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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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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. 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Sign up for KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/news-daily\">free News Daily email\u003c/a> so you don’t miss any answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for answers to your questions about the San Francisco mayoral race, or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#homelessness\">What can the San Francisco mayor do to actually help address homelessness?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#billionaires\">Which candidates are the tech billionaires bankrolling this election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#public-comment\">What happened to remote public comment in Board of Supervisors meetings? 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According to the city’s own policies, crews are required to offer unhoused people shelter before forcing them to move, and if no one is present at the location, to “bag and tag” personal items so they can be picked up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the city does not have enough shelter beds or housing slots for everyone who is experiencing homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s opponents have suggested that the next mayor should do \u003cem>more\u003c/em> to reduce homelessness. Supervisor Ahsha Safaí has proposed changing how the city collects data on the unhoused population and expanding the city’s existing program for providing bus tickets out of the city for people living on the street who want them. (Breed also recently directed street crews to offer people bus tickets first before offering shelter or housing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor, has said he would order police crackdowns on homeless encampments and drug markets across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Lurie, meanwhile, has focused on the city’s need to create more shelter beds and housing to move people off of the street rather than “pushing encampments from one block to another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has taken a more prevention-focused approach than the other major candidates in the race, saying the city needs to keep more people housed by fighting evictions and increasing the number of rent-controlled units while also expanding housing and shelter options. 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Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, received a $1 million campaign donation from his mother, Mimi Haas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But billionaires are also heavily influencing this race behind the scenes. For example, tech billionaire Michael Moritz has contributed heavily to TogetherSF Action, a moderate political advocacy group supporting a ballot initiative to overhaul the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992466/san-francisco-sees-competing-proposals-to-reform-byzantine-city-commissions\">commission system\u003c/a>. Farrell has recently come under scrutiny for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998411/heres-how-much-money-san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-have-raised-this-year\">allegedly funneling funds\u003c/a> through that initiative to his mayoral campaign. He has also received donations from billionaire Republican donor William Oberndorf.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"public-comment\">\u003c/a>What happened to remote public comment in SF Board of Supervisors meetings? Can a mayor bring that back?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, showing up in person to local government meetings was the primary way for residents to speak directly to elected officials on city issues. That shifted in 2020, during the pandemic when San Francisco and governments across the globe transitioned to online and call-in meetings. During that time, public comment in the city was entirely remote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As vaccines became available and public meetings began happening in person again, San Francisco voted to keep remote public comment, instituting a hybrid system that allowed people to participate in person or call in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t last, however, after a number of city meetings were derailed by \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2023/09/27/racist-commenters-zoombombing-public-meetings-across-us-even-here-in-sf/\">callers spouting racist, antisemitic comments. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not want the Board of Supervisors to be a form of hate speech,” Peskin said. “I don’t think these callers were from San Francisco, and it was abhorrent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors would have to approve bringing back the call-in option. Lurie said he would support doing so. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With about 90 days until the November general election, KQED reporters are here to answer your questions about local, state and national races to get you ready for Election Day. Next Tuesday, Marisa Lagos will answer questions from readers about Vice President Kamala Harris, who officially became the Democratic presidential nominee this week. Sign up for KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/news-daily\">free News Daily email\u003c/a> so you don’t miss any answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for answers to your questions about the San Francisco mayoral race, or jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#homelessness\">What can the San Francisco mayor do to actually help address homelessness?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#billionaires\">Which candidates are the tech billionaires bankrolling this election?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#public-comment\">What happened to remote public comment in Board of Supervisors meetings? Can a mayor bring that back?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"homelessness\">\u003c/a>What can the San Francisco mayor do to actually help address homelessness?