oversight on a variety of city departments and programs, including the library, police, arts and entertainment and public health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition D said that commissions have made it harder for elected officials to make direct decisions and have hampered government efficiency. However, critics of the measure and supporters of Proposition E said that the commissions provide important checks and balances, arguing that there should be a more thorough review process before stripping away any commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a city that still loves. This is a city that still takes care of one another,” Peskin told a room full of supporters on Tuesday night at an election party at Bimbo’s 365 Club, a music venue in North Beach. “This is a city that refuses to be pushed in the wrong direction by a handful of wealthy billionaires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Moderate candidates in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-mayor-election\">San Francisco’s mayoral race\u003c/a> — and their well-funded backers — are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sf-ads-farrell-lurie-trump-catch-19863235.php\">directing\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/07/mark-farrell-ranked-choice-london-breed/\">more\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/09/see-how-they-run-breed-and-farrells-mutual-attacks-overshadow-mayoral-debate/\">attacks\u003c/a> against one another in the final stretch of the race, leading some political analysts to see a pathway to victory for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003700/aaron-peskin-wants-to-lead-san-franciscos-journey-to-recovery\">sole progressive on the ticket\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has trailed moderate opponents in voter polls for months. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010336/new-polls-san-francisco-mayors-race-peskin-lurie-surging\">recent polling shows an uptick in his support\u003c/a>, prompting his progressive allies across the city to amplify their unified messaging in hopes of reaching undecided and late voters. But Peskin, still an underdog in the race between Democrats, faces a tough fight in the final days ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The narrative seven months ago when this race started was that the moderates were united and the progressives were divided. Well, seven months later, it is absolutely the opposite,” Peskin said at a party on Monday hosted by Small Business Forward, which \u003ca href=\"https://smallbusinessforward.org/\">endorsed\u003c/a> him for mayor. “You hear all of this billionaire-on-billionaire violence going on. And meanwhile, we’ve really come together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after announcing he would run, Peskin, who campaigns on policies like expanding rent control, became the target of his political rivals, such as the billionaire-backed political organizing group GrowSF’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986162/anybody-could-win-san-francisco-mayoral-race-poll-suggests-with-many-voters-undecided\">“anybody but Peskin”\u003c/a> message. Early polling showed incumbent Mayor London Breed neck-and-neck with former interim Mayor Mark Farrell, who has tacked himself to the right of Breed, while nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie, who has never run for elected office, led with voters’ second-choice picks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, more recent polling shows that early enthusiasm for Farrell has waned while Peskin’s support has steadily increased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, it’s a fight to get into the top two, and it’s pretty clear three candidates that could get there are Lurie, Breed and Peskin,” said progressive political consultant Jim Ross. “It feels like Mark Farrell is fading in a lot of the polling we are seeing. Usually, in San Francisco politics, if you slide in the polls in the last two weeks, it’s really hard to regain that momentum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]That shift may be due to older, conservative-leaning voters tending to decide and vote earlier, while younger, more progressive voters often decide later, explained political consultant Eric Jaye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In San Francisco mayoral campaigns, voters tend to break out into their key allegiances later in the campaign,” said Jaye, who works with a PAC formed by labor unions supporting Peskin. “Peskin’s core constituencies tend to be late-breaking. And Farrell coalesced his base early with the most conservative voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a sprawling “Unity Rally” on Saturday, Peskin appeared alongside supporters for supervisor candidates Jackie Fielder, Stephen Torres, incumbents Dean Preston and Connie Chan, and other progressives on the November ballot. The campaigns gathered at a park in the Panhandle, holding signs and tabling for their candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is go time,” said rally attendee Christin Evans, a small business owner and city commissioner who is voting for Peskin and has been door-knocking for Fielder. “It feels exactly like the right time. We have been watching submissions of ballots to the Department of Elections and know people will vote the two weekends leading into the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has elected Democratic mayors exclusively since 1964, and most in recent years have led moderate administrations. However, in 2019, voters elected a progressive-majority Board of Supervisors, and progressive leaders hope to retain that power in City Hall, even as the county’s official Democratic Party shifted to a moderate majority on its governing board this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re seeing much more participation of some of the wealthiest residents in this city’s politics,” political writer and analyst Steve Phillips said. “And [it] does have the effect of shifting the city’s political balance of power more to the right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the race enters its final phase, moderate candidates are increasingly targeting each other with attack ads on TV, text message blasts and mailers. Farrell, for example, has faced criticism for allegedly violating campaign finance laws. Farrell has repeatedly defended his strategy, saying that his legal team approved it. Meanwhile, text message ads from the Yes on D PAC criticized Lurie’s lack of government experience as “dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998907\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed, and Aaron Peskin (right) on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Phillips said Peskin isn’t the only one benefiting from the wave of anti-Farrell and anti-Lurie media. Breed, the only woman and person of color among the leading four candidates, has focused her campaign on understanding San Francisco’s biggest issues because she’s the only one on the ticket who has lived and overcome them firsthand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008296]“My sister suffered from addiction. She lost her battle with drugs and lost her life,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008296/mayor-london-breed-says-shes-just-getting-started\">Breed told KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a>. “When I think about why I’m in public service in the first place, it’s because I’m trying to make sure this city makes the right kinds of investments to stop that kind of thing from happening again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her track record of bringing that lived experience to programs and decisions at City Hall has resonated particularly among voters in the city’s Black and Latino communities. An \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/mayor-breed-black-latino-19858152.php\">October poll from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> found that nearly half of Black San Francisco voters listed Breed as their top pick for mayor, followed by 37% of Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a resident of San Francisco, there is a tsunami of materials coming in the mail, largely for the white guys, so it does bring in a reconsideration of London Breed in this context. I do think she may be getting a second look because of that,” Phillips said. “The challenge that Peskin faces is the challenge that white progressives face in this city. His base may not be wide enough to necessarily capture communities of color’s enthusiasm, and that will be a barrier.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has also faced pushback for championing punitive policing measures that in San Francisco are likely to fall disproportionately on communities of color, such as increasing arrests of drug users or requiring drug screening for welfare recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the shifts, most polls still show Peskin trailing Breed and Lurie for first-choice votes. And Lurie — an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who has raised more than any mayoral candidate in the city’s history — continues to poll strongly among both first and second-choice votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='san-francisco-mayor-election']Peskin’s campaign has fundraised a modest amount \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010904/whos-pouring-millions-into-san-franciscos-expensive-mayors-race\">in comparison to his billionaire-supported competitors\u003c/a>. He has nabbed big donations from labor unions and a broad base of small, individual contributions, totaling around $2.5 million — a far cry from a pro-Lurie PAC totaling nearly $10 million, which includes $8.7 million from his own fortune. Breed’s campaign has raised $3.1 million, including $1.45 million from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and $850,000 from cryptocurrency investor Chris Larsen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell received nearly $1 million from conservative donor William Oberndorf and $500,000 from real estate investor Thomas Coates. Meanwhile, billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz, who penned an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/opinion/aaron-peskin-san-francisco-politics-housing.html\">op-ed in the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> attacking Peskin in October\u003c/a>, has contributed nearly $3.1 million to Proposition D, a measure that would cut the number of city commissions in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only candidate with momentum at this point is Aaron Peskin and the candidate who is fading apparently under the weight of very, very serious allegations around campaign finance impropriety is Mark Farrell,” Jaye says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question now, he said, remains: “Will Peskin’s momentum continue?