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However, the pilot program there ultimately wound down after little use from law enforcement as an additional drop-off site for arrestees, although some drop-in guests told KQED they enjoyed the site’s free coffee and chairs to rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, the city also opened a drop-in stabilization center in the Tenderloin at 822 Geary St. That facility is still operating and has shown greater success at connecting people struggling with addiction to immediate care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For too long, San Franciscans have been told that we must choose between clean, safe neighborhoods and compassion for those struggling on our streets,” Lurie said. “The RESET Center is a health-focused facility designed to care for publicly intoxicated individuals by moving them off the street and into a safe, controlled environment. It provides hope by giving individuals a chance to sober up and be connected to treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Sheriff Paul Miyamoto disputed the idea that the center is legally risky during the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we are doing is absolutely legal. We’re taking people off the street, taking them into custody for public intoxication,” Miyamoto said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Matt Dorsey, a self-identified recovering drug addict whose district includes SoMa, called the RESET Center “the single most important policy shift in San Francisco since the advent of the fentanyl crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know I’m not alone in the recovery community in believing that nothing San Francisco has done over the years to tolerate public drug use has helped anyone — not our neighborhoods, not our businesses, and, most of all, not anyone on the street struggling with a fentanyl addiction,” he said Tuesday. “I’m convinced [the RESET Center] will improve street conditions, diminish drug-driven lawlessness and save lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not everyone in City Hall is on board with the plan. Supervisors Jackie Fielder and Connie Chan voted against moving forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RESET is just the latest in a series of programs and initiatives Lurie’s administration has launched since taking office, with varying success, as part of his Breaking the Cycle initiative. Many of those have increased law enforcement’s role in responding to drug crises. The city has also consolidated its street response teams under one department and completely cut off some street-level harm reduction programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12026723 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250211_SFPOLICETRIAGE_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An outdoor triage center in a parking lot on Stevenson Street on Feb. 11, 2025. At the site, individuals who were arrested would get dropped off by police so they could either get treatment, take a bus out of town or go to jail. The center, operated as a 30-day pilot program, also offered resources and food to individuals. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A year ago, the mayor opened a triage center on Sixth Street, which is known as a hot spot for street-level drug challenges. However, the pilot program there ultimately wound down after little use from law enforcement as an additional drop-off site for arrestees, although some drop-in guests told KQED they enjoyed the site’s free coffee and chairs to rest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, the city also opened a drop-in stabilization center in the Tenderloin at 822 Geary St. That facility is still operating and has shown greater success at connecting people struggling with addiction to immediate care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For too long, San Franciscans have been told that we must choose between clean, safe neighborhoods and compassion for those struggling on our streets,” Lurie said. “The RESET Center is a health-focused facility designed to care for publicly intoxicated individuals by moving them off the street and into a safe, controlled environment. It provides hope by giving individuals a chance to sober up and be connected to treatment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Daniel Zimmerman heard that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> would offer free or low-cost child care to more families, he went online to make sure he and his wife qualify for a discount and started dreaming about having another baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the last few years, the couple has been paying about $3,500 per month to send their children, ages 2 and 5, to a Spanish immersion preschool. Zimmerman said even though they earn six figures — he’s a nurse, and she’s a dietician — keeping up with the high cost of child care leaves them “basically in the red every month.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not saving money, but we figured, especially when they’re young, we’ll just weather the storm until they get into public school,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prospect of getting financial aid made him think they could raise three kids in the city. But he may need to brace for some snags when he starts looking for child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under guidelines set by the city Department of Early Childhood, income-eligible families can only select from nearly 600 child care programs within a pre-approved network. That might limit parents’ choices at a time when San Francisco is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069711/san-francisco-expands-child-care-subsidies-to-tackle-affordability-issues\">expanding child care subsidies\u003c/a> to middle-income earners as part of a broader push to make the city affordable for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced that a family of four making less than $234,000 a year can get free child care, and starting in July, those earning up to $312,000 annually will qualify for a \u003ca href=\"https://provider.sfdec.org/wp-content/uploads/ELFA-Center-FCC-Rates-FY25-26.pdf\">50% discount\u003c/a>. The changes put San Francisco ahead of other major cities in offering nearly universal access to child care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071945\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00075_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00075_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00075_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00075_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children play at an in-home child care business called Daycare Bumblebee in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Up to 12,000 kids under age 5 will be eligible for the newly expanded subsidies — though fewer than half are expected to enroll — paid by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948690/business-tax-provides-crucial-funding-for-early-childhood-education-and-care-in-san-francisco\">funds from Baby Prop C, a 3.5% tax on commercial property leases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people are excited and have a lot of questions,” said Mark Ryle, CEO of Wu Yee Children’s Services, an agency contracted by the city to refer families who qualify for subsidies to child care providers with available spaces. “We’ve seen a pretty significant uptick in inquiries around the tuition credit program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some families are discovering, though, that getting public funding for child care comes with a catch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The early years matter. Tell us what you want to learn about early childhood education and care by \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8658266/ChildhoodAudience\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>clicking here\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>When Danielle Eichenbaum learned she qualified for the city’s subsidized child care, her toddler was already enrolled in Daycare Bumblebee in the West Portal neighborhood. She wanted him to stay — not only with the caregivers he already bonded with, but because they were teaching him Russian and exposing him to music, karate and other enriching activities.