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco mayor has the ability to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998045/what-powers-does-the-san-francisco-mayor-have-and-other-questions-about-the-election\">craft budgets, appoint department heads\u003c/a>, introduce or veto legislation, and issue emergency orders to more efficiently direct resources — all important tools for tackling homelessness, one of the most pressing and complex issues facing both the city and state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many factors can lead someone to become unhoused — such as an eviction or illness — and that means tackling the issue requires a wide variety of approaches, from prevention to street outreach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Mayor London Breed’s tenure, San Francisco’s temporary \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/\">shelter supply\u003c/a> has increased by more than 60%, according to the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing; thousands of new permanent supportive housing units \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data/ocoh-fund-annual-report-fy22-23-executive-summary?_gl=1*edbb9g*_ga*MTk2Mzg5NzE0NS4xNzE0Njc0NTIx*_ga_BT9NDE0NFC*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.*_ga_63SCS846YP*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.#ocoh-capacity-added\">have come online\u003c/a>, and the city has invested millions of dollars into affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has also directed city agencies to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">clear tent encampments\u003c/a> from sidewalks and public spaces. According to the city’s own policies, crews are required to offer unhoused people shelter before forcing them to move, and if no one is present at the location, to “bag and tag” personal items so they can be picked up again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the city does not have enough shelter beds or housing slots for everyone who is experiencing homelessness in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s opponents have suggested that the next mayor should do \u003cem>more\u003c/em> to reduce homelessness. Supervisor Ahsha Safaí has proposed changing how the city collects data on the unhoused population and expanding the city’s existing program for providing bus tickets out of the city for people living on the street who want them. (Breed also recently directed street crews to offer people bus tickets first before offering shelter or housing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor, has said he would order police crackdowns on homeless encampments and drug markets across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Lurie, meanwhile, has focused on the city’s need to create more shelter beds and housing to move people off of the street rather than “pushing encampments from one block to another.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin has taken a more prevention-focused approach than the other major candidates in the race, saying the city needs to keep more people housed by fighting evictions and increasing the number of rent-controlled units while also expanding housing and shelter options. Contrary to common narratives about unhoused people in San Francisco, about 71% of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco had been living in the city when they lost their housing, according to \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-PIT-Count-Report-San-Francisco-Updated-8.19.22.pdf\">2022 federal homelessness data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"billionaires\">\u003c/a>Which candidates are the tech billionaires bankrolling this election?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To be sure, tech billionaires in San Francisco are funding \u003cem>multiple\u003c/em> candidates and initiatives in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998411/heres-how-much-money-san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-have-raised-this-year\">San Francisco’s mayoral race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has received major support from billionaires like Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, who has donated $200,000 to her reelection campaign, and crypto entrepreneur Chris Larsen, who has donated more than $400,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s courtship of the tech community is not new — for example, she opposed Proposition C in 2018, a ballot measure, approved by voters, that imposed a tax on businesses earning more than $50 million in total annual income, in order to fund homelessness services and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s not alone in accepting donations from billionaires. Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, received a $1 million campaign donation from his mother, Mimi Haas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But billionaires are also heavily influencing this race behind the scenes. For example, tech billionaire Michael Moritz has contributed heavily to TogetherSF Action, a moderate political advocacy group supporting a ballot initiative to overhaul the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992466/san-francisco-sees-competing-proposals-to-reform-byzantine-city-commissions\">commission system\u003c/a>. Farrell has recently come under scrutiny for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998411/heres-how-much-money-san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-have-raised-this-year\">allegedly funneling funds\u003c/a> through that initiative to his mayoral campaign. He has also received donations from billionaire Republican donor William Oberndorf.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"public-comment\">\u003c/a>What happened to remote public comment in SF Board of Supervisors meetings? Can a mayor bring that back?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, showing up in person to local government meetings was the primary way for residents to speak directly to elected officials on city issues. That shifted in 2020, during the pandemic when San Francisco and governments across the globe transitioned to online and call-in meetings. During that time, public comment in the city was entirely remote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As vaccines became available and public meetings began happening in person again, San Francisco voted to keep remote public comment, instituting a hybrid system that allowed people to participate in person or call in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t last, however, after a number of city meetings were derailed by \u003ca href=\"https://sfist.com/2023/09/27/racist-commenters-zoombombing-public-meetings-across-us-even-here-in-sf/\">callers spouting racist, antisemitic comments. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did not want the Board of Supervisors to be a form of hate speech,” Peskin said. “I don’t think these callers were from San Francisco, and it was abhorrent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Supervisors would have to approve bringing back the call-in option. Lurie said he would support doing so. Supervisor and mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí said he would not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be time to reconsider having remote public comment again,” Peskin said. “We want as many people to participate in the democratic process as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Next Tuesday, Marisa Lagos will answer questions readers have about Vice President Kamala Harris. Subscribe to KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/news-daily\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>News Daily\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>\u003cem> to follow along. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Facing a tough reelection this November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s “tough-love” approach to homelessness in the city has become increasingly vitriolic — an approach some critics say could put actual lives at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">Breed vowed to begin “aggressively” removing people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> from encampments beginning in August. She told reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer” of shelter or housing. She continued, “We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified rhetoric comes as voter polling \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareacouncil.org/press-releases/2022-bay-area-council-poll-voters-demand-get-tough-approach-on-homelessness/\">frequently shows homelessness is a top issue for San Franciscans\u003c/a> and as the incumbent seeks to overcome challengers’ accusations that she hasn’t done enough to clean the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order last month\u003c/a>, directing state agencies to clear encampments from state properties, along with a majority-conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June, which gave cities greater leeway to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">fine or jail people for camping on sidewalks and in parks\u003c/a> — even if no alternative shelter is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Breed appeared to deliver on her promises: A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-mayor-california-homeless-encampments-3f8b79c8446bb60b5168711f8b06695c\">flurry\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/30/san-francisco-aggressive-homeless-camp-sweeps-begin/\">media\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/homeless-encampments-sweeps-breed-19607448.php\">reports\u003c/a> detailed encampment sweeps taking place throughout the city despite a shortage of available shelter. At last count, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping\">more than 4,300 people sleeping in tents or cars on San Francisco’s streets\u003c/a> on any given night, and only around 3,600 shelter beds, of which more than 90% were \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#:~:text=Capacity%20Card%20showing%20the%20total,Use%20Escape%20to%20exit.\">already occupied\u003c/a>. On Monday, there were 170 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">online reservation system\u003c/a> for shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What Breed’s Opponents Are Saying\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-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 on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all Democrats are falling in line with the gloves-off approach. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for example, criticized the governor’s encampment order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a motion to prevent jail time for simply living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, mayoral candidates to Breed’s left and right jumped at the opportunity to critique the recent blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: Nothing prohibited the city from clearing encampments pre-Grants Pass,” Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor who is running to unseat Breed, posted to social media last week, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling. “Mayor Breed used ongoing litigation as an excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell is campaigning on promises to sweep all of the city’s major encampments if elected and has positioned himself as the most conservative among a largely moderate slate of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie echoed the criticism, calling it a “lack of action” and pointing out that the city does not have enough shelter beds or supportive housing to move people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pushing encampments from one block to another didn’t work when Mark Farrell tried it, and it’s not going to work under this mayor,” Lurie said in a statement.\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 on June 12, flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin (right). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed’s progressive opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, said Breed is promoting harsh policies that often fail to efficiently and compassionately move people into long-term housing after an encampment is removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Policies to address homelessness must be humane, lawful and effective — not implemented just because someone’s job is on the line…What is happening now is a quick and performative election-year gimmick,” Peskin said in a statement. “Mayor Breed and former Mayor Farrell are advocating for failed policies from the past that simply sweep our homeless problem from one neighborhood to another without any long-term solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tough Love\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say that although Breed’s rhetoric has ramped up, her actual policies have not changed as dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her narratives have shifted as she has seen political opportunity,” said Christin Evans, a small business owner in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood and vice chair of the city’s Homelessness Oversight Commission. “I think in this particular political moment, the rhetoric is amplified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans pointed to the mayor’s recent order \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">that city workers conducting sweeps first offer homeless people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998474/breed-orders-sf-homeless-outreach-workers-to-offer-relocation-out-of-city-before-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bus ticket out of the city\u003c/a> — \u003c/span>a tool the city has had available and used since 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is amplifying these things to make it sound like she is doing something when it’s really theater,” Evans said. “She has been capable and able to address these issues all along, and she hasn’t done that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2018, when running for mayor, Breed promoted a tough-love approach in her plans to address homelessness. “There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets,” she said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed was also careful to contextualize homelessness as the result of larger structural inequalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness often seems like a uniquely, or at least, acutely San Francisco problem. But it isn’t,” she \u003ca href=\"https://londonbreed.medium.com/a-bold-approach-to-homelessness-a42121dc586c\">wrote in a Medium post\u003c/a> during her campaign. “The federal government has been cutting supportive housing and homelessness funding for decades and leaving cities holding the bag. West Coast cities, with high costs of living and scarce housing, are particularly susceptible to homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed talks to members of the press after a dramatic meeting in April 2019 about the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December 2022, a U.S. judge barred San Francisco from enforcing sit-lie laws without first offering an alternative shelter as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958939/sf-homelessness-lawsuit-faces-critical-hearing-over-sweeps-ban\">ongoing lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> for not following its own homelessness response policies. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993312/court-lifts-restrictions-on-sf-encampment-sweeps\">overturned that ruling\u003c/a>, giving the city more freedom to clear encampments even if shelters are full. The lower court, however, kept the city bound to its own requirement to “bag and tag” personal items during sweeps so people could later recover them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has always been some level of (homeless) criminalization that’s taken place in San Francisco, but it’s been more behind the scenes,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, who leads the Coalition on Homelessness. “Fast-forward to today, and this administration is calling for arrests of unhoused people as if that is a potential solution to homelessness. That’s what’s changed significantly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='homelessness']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Breed’s six years as mayor, San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/\">temporary shelter supply\u003c/a> has increased by more than 60%, according to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, thousands of new permanent supportive housing units \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/data/ocoh-fund-annual-report-fy22-23-executive-summary?_gl=1*edbb9g*_ga*MTk2Mzg5NzE0NS4xNzE0Njc0NTIx*_ga_BT9NDE0NFC*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.*_ga_63SCS846YP*MTcyMjg4NDk0MC4zNi4xLjE3MjI4ODUyMzMuMC4wLjA.#ocoh-capacity-added\">have come online\u003c/a>, and the city has invested millions of dollars into affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed’s administration helped 2,400 people move into San Francisco’s temporary shelter last year and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/new-data-san-francisco-street-homelessness-hits-10-year-low\">more than 15,000 people off the street\u003c/a> during her overall tenure, according to the mayor’s office. And, while the city’s overall homeless population has increased in recent years, the number of people in San Francisco sleeping in tents, cars and RVs has \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/research-and-reports/pit/\">decreased by 16%\u003c/a> since 2019, according to data from the federal Point-in-Time count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those efforts, a drop-off of pandemic-era rent and eviction relief, persistent economic inequality, and the ongoing shortage of both emergency and permanent affordable housing have all enabled a steady flow of people falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The numbers don’t show that kind of impact because, sadly, we’re dealing with the influx of people from everywhere,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Dangerous Precedent\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caught in the middle of the political winds are people actually living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really fueling some very mean-spirited policies and acts of vigilantism and attacks on homeless people,” Supervisor Dean Preston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston joined other government officials and unhoused San Francisco residents at a recent rally outside Hotel Whitcomb, where attendees decried Breed’s recent actions. Advocates are calling on the city to acquire the hotel and use it to house people who are experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several speakers highlighted the fact that people living on the street are \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2803839\">more likely to die of overdose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://nhchc.org/study-shows-involuntary-displacement-of-people-experiencing-homelessness-may-cause-significant-spikes-in-mortality-overdoses-and-hospitalizations/\">end up in the hospital\u003c/a>, and experience other traumatic setbacks when they are forcefully displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we have seen in an election year over and over again, going back decades in this city, that ramped-up rhetoric and talk of criminalizing homeless people is viewed by some as a ticket to electoral success in this city,” Preston said. “And it’s disgusting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man experiencing homelessness packs up his belongings in anticipation of an encampment sweep by San Francisco’s Dept. of Public Works around Showplace Square on Aug. 1. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed did not confirm when reporters asked last week whether jail time is on the table for people who defy sit-lie laws. Legal advocates, however, say that is already happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unhoused folks are being criminalized purely for being poor. And we have lots of clients coming to us who have been arrested and have faced harassment from police,” said Angela Chan, attorney and advocate at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates at the rally said they would like to see the city further expand rental and eviction relief, housing subsidies like Section 8 vouchers, and continue to invest in both shelter and permanent housing for extremely low-income people. Chan and others also urged the city to rapidly fill the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-homeless-crisis-tents-vacancy-sros-street-18348739.php\">hundreds of empty permanent supportive housing units\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The irony of people who are denied housing but are offered jail on a daily basis is really concerning,” Chan said. “I think every San Franciscan should really take stock of this moment and push our city to use our resources much more wisely and much more humanely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Facing a tough reelection this November, San Francisco Mayor London Breed’s “tough-love” approach to homelessness in the city has become increasingly vitriolic — an approach some critics say could put actual lives at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">Breed vowed to begin “aggressively” removing people experiencing homelessness\u003c/a> from encampments beginning in August. She told reporters, “We are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of San Francisco that they have to take our offer” of shelter or housing. She continued, “We will be using law enforcement to cite, and those citations can get progressive and can lead to a misdemeanor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified rhetoric comes as voter polling \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareacouncil.org/press-releases/2022-bay-area-council-poll-voters-demand-get-tough-approach-on-homelessness/\">frequently shows homelessness is a top issue for San Franciscans\u003c/a> and as the incumbent seeks to overcome challengers’ accusations that she hasn’t done enough to clean the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order last month\u003c/a>, directing state agencies to clear encampments from state properties, along with a majority-conservative U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June, which gave cities greater leeway to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">fine or jail people for camping on sidewalks and in parks\u003c/a> — even if no alternative shelter is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Breed appeared to deliver on her promises: A \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-francisco-mayor-california-homeless-encampments-3f8b79c8446bb60b5168711f8b06695c\">flurry\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/30/san-francisco-aggressive-homeless-camp-sweeps-begin/\">media\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/homeless-encampments-sweeps-breed-19607448.php\">reports\u003c/a> detailed encampment sweeps taking place throughout the city despite a shortage of available shelter. At last count, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping\">more than 4,300 people sleeping in tents or cars on San Francisco’s streets\u003c/a> on any given night, and only around 3,600 shelter beds, of which more than 90% were \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/the-homelessness-response-system/shelter/#:~:text=Capacity%20Card%20showing%20the%20total,Use%20Escape%20to%20exit.\">already occupied\u003c/a>. On Monday, there were 170 people on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/services/how-to-get-services/accessing-temporary-shelter/adult-temporary-shelter/shelter-reservation-waitlist/\">online reservation system\u003c/a> for shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What Breed’s Opponents Are Saying\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-36-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 on June 12. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all Democrats are falling in line with the gloves-off approach. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, for example, criticized the governor’s encampment order, and the county’s Board of Supervisors recently passed a motion to prevent jail time for simply living in an encampment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, mayoral candidates to Breed’s left and right jumped at the opportunity to critique the recent blitz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear: Nothing prohibited the city from clearing encampments pre-Grants Pass,” Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor who is running to unseat Breed, posted to social media last week, referring to the recent Supreme Court ruling. “Mayor Breed used ongoing litigation as an excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell is campaigning on promises to sweep all of the city’s major encampments if elected and has positioned himself as the most conservative among a largely moderate slate of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie echoed the criticism, calling it a “lack of action” and pointing out that the city does not have enough shelter beds or supportive housing to move people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pushing encampments from one block to another didn’t work when Mark Farrell tried it, and it’s not going to work under this mayor,” Lurie said in a statement.