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That shift may be due to older, conservative-leaning voters tending to decide and vote earlier, while younger, more progressive voters often decide later, explained political consultant Eric Jaye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In San Francisco mayoral campaigns, voters tend to break out into their key allegiances later in the campaign,” said Jaye, who works with a PAC formed by labor unions supporting Peskin. “Peskin’s core constituencies tend to be late-breaking. And Farrell coalesced his base early with the most conservative voters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a sprawling “Unity Rally” on Saturday, Peskin appeared alongside supporters for supervisor candidates Jackie Fielder, Stephen Torres, incumbents Dean Preston and Connie Chan, and other progressives on the November ballot. The campaigns gathered at a park in the Panhandle, holding signs and tabling for their candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is go time,” said rally attendee Christin Evans, a small business owner and city commissioner who is voting for Peskin and has been door-knocking for Fielder. “It feels exactly like the right time. We have been watching submissions of ballots to the Department of Elections and know people will vote the two weekends leading into the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has elected Democratic mayors exclusively since 1964, and most in recent years have led moderate administrations. However, in 2019, voters elected a progressive-majority Board of Supervisors, and progressive leaders hope to retain that power in City Hall, even as the county’s official Democratic Party shifted to a moderate majority on its governing board this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re seeing much more participation of some of the wealthiest residents in this city’s politics,” political writer and analyst Steve Phillips said. “And [it] does have the effect of shifting the city’s political balance of power more to the right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the race enters its final phase, moderate candidates are increasingly targeting each other with attack ads on TV, text message blasts and mailers. Farrell, for example, has faced criticism for allegedly violating campaign finance laws. Farrell has repeatedly defended his strategy, saying that his legal team approved it. Meanwhile, text message ads from the Yes on D PAC criticized Lurie’s lack of government experience as “dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998907\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998907\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-90-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed, and Aaron Peskin (right) on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Phillips said Peskin isn’t the only one benefiting from the wave of anti-Farrell and anti-Lurie media. Breed, the only woman and person of color among the leading four candidates, has focused her campaign on understanding San Francisco’s biggest issues because she’s the only one on the ticket who has lived and overcome them firsthand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>If money speaks, then San Francisco’s mayoral race sure is a talker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campaign contributions have soared past $28 million, making it likely the most expensive race since San Francisco adopted ranked choice voting in 2004. So, who are the biggest donors influencing the election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/ethics/2023/12/campaign-finance-dashboards-november-5-2024.html\">campaign finance reports\u003c/a> show that this year, tech investors and wealthy real estate developers have emerged as an influential donor class spending millions of dollars in the highly competitive mayoral race and a local proposition that would limit city commissions and expand the powers of the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is certainly a big money race with a lot of special interests involved,” said Sean McMorris, program manager for California Common Cause. “You can just assume those special interests, more often than not, are trying to improve their bottom line in some way that will benefit them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Total Funds Received by Top Candidates in SF Mayor's Race (as of Oct. 24)\" aria-label=\"Stacked Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-FS87r\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/FS87r/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"314\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech money has long influenced Bay Area politics, but the landscape shifted dramatically during the pandemic. New political organizing groups like TogetherSF and GrowSF channeled public frustration over the city’s sluggish economy, street conditions and crime. They’ve since become pivotal players — and fundraisers — hoping to move progressive City Hall seats to the center and center-right, aligning with \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/05/san-francisco-election-2024-democratic-county-central-committee-dccc/\">the moderate takeover\u003c/a> of the county’s Democratic Party governing board last spring.[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]Venture capitalist Michael Moritz, a primary financier of the moderate group TogetherSF, has contributed $3.5 million this election, including $3 million for Proposition D to reduce city commissions and $500,000 to former interim mayor and supervisor Mark Farrell’s PAC supporting the measure. Arthur Patterson, another venture capitalist, recently gave $100,000 to Farrell’s PAC for Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Association of Realtors also contributed $123,000 to support Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent filings show that investor Sameer Gandhi gave $100,000 to a PAC supporting Farrell, which has raised $2.5 million in total. Developer Angus McCarthy chipped in $124,500 to the PAC backing Farrell, and investor Kamran Moghtaderi has given $250,500 to the pro-Farrell effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco caps contributions to individual candidates at $500. However, there are no donation limits for independent expenditure committees that support candidates or ballot measures, and according to McMorris, “wealthy interests are bankrolling ballot measures” in this election, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see candidates all the time try to get sneaky and circumvent those limits. And that in and of itself is a red flag,” he said. “Just because the Supreme Court has given us a broken system doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do what we can to mitigate areas of potential corruption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contributions to PACs for and against Propositions C, D and E (as of Oct. 24) \" aria-label=\"Stacked Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-rcPb3\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rcPb3/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"220\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservative donors William Oberndorf ($450,000) and Thomas Coates ($500,000) have both backed a PAC supporting Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Mayor London Breed’s campaign has received $600,000 from crypto and tech investor Chris Larsen, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $1.2 million to a PAC supporting Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mayoral candidate and philanthropist Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has largely self-funded a PAC supporting his campaign that now totals $9.28 million. Lurie has contributed more than $8 million of his own money into his campaign, most recently adding $2.1 million. Miriam Haas, Lurie’s mother, previously gave $1 million to a PAC supporting his campaign, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But being a billionaire doesn’t always mean you’re going to win,” McMorris said. “But certainly, his wealth helps because he is able to get out his message and say, ‘Hey, I’m an alternative choice here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A PAC supporting Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, who is the only Democrat running on a progressive agenda, has raised just over $1.5 million, largely from small contributions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more on the SF mayoral race\" tag=\"san-francisco-mayor-election\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he faces opposition from major tech figures, including billionaire angel investor Ron Conway, who contributed $100,000 to an anti-Peskin committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect a massive wave of attacks from billionaire-funded Super PACs during this final stretch as the city realizes the power of our campaign,” Peskin wrote in a campaign email this week. “That’s why Ron Conway is coming at us. But he has tried to defeat us before. He failed, and he will fail again now. And we will win again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first clash between Peskin and Conway. In 2015, the investor backed Peskin’s opponent for an open Board of Supervisors seat, which Peskin ultimately won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unions are also putting in big bucks to sway the race. Recent campaign finance reports show Service Employees International Union Local 1021 dropped $476,000 into an anti-Farrell committee. The National Union of Healthcare Workers has contributed $175,000 to a pro-Peskin PAC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Contributors to SF Mayoral Candidates (as of Oct. 23)\" aria-label=\"Bar Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-gQiZ1\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/gQiZ1/11/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"502\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates are spending their funds on TV ad buys, text message blasts and heaps of mailers. Lurie, in particular, has put a significant amount into attack ads against Farrell, who has faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008288/former-san-francisco-mayors-call-for-investigation-into-mark-farrells-campaign-financing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations of skirting campaign finance laws\u003c/a> by using funding intended for Proposition D to boost his mayoral campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite candidates’ funding gaps, political consultant Eric Jaye, founder of Storefront Political Media, said it’s still anybody’s race to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010336/new-polls-san-francisco-mayors-race-peskin-lurie-surging\">Three polls released Monday\u003c/a> paint a tight race among the leading candidates. A Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by Peskin’s campaign shows him tied with Lurie at 25% of first-choice votes. The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>’s poll put Lurie and Breed neck-and-neck at 27% of first-choice picks, with Peskin at 21%. The third poll from TogetherSF Action and LDI Research shows Breed leading with 25% of first-place votes, followed by Lurie and Farrell tied at 21%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to look at trend lines, which tend to predict what might happen. The only candidate with momentum right now is Aaron Peskin and the candidate who is fading … is Mark Farrell,” Jaye said. “Daniel Lurie, by virtue of his very aggressive personal spending, has created a base for himself. But in San Francisco campaigns, push generally comes to shove.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Venture capitalist Michael Moritz, a primary financier of the moderate group TogetherSF, has contributed $3.5 million this election, including $3 million for Proposition D to reduce city commissions and $500,000 to former interim mayor and supervisor Mark Farrell’s PAC supporting the measure. Arthur Patterson, another venture capitalist, recently gave $100,000 to Farrell’s PAC for Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Association of Realtors also contributed $123,000 to support Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent filings show that investor Sameer Gandhi gave $100,000 to a PAC supporting Farrell, which has raised $2.5 million in total. Developer Angus McCarthy chipped in $124,500 to the PAC backing Farrell, and investor Kamran Moghtaderi has given $250,500 to the pro-Farrell effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco caps contributions to individual candidates at $500. However, there are no donation limits for independent expenditure committees that support candidates or ballot measures, and according to McMorris, “wealthy interests are bankrolling ballot measures” in this election, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see candidates all the time try to get sneaky and circumvent those limits. And that in and of itself is a red flag,” he said. “Just because the Supreme Court has given us a broken system doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do what we can to mitigate areas of potential corruption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contributions to PACs for and against Propositions C, D and E (as of Oct. 24) \" aria-label=\"Stacked Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-rcPb3\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rcPb3/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"220\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservative donors William Oberndorf ($450,000) and Thomas Coates ($500,000) have both backed a PAC supporting Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Mayor London Breed’s campaign has