[aside postID=news_12069711 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SFCHILDCARESUBSIDIES00057_TV-KQED.jpg']But the day care wasn’t part of the city-funded network, called Early Learning for All, or ELFA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I cried when we left. It was such a wonderful program,” she said. “His program now is great, too, but I miss the other one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bumblebee’s owner, Lyuba Schkolnik, decided to join ELFA to help Eichenbaum. But she soon discovered the process could take more than a year, requiring her to complete several early childhood education classes and undergo evaluations to determine if her program meets the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://provider.sfdec.org/wp-content/uploads/Quality-Standard_Updated_052125.pdf\">quality standards\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schkolnik, who left a marketing career to open her day care, didn’t mind taking the classes and hopes to get in. Joining the network comes with perks: Last year, in-home day care owners like her got $16,000 stipends to help them earn a living wage, and $12,000 to boost their assistants’ pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But the fact it takes so long for someone to become a provider within the system is a little bit disheartening because the [expanded subsidies] are supposed to launch shortly, and we want to help families,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other parents expressed frustration over a policy that prohibits placing a deposit to hold space at their preferred day care, which is a standard practice in private-pay programs, where families often compete for scarce infant-care slots. Ryle said this assures fair access for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eichenbaum said that while she understood the system’s equitable goals, she worries the high standards to join ELFA are making it too hard for providers like Schkolnik to participate in the system and for parents like her to get the child care that works for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071946\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071946\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00137_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00137_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00137_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00137_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lyuba Shkolnik teaches children how to bake muffins at her in-home child care business called Daycare Bumblebee in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Their goals are so lofty that they don’t look at the real-world impact,” she said. “They are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside City Hall, two members of the Board of Supervisors want the early childhood department to speed things up for providers who want to join ELFA. They worry that when the subsidies expand, the waitlist for child care will grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Do I want to go faster than they probably feel comfortable with? Of course I do,” Supervisor Stephen Sherrill said. “I think we can expand the system without sacrificing quality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Myrna Melgar said she’d like to see a simpler and more accessible system.[aside postID=news_12070762 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/240911-CHILDCARE-REAX-MD-01_qed.jpg']“There are multiple things that go into the decision to pick a provider. It’s how you feel. Sometimes it’s cultural and language competence, sometimes it is proximity to your home or work. And so on top of it, to layer a bunch of other things for eligibility, it makes it difficult and complicated,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ingrid Mezquita, director of the Department of Early Childhood, said the city is carefully building out the system, adding more ELFA sites and infant and toddler care slots in neighborhoods that need them most. Depending on their qualifications, she said, some providers can “easily whisk through in less than three months and some programs may take a little longer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to have those kinds of quality assurances because, at the end of the day, our accountability and our responsibility is to that child and to that family and the programs that do come on board and do enroll in this public funding support also prescribe to that and have that shared accountability with us,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the past three years, the city used unspent funds that accrued when it was fighting a taxpayer group’s lawsuit over Baby Prop C to clear the waitlist for lower-income families who needed child care, boost wages for more than 3,000 early educators, who have historically been underpaid, and support their professional development. Those funds are expected to run out in six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the city-funded child care programs are serving more than 9,000 kids, have a lower staff turnover rate than the state average, and children’s kindergarten readiness has gone up, Mezquita said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00152_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00152_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00152_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260130-SFCHILDCAREACCESS00152_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shoes line a cubby at Daycare Bumblebee in San Francisco on Jan. 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>About 700 children are currently on the wait list for care, though there are about 1,000 available spaces. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/ZUh1Bsth8-A?si=PTZ2K3iIUmhwGT_J&t=1418\">To watch the video on YouTube, click here\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of San Francisco serving as a punching bag for political pundits, Mayor Daniel Lurie is adamant that those who wanted to see the city fail are now eating their words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all stuck it out during a brutal time,” Lurie said Wednesday night at KQED’s Mission District headquarters. “People bet against us, and that was a bad bet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A political outsider who had never worked in government before becoming mayor, Lurie said crime has decreased to historic lows and proudly praised what he described as “a different vibe in City Hall.” \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6022\">He joined\u003c/a> KQED’s \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/politicalbreakdown\">Political Breakdown\u003c/a>\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer for an in-depth discussion about his administration one year into his four-year term and what he’s focused on for the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are off to a strong start. One year of momentum is good, but it is not enough. We still have a long way to go” the mayor said. “I know the challenges we’re all facing on our streets, not only with public safety but the behavioral health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Behavioral Health and San Francisco General Hospital\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Overdoses in the city have leveled off, but remain at high and devastating levels. Lurie acknowledged San Francisco still has a long way to go to provide adequate housing, mental and behavioral health resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressure on the city’s care system came to a tragic flashpoint in December, when a social worker at San Francisco General Hospital was stabbed by a patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was maybe the worst day for me of my first year, without question, and the days that followed,” Lurie said, revealing that he held the hand of the slain social worker, Alberto Rangel, before he died. “Those who are taking care of us shouldn’t fear for their safety at any point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident has led to much debate over how the city should allocate resources to better protect first responders. Lurie said that the hospital could benefit from more security, but also said keeping services that help vulnerable populations easy to access is an important part of getting people to utilize them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The nurses and social workers at SF General are incredible people,” he said, “and I want to keep them safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie pointed to the need for increased locked subacute beds, which the city is currently working to increase at San Francisco General, and other tools like conservatorship and court-ordered treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, when asked about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Care Court program, Lurie didn’t seem enthusiastic about its results. “It’s a whole process, DPH and judges have to get involved,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070742\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One year into his term, Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"729\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer during a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Homelessness and Outdoor Drug Use\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Lurie’s first legislative moves was passing an ordinance giving the mayor more powers to bypass certain bureaucratic approvals to speed up contracting and funding services that address drug addiction and recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9dHECqx2JmsJ8xxjcQiQHEkA68?domain=sf.gov\">Breaking the Cycle plan\u003c/a>, the mayor has also set up a mental health drop-in center in the Tenderloin and is planning to open another stabilization center this spring where police can drop off people they find on the street experiencing a drug-related crisis.[aside postID=news_12070144 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NEWSOMLURIEPRESSER-14-BL-KQED.jpg']“I am far from satisfied, but I am really optimistic,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor also moved to integrate the city’s various street outreach teams under one agency and moved to stop providing safer \u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0XlPCyPmRxsArQQ5iyF7HxSByv?domain=sf.gov\">smoking supplies\u003c/a> outdoors and mandate counseling in exchange for any harm reduction supply distribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has cleared more tent encampments, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/daniel-lurie-poll-data-sf-20774151.php\">fueling high approval numbers\u003c/a> in Lurie’s first year. But the results have been met with some pushback from supervisors who said they’ve seen homelessness and street-level crime shuffle to neighborhoods in their districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to take all of us to send a message that we aren’t going to tolerate this behavior in our city. We still have work to do at 16th (Street), 24th (Street) and SoMa,” Lurie said. “It is better but we have a long way to go. The Mission deserves better, the Tenderloin deserves better… If something bad happens, it’s on my watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Donald Trump and the Bay Area’s Billionaires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trump administration walked back its plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco as part of an immigration enforcement blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor leaned on his connections to billionaires like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who made headlines when he said the president should send troops to the city just days before backpedaling, to convince the president to hold off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spoke to Marc after those comments and I said those are comments that may have been true a few years ago, but people lost the plot on San Francisco,” Lurie said of his conversation with Benioff. “They weren’t seeing what we were seeing, which is that crime was going down and the economic recovery was going in the right direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He carefully acknowledged he continues to worry about the possibility of a future enforcement blitz in the city and residents’ safety. But the mayor has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">never publicly mentioned President Donald Trump\u003c/a> by name, and hosts pressed him on his strategy Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know you two are trying to get something out of me,” Lurie said to the hosts. “I’m going to try to stay clear of as much noise as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070745\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"102\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Budget Woes and Affordability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is facing a nearly $936.6 million budget deficit in the next two fiscal years, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/Joint_Report_FY_26-27_through_FY_29-30.pdf\">city report\u003c/a> released in December 2025. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064324/its-devastating-more-than-100m-for-housing-homeless-at-risk-under-new-hud-policy\">Trump administration’s cuts\u003c/a> through the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ are also projected to pull nearly $300 million from the city’s budget for programs like food assistance and Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not going to fade on any San Francisco values as long as I’m mayor,” he said, still avoiding responding directly to questions about the Trump administration and federal funding cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie is backing a property tax to fund MUNI, which is also facing a fiscal cliff, and also working with Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on a regional funding proposal for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“MUNI is non-negotiable. We need to fund it,” Lurie said, marking a shift from previous comments suggesting MUNI should be responsible for addressing its own challenges. “We do not want to see service cuts, and this proposal has such a broad base of support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead, Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016350/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-commits-to-1-annual-salary\">takes a $1 salary\u003c/a> as mayor, said he’s focused on making San Francisco more affordable for working families. During his recent State of the City address, the mayor detailed his plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069711/san-francisco-expands-child-care-subsidies-to-tackle-affordability-issues\">increase child care subsidies\u003c/a>, a welcome shift to many middle-income households. But the plan, funded through a ballot measure voters passed in 2018, is projected to run out of dollars by 2032.