\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 on June 12, flanked by former Mayor Mark Farrell (left), Mayor London Breed and Aaron Peskin (right). \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed’s progressive opponent, Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, said Breed is promoting harsh policies that often fail to efficiently and compassionately move people into long-term housing after an encampment is removed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Policies to address homelessness must be humane, lawful and effective — not implemented just because someone’s job is on the line…What is happening now is a quick and performative election-year gimmick,” Peskin said in a statement. “Mayor Breed and former Mayor Farrell are advocating for failed policies from the past that simply sweep our homeless problem from one neighborhood to another without any long-term solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tough Love\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Advocates for people experiencing homelessness say that although Breed’s rhetoric has ramped up, her actual policies have not changed as dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her narratives have shifted as she has seen political opportunity,” said Christin Evans, a small business owner in the Haight Ashbury neighborhood and vice chair of the city’s Homelessness Oversight Commission. “I think in this particular political moment, the rhetoric is amplified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evans pointed to the mayor’s recent order \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">that city workers conducting sweeps first offer homeless people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998474/breed-orders-sf-homeless-outreach-workers-to-offer-relocation-out-of-city-before-shelter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a bus ticket out of the city\u003c/a> — \u003c/span>a tool the city has had available and used since 2005.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is amplifying these things to make it sound like she is doing something when it’s really theater,” Evans said. “She has been capable and able to address these issues all along, and she hasn’t done that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in 2018, when running for mayor, Breed promoted a tough-love approach in her plans to address homelessness. “There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets,” she said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed was also careful to contextualize homelessness as the result of larger structural inequalities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Homelessness often seems like a uniquely, or at least, acutely San Francisco problem. But it isn’t,” she \u003ca href=\"https://londonbreed.medium.com/a-bold-approach-to-homelessness-a42121dc586c\">wrote in a Medium post\u003c/a> during her campaign. “The federal government has been cutting supportive housing and homelessness funding for decades and leaving cities holding the bag. West Coast cities, with high costs of living and scarce housing, are particularly susceptible to homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998920\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/M6A2369_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed talks to members of the press after a dramatic meeting in April 2019 about the Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center. \u003ccite>(Stephanie Lister/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December 2022, a U.S. judge barred San Francisco from enforcing sit-lie laws without first offering an alternative shelter as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958939/sf-homelessness-lawsuit-faces-critical-hearing-over-sweeps-ban\">ongoing lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> for not following its own homelessness response policies. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Grants Pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993312/court-lifts-restrictions-on-sf-encampment-sweeps\">overturned that ruling\u003c/a>, giving the city more freedom to clear encampments even if shelters are full. The lower court, however, kept the city bound to its own requirement to “bag and tag” personal items during sweeps so people could later recover them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There has always been some level of (homeless) criminalization that’s taken place in San Francisco, but it’s been more behind the scenes,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, who leads the Coalition on Homelessness. “Fast-forward to today, and this administration is calling for arrests of unhoused people as if that is a potential solution to homelessness. That’s what’s changed significantly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And, while the city’s overall homeless population has increased in recent years, the number of people in San Francisco sleeping in tents, cars and RVs has \u003ca href=\"https://hsh.sfgov.org/about/research-and-reports/pit/\">decreased by 16%\u003c/a> since 2019, according to data from the federal Point-in-Time count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with those efforts, a drop-off of pandemic-era rent and eviction relief, persistent economic inequality, and the ongoing shortage of both emergency and permanent affordable housing have all enabled a steady flow of people falling into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The numbers don’t show that kind of impact because, sadly, we’re dealing with the influx of people from everywhere,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Dangerous Precedent\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Caught in the middle of the political winds are people actually living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really fueling some very mean-spirited policies and acts of vigilantism and attacks on homeless people,” Supervisor Dean Preston said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston joined other government officials and unhoused San Francisco residents at a recent rally outside Hotel Whitcomb, where attendees decried Breed’s recent actions. Advocates