received $600,000 from crypto and tech investor Chris Larsen, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave $1.2 million to a PAC supporting Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, mayoral candidate and philanthropist Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has largely self-funded a PAC supporting his campaign that now totals $9.28 million. Lurie has contributed more than $8 million of his own money into his campaign, most recently adding $2.1 million. Miriam Haas, Lurie’s mother, previously gave $1 million to a PAC supporting his campaign, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As opponents move ahead with ranked choice strategies, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is steering clear of any alliances on the ballot and telling voters to make her their primary pick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the election just 18 days away, mayoral candidates are now strategizing on how to win voters’ second-choice picks. Breed has courted ranked choice endorsements from a broad spectrum of political groups and officials, but experts watching the race say it will be close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason McDaniel, a political science professor at San Francisco State University, said that Breed’s strong polling shows she is performing well as voters’ first choice. “But that’s probably still not enough by itself to win,” he said. “I would be shocked if she wins the first choice majority and instant runoff process. She will need second and third-place support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008350/unpacking-ranked-choice-voting\">ranked choice voting\u003c/a>, allowing voters to choose up to 10 different candidates in order of preference, unlike traditional elections in which voters pick a single candidate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all of the first-choice votes for each candidate are counted, any candidate with a majority wins the race. If there is no clear winner in the first round, the candidate with the least first-choice votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the next candidate on each voter’s ranking. This process repeats until a candidate reaches a majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail and in a recent interview with KQED, Breed encouraged voters to “first of all, vote for Kamala Harris. And second of all, vote for me. Full stop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It could be a risky move for an incumbent to align themselves with a challenger, McDaniel said, but it also means the mayor will have to seek out those second-choice votes through other avenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t blame her or her campaign for not doing that,” he said. “But it is a potential vulnerability for her campaign at this point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Breed isn’t forming an alliance with another candidate, she recently secured second-choice endorsements from several high-profile progressives, including the San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Shamann Walton and former Supervisor Jane Kim. Several of those progressive leaders, like Kim and Ronen, have endorsed Board President Aaron Peskin for their No.1 pick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I may not be someone’s first choice, but I’d like to be their second or third choice. Please consider me for your ballot,” Breed told KQED. “You may not always agree with everything I do, but you know that I know how to do this job. You know that I’m battle-tested and proven in a crisis. And you know that the city is starting to change because we’ve been able to do the necessary legwork.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder and political outsider Daniel Lurie appears to have a majority of San Francisco voters’ second-choice pick, according to a September poll from KRON and Emerson College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Breed, Lurie isn’t aligning himself explicitly with any opponents. However, his campaign is still strategizing around ranked choice voting and working to convert some of those second-choice voters into first-choice supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a strategy going into this to be broadly popular across a lot of voters instead of isolating a thinner band of voters,” said Tyler Law, a campaign consultant for Lurie. “You need to convert second-choice votes into first. Because in [ranked] choice voting, you have to [reach] the final two to have those voters come to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, former Supervisor and Interim Mayor Mark Farrell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007701/san-francisco-mayors-race-gets-an-unlikely-alliance-in-mark-farrell-and-ahsha-safai\">formally announced an alliance with Supervisor Ahsha Safaí\u003c/a>, urging voters to mark them as their first and second choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two represent vastly different backgrounds and constituencies. Farrell worked as a venture capitalist and served the city’s wealthy Marina district as supervisor, while Safaí, the only immigrant in the race with a background in labor organizing, oversees one of the city’s most prominently working class and diverse neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said their approach was designed to extend their appeal to voters they might not capture on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you think about alliances and partnerships, it’s about complementing,” Safaí said. “I’m going to spend time over the next month getting him in front of and having conversations with a number of my key constituencies that he might not have had history with so that they can ask him the tough questions and ultimately make their own decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell and Safaí recently took their plea to voters a step further, asking them to explicitly leave Breed and Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the most progressive candidate in the race, off their ballots completely and calling for Lurie voters to rank Farrell second. [aside postID=\"news_12003469\" label=\"Related Story\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We both believe London Breed should not be mayor of San Francisco,” Farrell said at a recent press conference. “This alliance strengthens our bases, broadens support, and boosts our chances of victory by uplifting each other in key parts of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDaniel said second-choice votes are still up for grabs in this election, especially for Farrell and Lurie, who polls show still have a path to unseating the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They both understand that to win, they have to get more second-choice votes,” McDaniel said. “Breed has a pretty clear first choice lead, and there is an opening in the second and third choice ranked support to maybe pass Breed’s lead in the rank choice voting tally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the unlikely alliance has already stirred some controversy and turned off some voters.[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Union of Healthcare Workers this week announced it would rescind its second-choice endorsement of Safaí due to his campaign strategy with Farrell. 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"content": "\u003cp>City leaders rallied Thursday morning to urge the San Francisco Unified School District to halt its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">effort to close as many as 11 campuses\u003c/a>, which they say will have a disproportionate impact on the city’s immigrant population and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes three elementary schools that could close, said Jean Parker Elementary, in particular, is integral to the Chinatown community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more than just a school site,” Peskin, who is a candidate for mayor, said during the rally outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School, which is also on the list of potential closures. “This is an intimate part of the fabric of this community. This is the densest part of San Francisco, and that’s why we have this many school sites in San Francisco. It is also the heartland of the Chinese-American community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a hectic and agonizing few months of waiting and confusion for parents, Superintendent Matt Wayne on Tuesday released \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">a list of 11 campuses that could close\u003c/a> at the end of this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list includes a few schools with special programs geared toward Cantonese-speaking families, one of which is in Peskin’s District 3 near Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe title=\"Student Demographic Makeup at SFUSD Schools Slated to Merge or Close\" aria-label=\"Multiple Donuts\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-rz3JE\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rz3JE/5/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"481\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003cbr>\nJean Parker, which serves students from Chinatown along with Nob Hill and Russian Hill, has a Cantonese biliteracy program, and about 65% of its students identify as Asian or Pacific Islander. 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Lau and John Yehall Chin elementary schools, where Jean Parker’s general education students could go next year if it closes, also identify as Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, who represents the Richmond and Presidio, said that it “seems like [the closures are] targeting Chinese Americans and Asian American families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the district’s initial list, is the only bilingual and immersion school in the Richmond, Chan said, and many of its students have family members who are monolingual Cantonese speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs cover the fence in front of Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, to push for city intervention in SFUSD’s school closure plans. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students who are enrolled in Sutro’s Cantonese biliteracy program would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary next year, but Chan said an immersion program would be very different from the support they get at Sutro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chinese [Immersion School at] De Avila is really an immersion program where your primary language doesn't have to be Chinese — or in this case, Cantonese — to be part,” she told KQED. “For Sutro Elementary, though, it’s not just about the language itself, but also many of [the students] are actually what we would call newcomer immigrants. They typically would be first generation, newly arrived immigrants, or their family, are typically monolingual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while the goal of an immersion program is often for students to become bilingual, the biliteracy program at Sutro is geared toward families whose first language is Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at the event got emotional discussing the school communities affected by the list of potential closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a press conference outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a similar situation for me because … during my senior year of high school, we were told our school was cutting a bunch of teachers because we didn't have money because enrollment was down,” said Queena Chen, an alumna of Spring Valley Elementary. “Does that sound familiar?