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On housing, Lurie faced one of his toughest legislative battles last fall with his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066478/san-francisco-passed-a-new-zoning-plan-how-will-it-change-the-city\">plan to upzone\u003c/a> residential neighborhoods to make way for more housing. Supporters say it’s needed to build more homes in areas that have avoided development for decades, and in order to meet state housing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the plan could lead to real estate speculation that could displace low-income residents and small businesses, and fails to protect all of the city’s rent-controlled housing stock from demolition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s already a lawsuit and other interest from community groups around a potential ballot measure to challenge the zoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been litigated for years in San Francisco, and there are people that want no new housing in their neighborhoods,” Lurie said. “It’s a tired argument. And that’s the politics of the old, and that’s what we are trying to fight against.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070740\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"437\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026, as he marks one year in office amid debates over public safety and City Hall reforms. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Westside Politics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the city’s Richmond District and other neighborhoods went without power for several days this winter, Lurie, who often maintains a calm demeanor, said the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric failed to adequately communicate the issue with the city and residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What upset me the most was the communication,” he said, noting that it was difficult for residents to claim the offer of a hotel room during the widespread power outage. “We were going to give vouchers to people and told them to call 211 and they were not going through. They were being told they don’t qualify.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s first year has brought fresh faces to the Board of Supervisors, as he navigated recalls and his own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064108/mayor-daniel-luries-pick-for-sunset-supervisor-resigns-after-1-week\">appointment flop last fall in Beya Alcaraz\u003c/a>, who briefly represented the Sunset District before resigning after one week on the job amid controversy that marked the mayor’s first real, widely acknowledged misstep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I made a mistake. I did not set her up for success, and that is completely on me,” Lurie said, adding that he could have “done a better job of vetting” and that his administration beefed up its search process in making his next pick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel terrible about that, and I let the people of D4 down, and I think they have a good representative now who is working very hard,” he said, referring to the current District 4 supervisor, Alan Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for one of the city’s other ongoing power struggles, whether to put cars back on the Great Highway or leave it open as a public park, called Sunset Dunes, Lurie stayed out of the fray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if voters should weigh in on the issue again in a 2026 ballot measure, he said: “That’s up to the people… this is one of those things where you probably won’t like the answer. We have a billion-dollar budget deficit that I’m focused on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An audience listens as Mayor Daniel Lurie joins \u003cem data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"430\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer for a wide-ranging conversation at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Instagram and Economic Recovery\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie has earned a reputation as the city’s hype man on social media, particularly on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048631/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-is-all-over-instagram-is-he-saying-enough\">Instagram\u003c/a>, where he frequently promotes San Francisco’s economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday night, Lagos and Shafer played one of Lurie’s social media videos where he speaks with a Tenderloin falafel shop owner, hyping up a local business owner with his signature tag line, “Let’s go, San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get to meet people like him and get little hits of inspiration from small business owners. It’s incredible,” Lurie said, crediting some of the younger members on his staff who are helping drive his social media strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are working their tails off and I want them to have a partner in City Hall,” he said, referring to the businesses. “This is a way to get our message out unfiltered and I think it’s working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But business vacancies remain high and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067981/san-francisco-recovery-slumps-as-the-future-of-its-downtown-mall-hangs-in-limbo\">downtown revitalization\u003c/a> remains one of his top concerns. And Lurie still doesn’t have an answer for what should happen to the now-empty mall at Powell and Market streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You do not want me dictating what goes into a mall or what goes into that center,” he said, adding that his administration is focused on “creating conditions” that make businesses want to develop the site into something new.