are calling on the city to acquire the hotel and use it to house people who are experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several speakers highlighted the fact that people living on the street are \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2803839\">more likely to die of overdose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://nhchc.org/study-shows-involuntary-displacement-of-people-experiencing-homelessness-may-cause-significant-spikes-in-mortality-overdoses-and-hospitalizations/\">end up in the hospital\u003c/a>, and experience other traumatic setbacks when they are forcefully displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we have seen in an election year over and over again, going back decades in this city, that ramped-up rhetoric and talk of criminalizing homeless people is viewed by some as a ticket to electoral success in this city,” Preston said. “And it’s disgusting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man experiencing homelessness packs up his belongings in anticipation of an encampment sweep by San Francisco’s Dept. of Public Works around Showplace Square on Aug. 1. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed did not confirm when reporters asked last week whether jail time is on the table for people who defy sit-lie laws. Legal advocates, however, say that is already happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unhoused folks are being criminalized purely for being poor. And we have lots of clients coming to us who have been arrested and have faced harassment from police,” said Angela Chan, attorney and advocate at the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates at the rally said they would like to see the city further expand rental and eviction relief, housing subsidies like Section 8 vouchers, and continue to invest in both shelter and permanent housing for extremely low-income people. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco’s first mayoral debate was — well, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990106/sf-mayor-candidates-speak-to-their-bases-and-no-one-else-at-1st-debate\">it certainly happened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I took in Wednesday night’s political scuffle alongside a pack of journalists sitting in the nosebleed section of the Sydney Goldstein Theater. By the end, I had the distinct impression of not being distinctly impressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí all argued their visions for San Francisco’s future. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989776/san-franciscos-first-mayoral-debate-is-here-the-stakes-are-high\">They sang the songs we’d heard before\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, some new twists emerged. Here are a few from this reporter’s notebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell continues to push Breed’s messaging rightward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell is a Democrat who isn’t afraid to push San Francisco in a conservative direction, like bringing armed National Guard troops to patrol the Tenderloin to stem the fentanyl crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990166 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Farrell, a Democrat, isn’t afraid to push San Francisco in a conservative direction and called harm reduction a failure on stage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell called harm reduction a failure on stage. Harm reduction is an approach offering services to drug users even when they continue their habit. Farrell favors abstinence-only treatment. Harm reduction is considered a health-centric approach and is \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/the-administrations-strategy/the-biden-harris-administrations-first-year-drug-policy-priorities/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20240327_Political%20Breakdown&mc_key=11576065\">part of President Joe Biden’s drug policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed took the bait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not just using harm reduction to help people with treatment,” she said. “We are using abstinence-based treatment, which was never a part of our public health response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin took a risk, leaning into progressive messaging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peskin wobbly walked a tightrope, offering solutions for the fentanyl and housing crises that may appeal to centrist Democrats while still keeping his core progressive base happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990162 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Aaron Peskin speaks during the first San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Peskin aims to steer San Francisco back toward progressive values many believe it has abandoned. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But his scorched-earth message at the end of the night was aimed squarely at the left, lighting up Farrell for benefiting from contributions from hard-right Republican William Oberndorf, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/William-Oberndorf-in-Boudin-recall-17059555.php\">who has donated millions to Republicans nationally\u003c/a> who favor abortion bans. Breed drew support for her ballot measures from “crypto kings and venture capitalists,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an old saying in politics, ‘Follow the money,’” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell needs more gay friends\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Co-moderator Manny Yekutiel tossed a softball to the candidates: Name your favorite drag queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí, who answered first, said Honey Mahogany, who drew fame for her appearance on \u003cem>Ru Paul’s Drag Race \u003c/em>and her stint as San Francisco Democratic Party chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990157\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990157\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaybraham Lincoln (left) and Randy Green stand in the lobby as people stream into the Sydney Goldstein Theater for the San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to give the same answer, Honey Mahogany,” said Farrell, who spoke next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd howled. It certainly