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD last \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/MANY-S-F-SCHOOLS-TO-CLOSE-OR-MERGE-In-front-of-3237431.php\">closed schools in 2005 and 2006\u003c/a>. Those consolidations drew criticism for disproportionately affecting schools with higher percentages of Black students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four schools in the Western Addition neighborhood shuttered in those two years, along with a K-8 school in the Bayview. The Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program was merged with Rosa Parks Elementary School in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has made a point to center equity in this round of cuts, citing an equity audit and weighing equity heavily in the “composite scores” it is giving schools to guide its decisions. In Wayne’s announcement sharing the initial list of campuses that qualify for closure under the district’s criteria, he said that elementary schools with under 260 students and composite scores in the lower 50% — which weigh equity, academic performance, school culture and use of resources — could be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfusd-releases-list-sf-schools-facing-closure-19752856.php\">Data\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> shows that the demographic split of students affected by the closures aligns pretty closely with the demographic makeup of the district. Still, there’s a lot of concern over where the schools getting cut are located and which communities will be the most heavily affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that there is a general sense that the list of schools proposed to be merged and closed is unequitable,” said Vanessa Marrero, the executive director of Parents for Public School Students of San Francisco. “The three schools that are proposed for closure are all schools that have a high incidence of Asian populations and or bilingual education programs in the Chinese language, so that seems problematic to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan and Peskin are calling on the district to hold off on the consolidation plan and focus instead on remediating the district’s budget crisis, which puts it at risk of state takeover if it can’t cut an additional $113 million to balance the books by December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up as an immigrant who attended Galileo High School, Chan said that school communities can be a lifeline for families arriving in the city and added that budget solutions should be more thoroughly examined before turning to closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you really think about a school community — especially for immigrants and new immigrants — those are the very critical community spaces … so that they can actually take root and stay here and thrive as part of the larger San Francisco community,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>City leaders rallied Thursday morning to urge the San Francisco Unified School District to halt its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">effort to close as many as 11 campuses\u003c/a>, which they say will have a disproportionate impact on the city’s immigrant population and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes three elementary schools that could close, said Jean Parker Elementary, in particular, is integral to the Chinatown community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more than just a school site,” Peskin, who is a candidate for mayor, said during the rally outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School, which is also on the list of potential closures. “This is an intimate part of the fabric of this community. This is the densest part of San Francisco, and that’s why we have this many school sites in San Francisco. It is also the heartland of the Chinese-American community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They typically would be first generation, newly arrived immigrants, or their family, are typically monolingual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while the goal of an immersion program is often for students to become bilingual, the biliteracy program at Sutro is geared toward families whose first language is Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at the event got emotional discussing the school communities affected by the list of potential closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a press conference outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a similar situation for me because … during my senior year of high school, we were told our school was cutting a bunch of teachers because we didn't have money because enrollment was down,” said Queena Chen, an alumna of Spring Valley Elementary. “Does that sound familiar?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD last \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/MANY-S-F-SCHOOLS-TO-CLOSE-OR-MERGE-In-front-of-3237431.php\">closed schools in 2005 and 2006\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco voters will choose their next mayor this November, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007833/london-breed-makes-her-case-for-re-election\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a> is bringing you interviews with all the top candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed, a San Francisco native who steered the city during the COVID-19 pandemic, is promising voters she’ll see through the work she started in a second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five key takeaways from our interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1471812915\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Personal ties to the overdose crisis motivate her public service\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Growing up in the city’s public housing, Breed said she learned to “balance pride with the real problems” she witnessed, such as violence and drug addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sister suffered from addiction. She lost her battle with drugs and lost her life,” Breed told KQED. “When I think about why I’m in public service in the first place, it’s because I’m trying to make sure this city makes the right kinds of investments to stop that kind of thing from happening again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s partly why she appointed Matt Dorsey, who is in recovery and drug addiction, to the Board of Supervisors. 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The kit includes new syringes, fentanyl test strips, and Narcan. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When I’ve made hard decisions that I know people have criticized, including the arrest of people suffering from addiction to get them into treatment, or Prop F… that’s coming from people in recovery,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She wants the mayor to have more power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While her opponents for mayor have made promises to ax department heads such as the Chief of Police or the Director of Public Health, Breed said that firing department heads is “easier said than done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incumbent has sparred with the police commission, which provides citizen oversight for the police department and would make recommendations for a new chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not interested in any names they would send me,” Breed said. “This has been a rogue commission. I don’t have the support I need to do anything right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She accused her opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, of pushing legislation over the years that has increased checks and balances between the mayor and the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Willie Brown could appoint any police commissioner or MTA commissioner without going through the Board of Supervisors,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not suggesting that the mayor doesn’t have a lot of authority. I am saying there are things the public would expect the mayor can do but we need to make changes so the mayor can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She says she’s rooting out corruption that predated her time in City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Throughout Breed’s first term, multiple city officials and department heads were convicted for corruption and are now serving time in prison, including Mohammed Nuru, former head of the Director of Public Works, and former Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly, who was appointed by her predecessor, Mayor Ed Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back when I first became mayor, it was very devastating. I was just coming in as mayor, and I had to make some really hard decisions, and I did that,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, new corruption allegations have continued to follow Breed’s tenure, like the recent scandal at the Dreamkeeper Initiative, Breed’s hallmark program for the Black community, which is facing allegations of misspending and other ethics violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We took the action to freeze funding, to do investigations, and ask for her resignation,” Breed said, referring to Sheryl Davis, who led the city’s Human Rights Commission until resigning in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely hurt and disappointed by what has transpired. As a leader of the city, when you hire people, you put a lot of trust in them,” Breed said. “Even though I didn’t hire any of them, they still worked under my administration and I have to take responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She vows to get more aggressive in clearing homeless encampments\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Tents with various items on a sidewalk next to a large vehicle.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment on Division Street in San Francisco in 2016. \u003ccite>(Amy Mostafa/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed received accolades for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the city faced increased criticism for an increase in overall homelessness, even as the number of sidewalk encampments has decreased. Breed touted her administration’s expansion of shelter capacity by 60% while also adding more units to the city’s permanent supportive housing stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='san-francisco-mayor-election']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed cities to enforce anti-camping laws even if there was no available shelter, Breed directed city crews to become more aggressive with issuing citations and removing encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We aren’t saying this is an option. We are saying this is the option,” Breed said. “It’s not to imply that it’s gone away, but we have better tools to combat it. And we are trying to reconnect people with the places that they came from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the majority of people (69%) who are homeless in San Francisco were living in the city at the time that they lost their housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/research-and-reports/pit/#PIT-Count-Dashboard\">2024 federal data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She says challenges like homelessness are not ‘what defines us as a city’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Breed was raised by her grandmother in San Francisco’s Western Addition neighborhood before moving to attend the University of California, Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There, she said, she experienced real “culture shock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know much about college until 10th grade. I didn’t understand what a higher education option looked like. It was about graduating from high school. 