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are hearing the news about San Francisco,” he said. “They are investing in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even with his growing social media presence, Lurie has managed to dodge one of the internet’s current crazes: \u003cem>Heated Rivalry\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked in a lightning round of questions if he’s seen the wildly popular gay hockey show, Lurie said: “I haven’t watched it. Apparently I need to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/event/6022\">Watch the conversation on Political Breakdown\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Behavioral Health and San Francisco General Hospital\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Overdoses in the city have leveled off, but remain at high and devastating levels. Lurie acknowledged San Francisco still has a long way to go to provide adequate housing, mental and behavioral health resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressure on the city’s care system came to a tragic flashpoint in December, when a social worker at San Francisco General Hospital was stabbed by a patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was maybe the worst day for me of my first year, without question, and the days that followed,” Lurie said, revealing that he held the hand of the slain social worker, Alberto Rangel, before he died. “Those who are taking care of us shouldn’t fear for their safety at any point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incident has led to much debate over how the city should allocate resources to better protect first responders. Lurie said that the hospital could benefit from more security, but also said keeping services that help vulnerable populations easy to access is an important part of getting people to utilize them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The nurses and social workers at SF General are incredible people,” he said, “and I want to keep them safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie pointed to the need for increased locked subacute beds, which the city is currently working to increase at San Francisco General, and other tools like conservatorship and court-ordered treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, when asked about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Care Court program, Lurie didn’t seem enthusiastic about its results. “It’s a whole process, DPH and judges have to get involved,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070742\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070742\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-26-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One year into his term, Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"729\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer during a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Homelessness and Outdoor Drug Use\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Lurie’s first legislative moves was passing an ordinance giving the mayor more powers to bypass certain bureaucratic approvals to speed up contracting and funding services that address drug addiction and recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/9dHECqx2JmsJ8xxjcQiQHEkA68?domain=sf.gov\">Breaking the Cycle plan\u003c/a>, the mayor has also set up a mental health drop-in center in the Tenderloin and is planning to open another stabilization center this spring where police can drop off people they find on the street experiencing a drug-related crisis.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I am far from satisfied, but I am really optimistic,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor also moved to integrate the city’s various street outreach teams under one agency and moved to stop providing safer \u003ca href=\"https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/0XlPCyPmRxsArQQ5iyF7HxSByv?domain=sf.gov\">smoking supplies\u003c/a> outdoors and mandate counseling in exchange for any harm reduction supply distribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has cleared more tent encampments, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/daniel-lurie-poll-data-sf-20774151.php\">fueling high approval numbers\u003c/a> in Lurie’s first year. But the results have been met with some pushback from supervisors who said they’ve seen homelessness and street-level crime shuffle to neighborhoods in their districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to take all of us to send a message that we aren’t going to tolerate this behavior in our city. We still have work to do at 16th (Street), 24th (Street) and SoMa,” Lurie said. “It is better but we have a long way to go. The Mission deserves better, the Tenderloin deserves better… If something bad happens, it’s on my watch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Donald Trump and the Bay Area’s Billionaires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trump administration walked back its plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco as part of an immigration enforcement blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor leaned on his connections to billionaires like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who made headlines when he said the president should send troops to the city just days before backpedaling, to convince the president to hold off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spoke to Marc after those comments and I said those are comments that may have been true a few years ago, but people lost the plot on San Francisco,” Lurie said of his conversation with Benioff. “They weren’t seeing what we were seeing, which is that crime was going down and the economic recovery was going in the right direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He carefully acknowledged he continues to worry about the possibility of a future enforcement blitz in the city and residents’ safety. But the mayor has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">never publicly mentioned President Donald Trump\u003c/a> by name, and hosts pressed him on his strategy Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know you two are trying to get something out of me,” Lurie said to the hosts. “I’m going to try to stay clear of as much noise as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070745\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070745\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-40-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"102\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Budget Woes and Affordability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is facing a nearly $936.6 million budget deficit in the next two fiscal years, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/Joint_Report_FY_26-27_through_FY_29-30.pdf\">city report\u003c/a> released in December 2025. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064324/its-devastating-more-than-100m-for-housing-homeless-at-risk-under-new-hud-policy\">Trump administration’s cuts\u003c/a> through the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ are also projected to pull nearly $300 million from the city’s budget for programs like food assistance and Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not going to fade on any San Francisco values as long as I’m mayor,” he said, still avoiding responding directly to questions about the Trump administration and federal funding cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie is backing a property tax to fund MUNI, which is also facing a fiscal cliff, and also working with Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan on a regional funding proposal for BART.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“MUNI is non-negotiable. We need to fund it,” Lurie said, marking a shift from previous comments suggesting MUNI should be responsible for addressing its own challenges. “We do not want to see service cuts, and this proposal has such a broad base of support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking ahead, Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016350/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-commits-to-1-annual-salary\">takes a $1 salary\u003c/a> as mayor, said he’s focused on making San Francisco more affordable for working families. During his recent State of the City address, the mayor detailed his plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069711/san-francisco-expands-child-care-subsidies-to-tackle-affordability-issues\">increase child care subsidies\u003c/a>, a welcome shift to many middle-income households. But the plan, funded through a ballot measure voters passed in 2018, is projected to run out of dollars by 2032.