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I don’t have the support I need to do anything right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She accused her opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, of pushing legislation over the years that has increased checks and balances between the mayor and the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Willie Brown could appoint any police commissioner or MTA commissioner without going through the Board of Supervisors,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not suggesting that the mayor doesn’t have a lot of authority. I am saying there are things the public would expect the mayor can do but we need to make changes so the mayor can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She says she’s rooting out corruption that predated her time in City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Throughout Breed’s first term, multiple city officials and department heads were convicted for corruption and are now serving time in prison, including Mohammed Nuru, former head of the Director of Public Works, and former Public Utilities Commission General Manager Harlan Kelly, who was appointed by her predecessor, Mayor Ed Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back when I first became mayor, it was very devastating. I was just coming in as mayor, and I had to make some really hard decisions, and I did that,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, new corruption allegations have continued to follow Breed’s tenure, like the recent scandal at the Dreamkeeper Initiative, Breed’s hallmark program for the Black community, which is facing allegations of misspending and other ethics violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We took the action to freeze funding, to do investigations, and ask for her resignation,” Breed said, referring to Sheryl Davis, who led the city’s Human Rights Commission until resigning in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am extremely hurt and disappointed by what has transpired. As a leader of the city, when you hire people, you put a lot of trust in them,” Breed said. “Even though I didn’t hire any of them, they still worked under my administration and I have to take responsibility.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>She vows to get more aggressive in clearing homeless encampments\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Tents with various items on a sidewalk next to a large vehicle.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/IMAG2736_qed-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment on Division Street in San Francisco in 2016. \u003ccite>(Amy Mostafa/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed received accolades for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the city faced increased criticism for an increase in overall homelessness, even as the number of sidewalk encampments has decreased. Breed touted her administration’s expansion of shelter capacity by 60% while also adding more units to the city’s permanent supportive housing stock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The measure was proposed by the moderate political organizing group TogetherSF, which is also endorsing Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual campaign donations to candidates are capped at $500, but those limits don’t apply to ballot measures. Proposition D has raised millions of dollars from tech billionaires like Michael Moritz, and opponents allege that Farrell is using the funding intended for the ballot measure to boost his mayoral campaign by appearing in commercials and mailers for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former supervisor has defended his strategies, saying they are legal and were reviewed by his legal team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I became the frontrunner for Mayor, my opponents started attacking me because they know that I have the courage and experience to make the tough choices to turn San Francisco around after six years of failed leadership,” Farrell said in a statement. “I lead both campaigns and make no apologies about it. I have disclosed everything from the beginning. Every penny for our shared expenses has been accounted for and disclosed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his bid for supervisor in 2010, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest ethics fine to date — $191,000 for alleged illegal coordination with an independent expenditure committee. He later settled and paid the city $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998469\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate with candidates Ahsha Safaí, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie and Aaron Peskin at the Sydney Goldstein Theater on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mayors backing the letter calling for an investigation into Farrell’s mayoral campaign have also all signaled their support for other candidates: Brown is backing incumbent Mayor London Breed, Agnos is backing Supervisor Aaron Peskin and Jordan is backing nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is silly season in San Francisco politics and voters should see right through this blatant coordinated attempt by my political opponents,” Farrell said. “Each of these former Mayors has endorsed one of my political opponents in this race, and this is nothing but pure political tactics, and it is shameful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jason McDaniel, a political science professor at San Francisco State University, called the letter a “political hit” in the increasingly tense race. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are complaints we have been hearing from [Farrell’s] opponents for a couple of months now. The weaponization of ethics charges is a very common thing in San Francisco politics. I’m not saying it’s never called for, but I’ve seen it in about every campaign,” McDaniel said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s possible that Mark Farrell has opened himself up to this — there has been a slow drip of these stories,” he added. “But this letter is obviously designed to affect the campaign and we need to be careful of what actual ethics processes play out.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the mayors, former City Attorney Louise Renne, former Supervisor Angela Alioto, former state Sen. Mark Leno, retired Judge Quentin Kopp, and attorneys John Keker and Randy Knox signed the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco won’t see the change it desperately needs by replacing one corrupt City Hall insider with another,” said campaign consultant Tyler Law in a campaign email for Lurie responding to the letter. “They built and exploited a corrupt bureaucracy, and now they’re telling voters they’re the only ones that can fix it. San Franciscans aren’t buying it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The gloves were off on Thursday night for what was likely the last major \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-mayor-election\">San Francisco mayoral debate this election\u003c/a> cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five leading candidates — Mayor London Breed, former supervisor and Mayor Mark Farrell, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí, and nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie — made their pitches to voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005315/watch-san-francisco-mayoral-debate-live-kqed\">at the debate hosted by KQED\u003c/a> and the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, and not without taking big swings at one another’s experience, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you may have missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breed fends off attacks from left and right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The candidates wasted no time launching critiques at Breed, who missed two recent debates. The incumbent mayor was largely on the defensive over her record on housing, homelessness, public safety and recent ethics scandals under her watch in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005630\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie listens to fellow candidates during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Breed appeared relaxed — and, at some points, annoyed — standing center stage and swinging back at her opponents, including swipes at Farrell for crime rates during his stint as interim mayor and Lurie’s lack of government experience. Meanwhile, she painted a picture of San Francisco that’s back and better than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This past summer has been one of the best summers in our city, and especially downtown, with night markets and open space and raves and events and activation and fun,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin carves out lane as a pro-tenant progressive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions about concerns over his past behavior and his own recovery after entering alcohol treatment, Peskin appeared calm and made the case for his plans for the city moving forward while opponents largely launched attacks on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peskin, the only progressive in the race, stressed that he wanted to make San Francisco more affordable and livable for everyday residents, not just “billionaires,” like he accused some of his opponents of doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken hits from other candidates and housing advocates for opposing developments in places like Telegraph Hill and North Beach. On Thursday night, he said he wants to expand rent control across the city and supports building affordable housing — but will seek to preserve neighborhood integrity and will not hand out blank checks to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí says students and studios will save downtown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a Q&A with reporters after the debate, Safaí shared his plans for the city’s downtown recovery that didn’t make it to the debate stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among his ideas to reenergize the city’s economic hub? Bringing TV and film production back to San Francisco, as well as another university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to invite Hollywood back to the city,” he said. “You can’t buy that kind of advertisement. It’s the thing that drove SF to being a tourist destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell doubles down on Breed’s failures but flounders on personal record\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell said the city has had its steepest decline under Breed’s leadership, calling out residents’ concerns over crime and a sluggish economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was certainly irony in the room when the former supervisor said crime and safety is “the reason why conventions left San Francisco” while the city was simultaneously hosting one of its largest tech conferences, Dreamforce, just across town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell also received a few groans from KQED’s live studio audience when asked what he has had to sacrifice in his relatively privileged life. He spoke of his immigrant parents’ modest upbringing — and said he has had to take out student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie takes swings at City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who recently launched campaign ads criticizing his opponents, took an onslaught of direct attacks from Breed as well as Peskin. He managed to slip in some of his ideas, like bringing in a new downtown police station near Moscone Center and touted his work building an affordable housing project through his nonprofit — which he said was built faster and cheaper than the average city project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the Tipping Point founder came back repeatedly to his Day One message: City Hall insiders created the mess, and it will take an outsider to fix things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breed fends off attacks from left and right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The candidates wasted no time launching critiques at Breed, who missed two recent debates. The incumbent mayor was largely on the defensive over her record on housing, homelessness, public safety and recent ethics scandals under her watch in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005630\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie listens to fellow candidates during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Breed appeared relaxed — and, at some points, annoyed — standing center stage and swinging back at her opponents, including swipes at Farrell for crime rates during his stint as interim mayor and Lurie’s lack of government experience. Meanwhile, she painted a picture of San Francisco that’s back and better than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This past summer has been one of the best summers in our city, and especially downtown, with night markets and open space and raves and events and activation and fun,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin carves out lane as a pro-tenant progressive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions about concerns over his past behavior and his own recovery after entering alcohol treatment, Peskin appeared calm and made the case for his plans for the city moving forward while opponents largely launched attacks on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peskin, the only progressive in the race, stressed that he wanted to make San Francisco more affordable and livable for everyday residents, not just “billionaires,” like he accused some of his opponents of doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken hits from other candidates and housing advocates for opposing developments in places like Telegraph Hill and North Beach. On Thursday night, he said he wants to expand rent control across the city and supports building affordable housing — but will seek to preserve neighborhood integrity and will not hand out blank checks to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí says students and studios will save downtown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a Q&A with reporters after the debate, Safaí shared his plans for the city’s downtown recovery that didn’t make it to the debate stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among his ideas to reenergize the city’s economic hub? Bringing TV and film production back to San Francisco, as well as another university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to invite Hollywood back to the city,” he said. “You can’t buy that kind of advertisement. It’s the thing that drove SF to being a tourist destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell doubles down on Breed’s failures but flounders on personal record\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell said the city has had its steepest decline under Breed’s leadership, calling out residents’ concerns over crime and a sluggish economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was certainly irony in the room when the former supervisor said crime and safety is “the reason why conventions left San Francisco” while the city was simultaneously hosting one of its largest tech conferences, Dreamforce, just across town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell also received a few groans from KQED’s live studio audience when asked what he has had to sacrifice in his relatively privileged life. He spoke of his immigrant parents’ modest upbringing — and said he has had to take out student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie takes swings at City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who recently launched campaign ads criticizing his opponents, took an onslaught of direct attacks from Breed as well as Peskin. He managed to slip in some of his ideas, like bringing in a new downtown police station near Moscone Center and touted his work building an affordable housing project through his nonprofit — which he said was built faster and cheaper than the average city project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the Tipping Point founder came back repeatedly to his Day One message: City Hall insiders created the mess, and it will take an outsider to fix things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it. I have a proven track record of getting big things done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Opposing visions of what San Francisco is — and what it can be — clashed on stage as the city’s five leading mayoral candidates offered stark differences on Thursday night at KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sold-out debate was the largest — and likely the last — major debate of the election cycle. Incumbent Mayor London Breed, who has drawn criticism from her opponents for dropping out of two recent debates, stood in the center of the stage wearing an aquamarine pantsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She faced an onslaught on her record, primarily from former Mayor Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie. With 46 days until Election Day, the gloves were off as soon as the debate — moderated by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer of KQED and Joe Garofoli of the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> — began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to see Mayor Breed finally at a debate after she’s been ducking them for the past two weeks,” Farrell said. “It is clear, Mayor Breed, you’re going to be here tonight telling the audience in San Francisco that everything’s just fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, didn’t spare anyone on the stage, including Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes couldn’t be higher for the city. San Francisco continues to experience a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery. Overdose rates remain at an epidemic level, driven by fentanyl and meth. The lack of new affordable housing has exacerbated the housing crisis. The “doom loop” chatter remains pervasive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was barely time for policy positions on improving the city’s laundry list of problems because the candidates were focused on landing zingers on Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She landed plenty of her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Lurie is probably one of the most dangerous people on the stage, so we definitely should be scared,” Breed said. “He has absolutely zero experience. He hasn’t even been employed for the past five years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She was also dismissive of Farrell, who slammed her for not doing enough to combat crime, even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">police data shows crime in the city was considerably down in the first half of 2024\u003c/a>. In August, the San Francisco Police Officers Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001603/san-francisco-police-union-backs-breed-for-mayor-as-deputy-sheriffs-go-for-farrell\">endorsed\u003c/a> Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know why we’re still listening to Mark Farrell talk about what he’s done — the same thing over and over again,” Breed said. “The fact is, crime is at its lowest level in 10 years. My budget is $200 million higher than his budget when [Farrell] served as temporary mayor. I have provided the police officers with the support and the 21st-century technology that they need to do their jobs, which is why crime is down in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12005315 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the Police Officers Association endorsed me only.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959861/sf-official-pleads-not-guilty-to-bribery-misappropriation-of-funds-charges\">sweeping investigations\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923588/disgraced-former-sf-public-works-chief-mohammed-nuru-sentenced-to-7-years-for-bribery-scheme\">arrests and convictions\u003c/a> of public officials for corruption have scandalized City Hall. Earlier this month, a scandal surrounding the Dream Keeper initiative, the ambitious social equity program Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862094/sf-mayor-breed-unveils-plan-for-reinvesting-120-million-from-police-into-black-communities\">launched in 2021\u003c/a> to steer funds to community organizations supporting the city’s Black community, was revealed. Last week, Sheryl Davis, the former director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, resigned following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004687/mayor-breed-taps-new-sf-human-rights-director-as-misspending-scrutiny-intensifies\">reports of potential misspending of public money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have held myself accountable,” Breed said. “I immediately asked for and received her resignation. And even before this probe started, we had already paused funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí wasn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Corruption has imbued this administration since Day 1,” said Safai, who proposed an ordinance in 2023 that would have forced nonprofits to file paperwork with the city administrator’s office to show they are in good standing with the state. “I have led a charge to do mandatory audits and bring accountability, and this mayor did not support that measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005585\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell stayed on the offensive for the entire hourlong debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mayor that is overseeing a steeper decline in our city’s history than London Breed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First of all, unlike some of my opponents on this stage, I actually have a job, No. 1,” Breed fired back. “No. 2, to be very clear, crime is lower than it’s been in over a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “My results speak for themselves. We are seeing the city bounce back, and he is trying to take our city backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell claimed that neighborhoods are being held hostage by drug dealing and homelessness. If elected, he’s said he’d declare a fentanyl state of emergency, similar to what Lurie has proposed. His vision to redevelop downtown includes a focus on new housing. He rejected claims that he would shy away from development in his own district, the Marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe we need to build housing in every single neighborhood,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, who wants to expand rent control across the city, said he has never voted against affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said. “I have voted to approve more housing at all income levels all over this city than every candidate on this stage combined, over 100,000 units. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to see Mayor Breed finally at a debate after she’s been ducking them for the past two weeks,” Farrell said. “It is clear, Mayor Breed, you’re going to be here tonight telling the audience in San Francisco that everything’s just fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, didn’t spare anyone on the stage, including Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes couldn’t be higher for the city. San Francisco continues to experience a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery. Overdose rates remain at an epidemic level, driven by fentanyl and meth. The lack of new affordable housing has exacerbated the housing crisis. The “doom loop” chatter remains pervasive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was barely time for policy positions on improving the city’s laundry list of problems because the candidates were focused on landing zingers on Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She landed plenty of her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Lurie is probably one of the most dangerous people on the stage, so we definitely should be scared,” Breed said. “He has absolutely zero experience. 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In August, the San Francisco Police Officers Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001603/san-francisco-police-union-backs-breed-for-mayor-as-deputy-sheriffs-go-for-farrell\">endorsed\u003c/a> Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know why we’re still listening to Mark Farrell talk about what he’s done — the same thing over and over again,” Breed said. “The fact is, crime is at its lowest level in 10 years. My budget is $200 million higher than his budget when [Farrell] served as temporary mayor. I have provided the police officers with the support and the 21st-century technology that they need to do their jobs, which is why crime is down in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Last week, Sheryl Davis, the former director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, resigned following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004687/mayor-breed-taps-new-sf-human-rights-director-as-misspending-scrutiny-intensifies\">reports of potential misspending of public money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have held myself accountable,” Breed said. “I immediately asked for and received her resignation. And even before this probe started, we had already paused funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí wasn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Corruption has imbued this administration since Day 1,” said Safai, who proposed an ordinance in 2023 that would have forced nonprofits to file paperwork with the city administrator’s office to show they are in good standing with the state. “I have led a charge to do mandatory audits and bring accountability, and this mayor did not support that measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005585\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell stayed on the offensive for the entire hourlong debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mayor that is overseeing a steeper decline in our city’s history than London Breed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First of all, unlike some of my opponents on this stage, I actually have a job, No. 1,” Breed fired back. “No. 2, to be very clear, crime is lower than it’s been in over a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “My results speak for themselves. We are seeing the city bounce back, and he is trying to take our city backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell claimed that neighborhoods are being held hostage by drug dealing and homelessness. If elected, he’s said he’d declare a fentanyl state of emergency, similar to what Lurie has proposed. His vision to redevelop downtown includes a focus on new housing. He rejected claims that he would shy away from development in his own district, the Marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe we need to build housing in every single neighborhood,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, who wants to expand rent control across the city, said he has never voted against affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said. “I have voted to approve more housing at all income levels all over this city than every candidate on this stage combined, over 100,000 units. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>[\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005576/san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-clash-as-breed-faces-attacks-from-farrell-lurie\">San Francisco mayoral candidates clashed on Sept. 19 as Breed Faces Attacks from Farrell, Lurie\u003c/a>.]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s mayoral race is heating up as candidates mount attacks against their opponents and make their case for why their blueprint for the city’s future is the winning one. On Thursday evening beginning at 7:00 p.m., voters will have a chance to hear from all five major candidates at a debate presented by KQED and \u003cem>the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-profile election comes as San Francisco has drawn increased national attention, partly due to Vice President Kamala Harris — who began her political career in the city — rising to the top of the Democratic ticket in the presidential race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight, the five leading mayoral hopefuls will go head-to-head on issues around homelessness, crime and safety, economic recovery and more. Here’s what to watch out for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Housing and homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s next mayor will need to pave the way for creating tens of thousands of housing units to meet state mandates, as well as find ways to more effectively help people experiencing homelessness get and stay housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has cemented herself as the pro-housing candidate, advocating for new housing at all income levels across the city and earning an endorsement from the YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) Action group. But she’s also faced criticism over the city’s sluggishness to build more affordable units and open up enough shelters so more people can exit homelessness and find permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo ties his belongings to a wagon as he prepares to relocate before the sweep team arrives. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, who has positioned himself as the City Hall outsider in the race, points to projects he led as the founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point as evidence of his ability to quickly build affordable housing in San Francisco. Skeptics, however, question whether his nonprofit experience will effectively translate to navigating government bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, progressive Supervisor Aaron Peskin has taken heat for previously blocking some housing projects, though he has shown support for new affordable development in conjunction with stronger renter protections. Recently, Peskin proposed dramatically expanding rent control protections to all buildings across San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Crime and safety\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s a top priority for all of the candidates – and a notable shift from 2020 when city officials, including Breed herself, supported calls for defunding the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Breed is touting the work she has done to increase police funding, making technology like drones available to law enforcement, and recent improvements in reported crime statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004882 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/LondonBreedSFPDTech-1020x733.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, former supervisor and interim Mayor Mark Farrell has said he will fully support building up the police force and wants to bring in the National Guard to enforce drug and anti-camping laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, Lurie and Supervisor Ahsha Safaí have all said they want to fully staff the police department and increase the ranks of officers who can speak multiple languages. However, these candidates have also made root causes of crime like poverty, housing and education a focus of their public safety rhetoric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As their proposals rolled out, the recent shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall in Union Square reignited debates over public safety downtown. Pearsall survived the shooting and was quickly released from the hospital. But Farrell, who has positioned himself to the right of Breed, took the opportunity to criticize the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Enough is enough,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MarkFarrellSF/status/1830028537363120338\">Farrell posted\u003c/a> on social media after the shooting. “If we want public safety in San Francisco, then we need change in City Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed and other mayoral candidates called Farrell’s response a crass example of political opportunism. In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/ricky-pearsall-shooting-mark-farrell-fails-key-mayoral-test/article_7d356884-6947-11ef-8b16-2bbcf715ae7c.html\">op-ed\u003c/a> for the San Francisco Examiner, former Mayor Willie Brown said Farrell’s comments were “pretty unhinged” and harped on Farrell for “expressing neither remorse for the victim of a shooting nor appreciation for the police officers who made the arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie and Peskin expressed concern for Pearsall and broader issues of gun violence in their responses — reactions that Brown said “passed” his leadership test.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ethics and personal backgrounds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This race has not been without its fair share of controversy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has come under fire again over reports of potentially improper spending at City Hall. The city attorney is investigating grants and contracts awarded by Sheryl Davis, who resigned as director of the Human Rights Commission after the reports were published. Davis’ office was in charge of administering Breed’s Dream Keeper Initiative, a program designed to provide better housing, work training and other equitable opportunities for Black San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004947 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/012_KQED_LondonBreedQA_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s on top of other examples, including the July arrest of Kyra Worthy, the former leader of the nonprofit SF SAFE, who faces 34 felony charges over accusations that she misused public funds and donations intended for crime-prevention programs. That followed one of the city’s largest corruption scandals, an FBI investigation targeting bribery and fraud at City Hall that has led to multiple convictions of former city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other candidates are on the defensive about their records, too. Farrell has come under increased scrutiny for ties to a ballot initiative, Proposition D, that has raised millions of dollars largely from Silicon Valley billionaires and conservative donors. His opponents allege that he is misusing campaign funds directed at the ballot measure and blurring the lines between it and his own mayoral campaign, including by appearing prominently in ads for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a supervisor, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest campaign finance violation fine of $191,000, stemming from his 2010 run for supervisor when his then-opponent Janet Reilly alleged that Farrell’s campaign illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee. Farrell later settled for $25,000 and the Fair Political Practices Commission exonerated him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin has also had to clear up past flops while on the campaign trail, like apologizing to the firefighters union at their recent debate for berating the first responders for their handling of a blaze in his district in 2018. Fire Department members alleged that Peskin was intoxicated during the incident, which Peskin denied. After additional complaints about his behavior, the Board of Supervisors president started treatment in 2021 and has been sober from alcohol for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know we have real challenges, but I want to make things better, and that’s the experience that I’m living now,” Peskin recently told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s leading the race?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With about six weeks remaining until election day, no clear frontrunner has emerged. Political consultant Jim Ross describes the race as “still a toss-up” but suggests that this could change as November gets closer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if voters are saying, ‘I’m supporting Breed or Farrell or Peskin,’ I think they are still open to change or looking for a candidate who will grab hold of their imagination,” Ross said. “At this point, most of the campaigns have been waiting for the election to get closer to make their strongest arguments and spend most of their money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidates face off at a San Francisco Fire Fighters union debate on Thursday, July 8. Left to right: Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell, London Breed, Aaron Peskin and Daniel Lurie. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/farrell-edges-ahead-of-breed-in-sf-mayors-race-according-to-kron4-poll/\">polls\u003c/a> in the mayor’s race, released Tuesday from KRON4 and Emerson College Polling, found Farrell just slightly ahead with 20.6% of voters’ first-choice picks, followed closely by Breed with 20.3%. But Lurie rises to the top with 21% of voters’ second-choice picks, giving him a pathway to victory via the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the poll showed Peskin with about 9% of first-choice votes. Progressives are ramping up their messaging to voters around affordability and inclusivity to stay in the fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, about 27% of voters in the poll, which has a 3.5% margin of error, said they are still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once these debates start to get into full swing, voters can really focus,” Ross said. “But the election is up for grabs at this point still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch up on all our coverage of the San Francisco mayor’s race, which includes interviews with all the leading candidates: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999653/sf-mayors-race-supervisor-ahsha-safai-talks-homelessness-accountability-and-iranian-roots\">\u003cem>Ahsha Safaí\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000444/former-san-francisco-supervisor-mark-farrell-makes-a-comeback-bid-for-mayor\">\u003cem>Mark Farrell\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">\u003cem>Daniel Lurie\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003700/aaron-peskin-wants-to-lead-san-franciscos-journey-to-recovery\">\u003cem>Aaron Peskin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, and stay tuned for our interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997349/london-breed-wins-key-endorsement-of-san-francisco-democratic-party-in-mayors-race\">London Breed\u003c/a> next month.