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On housing, Lurie faced one of his toughest legislative battles last fall with his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066478/san-francisco-passed-a-new-zoning-plan-how-will-it-change-the-city\">plan to upzone\u003c/a> residential neighborhoods to make way for more housing. Supporters say it’s needed to build more homes in areas that have avoided development for decades, and in order to meet state housing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the plan could lead to real estate speculation that could displace low-income residents and small businesses, and fails to protect all of the city’s rent-controlled housing stock from demolition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s already a lawsuit and other interest from community groups around a potential ballot measure to challenge the zoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been litigated for years in San Francisco, and there are people that want no new housing in their neighborhoods,” Lurie said. “It’s a tired argument. And that’s the politics of the old, and that’s what we are trying to fight against.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070740\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070740\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-21-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks with \u003cem data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"437\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026, as he marks one year in office amid debates over public safety and City Hall reforms. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Westside Politics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the city’s Richmond District and other neighborhoods went without power for several days this winter, Lurie, who often maintains a calm demeanor, said the utility company Pacific Gas & Electric failed to adequately communicate the issue with the city and residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What upset me the most was the communication,” he said, noting that it was difficult for residents to claim the offer of a hotel room during the widespread power outage. “We were going to give vouchers to people and told them to call 211 and they were not going through. They were being told they don’t qualify.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s first year has brought fresh faces to the Board of Supervisors, as he navigated recalls and his own \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064108/mayor-daniel-luries-pick-for-sunset-supervisor-resigns-after-1-week\">appointment flop last fall in Beya Alcaraz\u003c/a>, who briefly represented the Sunset District before resigning after one week on the job amid controversy that marked the mayor’s first real, widely acknowledged misstep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I made a mistake. I did not set her up for success, and that is completely on me,” Lurie said, adding that he could have “done a better job of vetting” and that his administration beefed up its search process in making his next pick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel terrible about that, and I let the people of D4 down, and I think they have a good representative now who is working very hard,” he said, referring to the current District 4 supervisor, Alan Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for one of the city’s other ongoing power struggles, whether to put cars back on the Great Highway or leave it open as a public park, called Sunset Dunes, Lurie stayed out of the fray.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if voters should weigh in on the issue again in a 2026 ballot measure, he said: “That’s up to the people… this is one of those things where you probably won’t like the answer. We have a billion-dollar budget deficit that I’m focused on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260121-LuriePBLive-30-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An audience listens as Mayor Daniel Lurie joins \u003cem data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"430\">Political Breakdown\u003c/em> hosts Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer for a wide-ranging conversation at a KQED Live event in San Francisco on Jan. 21, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>On Instagram and Economic Recovery\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie has earned a reputation as the city’s hype man on social media, particularly on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12048631/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-is-all-over-instagram-is-he-saying-enough\">Instagram\u003c/a>, where he frequently promotes San Francisco’s economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday night, Lagos and Shafer played one of Lurie’s social media videos where he speaks with a Tenderloin falafel shop owner, hyping up a local business owner with his signature tag line, “Let’s go, San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get to meet people like him and get little hits of inspiration from small business owners. 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In his first State of the City Address, Lurie boasted that pride in the city is rebounding just as well as the economy, but stressed that too many working families are still struggling to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordability has been a challenge in San Francisco for a long time, but as the federal government cuts support and drives up costs on everything from the price of groceries to insurance premiums and child care, the pressure is building,” Lurie said to a who’s who of California politics, including former Mayor London Breed, Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and State Controller Malia Cohen. “Families are being forced to make impossible choices, delaying having children, sacrificing savings or leaving the communities they call home. I will not let that be the future of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordability has been a central issue for Democrats. Lurie said he spoke to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, after his recent election and wished him success. When asked by this reporter if he would support a proposed state wealth tax to drive his affordability agenda, Lurie said he “has concerns” that the plan would drive wealthy residents and their tax dollars away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who had never held public office before becoming mayor, has earned a reputation for coining taglines like “Let’s go, San Francisco,” which he employs in a steady flow of social media videos promoting the city’s recovery. On Thursday, he underscored how longstanding public safety challenges have eased in the last 12 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citywide, crime is down nearly 30% and homicides are at an all-time low since 1954. Like many municipalities, San Francisco has struggled to recruit and retain police officers over the last five years. Lurie, who prioritized public safety in the city’s most recent budget, said applications to join the police department are up 54% and ranks are growing for the first time since 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12070020 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees listen to Mayor Daniel Lurie speak during a State of the City address at Rossi Park Ball Field in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco on Jan. 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Public safety is the foundation for San Francisco’s recovery, and it will always be my north star as mayor,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie campaigned on promises to clean up the city’s streets and find solutions to the ongoing overdose epidemic and outdoor drug use, which has been a point of friction for residents and business owners alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His office has taken controversial moves to change the way the city addresses street-level challenges, including increasing arrests of drug users and dealers, ramping up tent encampment clearings and shifting some funding reserved for long-term homelessness solutions toward temporary shelters to move people off the streets faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While those moves were met with criticism from some homeless advocates, Lurie touted the changes.[aside postID=news_12069724 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/SanctuaryCitySFTrumpAP-1020x725.jpg']“Homelessness has been a challenge in San Francisco for as long as I can remember. But fentanyl changed everything and caught our city flat-footed,” Lurie said. “Under my administration, we have changed our approach. We stopped freely handing out drug supplies and letting people kill themselves on our streets. It is not a basic right to use drugs openly in front of our kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is currently working to open a facility, called a RESET Center, staffed by law enforcement and health workers, to provide an alternative to jail and emergency room beds for people struggling with addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those changes to street conditions, Lurie said, have helped draw businesses and conferences to the city, and encouraged other major events, like a Dead and Company concert series over the summer and the recent announcement that Vanderbilt University will open an outpost in San Francisco on the California College of the Arts campus after it closes next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Foot traffic is expanding from Japantown to Stonestown,” he said, referring to bustling shopping centers. Lurie did not, however, mention the empty San Francisco Centre mall on Market Street, which has remained a sore spot for downtown recovery advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite major fundraising efforts by groups like the nonprofit Downtown Development Corporation and boosts from Lurie’s philanthropic ties as founder of the Tipping Point Community, many storefronts remain empty downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Downtown is the centerpiece of our recovery,” he said. “Yes, we are on the way back. But we still have work to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260115-SOTC-BL03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie gives remarks during a State of the City address at Rossi Park Ball Field in the Richmond neighborhood of San Francisco on Jan. 15, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A big part of that work ahead, Lurie said, is continuing to make the city more affordable. He underscored the need for MUNI and BART funding, accessible City College programs and streamlined permitting for small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spent some time last week with the members of Local 38. One of the plumbers—a guy born and raised in San Francisco—he’s got two kids, loves the city, loves his job. He came up to me and said, ‘We couldn’t make it work. Now, I’m commuting over an hour each way five days a week. What has to change so families like mine can live here?’” the mayor shared.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is expanding child care subsidies, and Lurie pointed to efforts to add affordable housing across the city. One of his key legislative wins so far was passing a controversial rezoning plan that allowed for taller and denser buildings across the city.[aside postID=news_12069772 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/011426_SF-VA-CUTS-_GH_013-KQED.jpg']Supporters say the plan will help cut red tape to make building more housing for all income levels easier while meeting state housing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics point to how critical rent-controlled units could be demolished under the plan to make way for market-rate housing that many low-income residents can’t afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will continue to fight to bring down the cost of utilities for those families. And we will maintain a range of down payment and loan support programs to assist educators and first responders striving to become homeowners and build generational wealth in the communities they serve,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without naming President Donald Trump, whom Lurie has avoided naming since taking office, the mayor also said the city is facing a time of “unprecedented fear and insecurity.” In the fall, the Trump administration called off plans to send the National Guard to San Francisco as part of an immigration enforcement blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor leaned on his connections to billionaires like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff to get through to the president. On Thursday, the mayor received a standing ovation when pointing out that the city managed to stave off the federal law enforcement action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, who was later expected to head to Fisherman’s Wharf to cut the ribbon at the opening of a new Taco Bell Cantina, wrapped up his speech with the same sign-off he uses for his prolific Instagram posts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just getting started, and we are not going to leave anyone behind,” he said. “Let’s go, San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Filed by members of Neighborhoods United San Francisco and Small Business Forward, a progressive business coalition, the lawsuit seeks to pause implementation of the rezoning plan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065204/everything-you-need-to-know-about-san-franciscos-family-zoning-plan\">that the city passed in December\u003c/a> and is set to take effect Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot claim to support families and affordability while advancing a rezoning that encourages displacement, strains infrastructure, and offers no clear path to housing people can afford,” Katherine Petrin, co-founder of Neighborhoods United, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California required San Francisco to adopt an updated zoning plan by Jan. 31 to make way for 82,000 housing units in the next five years. Some 43,000 units that the city has already approved, but that have yet to be developed, are included in the tally of total units. The city’s plan aims to create capacity for at least 36,000 units for various income levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s office, planning department and other agencies held numerous public meetings, workshops and feedback sessions on the plan leading up to its final vote in December. Some