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s on top of other examples, including the July arrest of Kyra Worthy, the former leader of the nonprofit SF SAFE, who faces 34 felony charges over accusations that she misused public funds and donations intended for crime-prevention programs. That followed one of the city’s largest corruption scandals, an FBI investigation targeting bribery and fraud at City Hall that has led to multiple convictions of former city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other candidates are on the defensive about their records, too. Farrell has come under increased scrutiny for ties to a ballot initiative, Proposition D, that has raised millions of dollars largely from Silicon Valley billionaires and conservative donors. His opponents allege that he is misusing campaign funds directed at the ballot measure and blurring the lines between it and his own mayoral campaign, including by appearing prominently in ads for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a supervisor, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest campaign finance violation fine of $191,000, stemming from his 2010 run for supervisor when his then-opponent Janet Reilly alleged that Farrell’s campaign illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee. Farrell later settled for $25,000 and the Fair Political Practices Commission exonerated him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin has also had to clear up past flops while on the campaign trail, like apologizing to the firefighters union at their recent debate for berating the first responders for their handling of a blaze in his district in 2018. Fire Department members alleged that Peskin was intoxicated during the incident, which Peskin denied. After additional complaints about his behavior, the Board of Supervisors president started treatment in 2021 and has been sober from alcohol for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know we have real challenges, but I want to make things better, and that’s the experience that I’m living now,” Peskin recently told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s leading the race?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With about six weeks remaining until election day, no clear frontrunner has emerged. Political consultant Jim Ross describes the race as “still a toss-up” but suggests that this could change as November gets closer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if voters are saying, ‘I’m supporting Breed or Farrell or Peskin,’ I think they are still open to change or looking for a candidate who will grab hold of their imagination,” Ross said. “At this point, most of the campaigns have been waiting for the election to get closer to make their strongest arguments and spend most of their money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidates face off at a San Francisco Fire Fighters union debate on Thursday, July 8. Left to right: Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell, London Breed, Aaron Peskin and Daniel Lurie. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/farrell-edges-ahead-of-breed-in-sf-mayors-race-according-to-kron4-poll/\">polls\u003c/a> in the mayor’s race, released Tuesday from KRON4 and Emerson College Polling, found Farrell just slightly ahead with 20.6% of voters’ first-choice picks, followed closely by Breed with 20.3%. But Lurie rises to the top with 21% of voters’ second-choice picks, giving him a pathway to victory via the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the poll showed Peskin with about 9% of first-choice votes. Progressives are ramping up their messaging to voters around affordability and inclusivity to stay in the fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, about 27% of voters in the poll, which has a 3.5% margin of error, said they are still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once these debates start to get into full swing, voters can really focus,” Ross said. “But the election is up for grabs at this point still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch up on all our coverage of the San Francisco mayor’s race, which includes interviews with all the leading candidates: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999653/sf-mayors-race-supervisor-ahsha-safai-talks-homelessness-accountability-and-iranian-roots\">\u003cem>Ahsha Safaí\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000444/former-san-francisco-supervisor-mark-farrell-makes-a-comeback-bid-for-mayor\">\u003cem>Mark Farrell\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">\u003cem>Daniel Lurie\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003700/aaron-peskin-wants-to-lead-san-franciscos-journey-to-recovery\">\u003cem>Aaron Peskin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, and stay tuned for our interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997349/london-breed-wins-key-endorsement-of-san-francisco-democratic-party-in-mayors-race\">London Breed\u003c/a> next month.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Confused about commission reform? You’re probably not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters will face \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992466/san-francisco-sees-competing-proposals-to-reform-byzantine-city-commissions\">two competing ballot measures\u003c/a> this November, both aiming to streamline commissions and advisory boards that provide public oversight for city departments and programs. And recently, Mayor London Breed announced her own third proposal, which could go to voters in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Election Day draws near, the competing campaigns behind the two measures ramp up their efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This November, we have a choice between two measures, Prop. E, which provides real government reform that promotes accountable government, and Prop. D, which reduces citizen participation,” supervisor and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin told Proposition E supporters rallying outside City Hall on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition E, sponsored by Peskin, would create a task force to evaluate the city’s charter and its nearly 130 commissions and set recommendations for improvements and cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s directly competing with Proposition D, sponsored by the billionaire-backed moderate group TogetherSF. That plan would also create a task force to evaluate commission reform to modify the city charter. However, it would go further by promising to eliminate nearly half the city’s current commissions and advisory boards, which could range from the Arts Commission to the Library Commission or the Homeless Oversight Commission. It also sets a new cap of 65 citizen oversight bodies and gives the mayor more appointment power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would just blow up so much, it would be hard to even start to figure out how you could start to fix things,” said Ed Harrington, a former controller for San Francisco and general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, who is opposing Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition D say their approach would allow the city to make changes more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco’s government structure fundamentally needs reform,” said Kanishka Cheng, the founder of TogetherSF. “It’s grown so big, it’s cumbersome and burdensome for anyone to deal with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed recently yanked her support for Proposition D, which has faced scrutiny for its ties to mayoral candidate Mark Farrell. But she’s not backing Proposition E either. Instead, Breed is directing the city controller and city administrator to develop and pass a charter reform measure for the 2026 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004619\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters for Proposition E rally in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2024 \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The current charter, with its layers of bureaucracy added over the years, has created inefficiency and diffused accountability across our governance structures,” Breed said in a statement. “The good news is that we can fix this by stepping back and reconsidering the Charter as a whole. That time is now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to political analysts like Jim Ross, the issues with San Francisco’s charter and commission system are not a priority for most voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, it’s become a battleground in the fight over checks and balances in San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998045/what-powers-does-the-san-francisco-mayor-have-and-other-questions-about-the-election\">strong mayor system\u003c/a>, which includes an elected mayor, a board of supervisors and other elected officials like the city attorney, and whether the city should consolidate power into the hands of fewer officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people in San Francisco have no idea how many boards and commissions there are. And I don’t think they understand the role they play in city government,” Ross said. “These are pretty much meaningless in terms of making the city run more efficiently and effectively. I don’t think it will change a huge amount.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross acknowledges that the city’s charter may benefit from some adjustments. But he said that is being overshadowed by politics in the mayor’s race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11992466,news_11998045,news_11999069\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor of San Francisco, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999003/billionaire-backed-moderate-political-group-hit-with-ethics-fine-for-2022-chesa-boudin-recall\">faced criticism\u003c/a> for his ties to TogetherSF. He’s also been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002617/mayor-breed-orders-increased-scrutiny-of-san-francisco-contract-work-grantees\">accused of misusing funds\u003c/a> collected through the ballot measure to pay for campaign-related expenses, like interns and other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidate contributions from individuals are capped at $500. But billionaires are pouring big money into the ballot measure, like venture capitalist Michael Moritz, who has given nearly $3 million in total to the ballot initiative. Although campaign rules prohibit Farrell from using ballot funds for his campaign, he still appears in ads supporting the ballot measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a bunch of these committees, and restructuring them has become a shell vehicle to fund the Mark Farrell-for-mayor campaign,” Ross said. “There might be a real discussion to have there about how the city governs itself, but that hasn’t happened in any of this debate over reform.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng said that TogetherSF’s approach is fair and legal and pointed out that several other candidates support ballot measures. The city’s nearly 130 commissions include some potentially redundant bodies, and she said that has slowed city officials’ ability to take action on pressing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prop. E doesn’t guarantee that anything changes. 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