changes were included in the plan, including an amendment to remove any building with three or more rent-controlled units from demolition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12044983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12044983\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-NEWTEACHERHOUSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-NEWTEACHERHOUSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-NEWTEACHERHOUSING-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250618-NEWTEACHERHOUSING-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie, alongside members of the team behind a new housing project, during a groundbreaking ceremony in San Francisco on June 18, 2025. The event marked the start of two affordable housing developments — one with 75 units prioritized for SFUSD and City College educators, and another that will add 92 family apartments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Critics of the zoning plan said it didn’t go far enough to protect tenants and businesses that could be displaced as a result of development or increasing rental prices. The lawsuit also alleges that the city did not conduct a proper review under the California Environmental Quality Act before passing the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Rather than prepare a CEQA document to analyze the 2025 upzone’s impacts and to consider reasonable alternatives and mitigation measures, the city instead bypassed CEQA review and relied on the addendum to the environmental impact report prepared in 2022 for the Housing Element of the City’s General Plan,” the complaint said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rezoning plan is also required under the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://sfplanning.org/project/housing-element-update-2022\">Housing Element\u003c/a>, a set of policies aimed at guiding where and how the city’s future housing should be built. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit also allege that the mayor’s plan does not fully comply with the Housing Element, saying the new rezoning rules allow for more dramatic redevelopment than what was approved in the city’s housing plan passed in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The mayor’s plan left in thousands of rent-controlled housing units. A lot of our small business employees live in these,” said Christin Evans, who owns The Booksmith in Haight-Ashbury.[aside postID=news_12065708 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250325-ApartmentsonWestside-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']“The concern from Small Business Forward is that we get this housing plan right, that we make sure that we are taking care of not displacing small business workers from the city, that we are protecting small business workers, not just their jobs and livelihoods, but also the housing that they live in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials defended the mayor’s housing plan on Friday, saying it underwent a thorough review before approval by state officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Family Zoning Plan is the product of years of study, outreach and hearings. The city took deliberate obligations under state law, including CEQA. We are comforted that the California Department of Housing and Community Development reviewed the Family Zoning Plan and felt it complied with state law,” said Jen Kwart, a spokesperson for the city attorney. “We will review any lawsuit once we are served and will have more to say in court.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives from the mayor’s office underscored that the city needs to build more housing to meet state requirements and keep up with increasing demand for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State housing authorities could have withheld critical public funding and taken over local housing plans and approvals if San Francisco failed to pass a housing plan by the end of this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“More and more, families are struggling to live in San Francisco, and the Family Zoning Plan will help us build the affordable homes they need to stay here,” said Charles Lutvak, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office. “The status quo isn’t working for families in this city, and we’re not going to wait around for someone else to do something about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12068866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12068866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250618-NewTeacherHousing-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250618-NewTeacherHousing-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250618-NewTeacherHousing-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250618-NewTeacherHousing-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction workers build at 750 Golden Gate Ave., in San Francisco, on June 18, 2025, during a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of two affordable housing projects. One will deliver 75 units prioritized for SFUSD and City College educators, and the other at 850 Turk will add 92 family apartments. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit filed on Friday may not be the only legal challenge that Lurie’s rezoning plan faces. Pro-housing development advocacy groups such as YIMBY Law, the legal arm of Yes In My Backyard, have also suggested that they could file a lawsuit if the city doesn’t do enough to produce more housing in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We passed that Housing Element and it passed unanimously. So if we’re not just not meeting the spirit but not meeting the letter of the law, then we want to make sure we are holding San Francisco compliant,” said Jane Natoli, Bay Area Director of YIMBY Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estimates for how much housing might actually result from the zoning changes have been mixed. Due to economic constraints like building and construction costs, the Planning Department estimates that the mayor’s plan could realistically open up to 19,000 units; however, modeling from the city’s Chief Economist suggests that it could produce only around 14,600 units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the small ironies of today’s lawsuit is if they are saying we need to go back [to the zoning plan], we definitely don’t have a plan that’s compliant and are opening ourselves up to the builder’s remedy,” Natoli said, referring to a legal process through which the state allows developers to bypass local zoning rules if the city is not meeting state housing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed Friday are also exploring a 2026 ballot measure that would give voters a chance to potentially weigh in on additional changes to the new zoning plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Drury, the attorney representing Neighborhoods United and Small Business Forward, said that the plaintiffs have not yet decided whether they will seek preliminary relief or a resolution in the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This plan didn’t go through the right public review process to produce more affordable housing and less damage,” Drury said. “Instead, they upzoned parts of the city and are threatening to eliminate some rent-controlled housing to build luxury condos, which is the opposite of what the plan aimed to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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