sounded like Farrell couldn’t think of another drag queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, at the first mayoral forum, Farrell declined to specifically name his top friends and advisors from the LGBTQ community. Seriously, someone take that man to \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/\">The Stud\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie’s performance was OK, but he needed a grand slam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, the former CEO of Tipping Point, an anti-poverty nonprofit, is a relative unknown in city politics. He needed an explosive night to propel his campaign into the more heated months of the mayor’s race. He didn’t get that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990158 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during the San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. The Levi Strauss heir and former CEO of Tipping Point, an anti-poverty nonprofit, is a relative unknown in city politics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Candidates spent the night dunking on Lurie’s lack of government experience. Lurie also struggled to shed his rich guy persona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked to name his favorite bar, Lurie answered \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-blue-light-san-francisco-2\">The Blue Light\u003c/a>, a Cow Hollow watering hole. No offense to The Blue Light, and no hate to Cow Hollow, where I grew up in a rent-controlled apartment. It’s one of the city’s wealthiest enclaves and doesn’t exactly radiate everyman vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí struggled for recognition and to pick a lane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most successful candidates craft identities you can describe in a sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990165 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahsha Safaí speaks during the San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Along with the other candidates, Safaí shared his vision for the city’s future. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed portrays herself as a comeback kid celebrating a rejuvenated San Francisco. Farrell wants to be seen as a pragmatist who will save the city from wayward progressives. Lurie projects as a sensible outsider with CEO know-how. Peskin hopes to be the city’s personal Jiminy Cricket, steering San Francisco back toward progressive values many believe it has abandoned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t know Safaí’s elevator pitch. And after his debate performance, I’m not sure he knows it himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, during a heated back and forth between Heather Knight, a debate moderator and San Francisco bureau chief of \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> and Breed, Knight completely skipped over Safaí’s turn to answer a question — almost as if she forgot he was on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell continues to push Breed’s messaging rightward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell is a Democrat who isn’t afraid to push San Francisco in a conservative direction, like bringing armed National Guard troops to patrol the Tenderloin to stem the fentanyl crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990166 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-73-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Farrell, a Democrat, isn’t afraid to push San Francisco in a conservative direction and called harm reduction a failure on stage. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell called harm reduction a failure on stage. Harm reduction is an approach offering services to drug users even when they continue their habit. Farrell favors abstinence-only treatment. Harm reduction is considered a health-centric approach and is \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/the-administrations-strategy/the-biden-harris-administrations-first-year-drug-policy-priorities/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=20240327_Political%20Breakdown&mc_key=11576065\">part of President Joe Biden’s drug policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed took the bait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not just using harm reduction to help people with treatment,” she said. “We are using abstinence-based treatment, which was never a part of our public health response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin took a risk, leaning into progressive messaging\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peskin wobbly walked a tightrope, offering solutions for the fentanyl and housing crises that may appeal to centrist Democrats while still keeping his core progressive base happy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990162 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-77-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Aaron Peskin speaks during the first San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Peskin aims to steer San Francisco back toward progressive values many believe it has abandoned. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But his scorched-earth message at the end of the night was aimed squarely at the left, lighting up Farrell for benefiting from contributions from hard-right Republican William Oberndorf, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/William-Oberndorf-in-Boudin-recall-17059555.php\">who has donated millions to Republicans nationally\u003c/a> who favor abortion bans. Breed drew support for her ballot measures from “crypto kings and venture capitalists,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an old saying in politics, ‘Follow the money,’” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell needs more gay friends\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Co-moderator Manny Yekutiel tossed a softball to the candidates: Name your favorite drag queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí, who answered first, said Honey Mahogany, who drew fame for her appearance on \u003cem>Ru Paul’s Drag Race \u003c/em>and her stint as San Francisco Democratic Party chair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990157\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990157\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaybraham Lincoln (left) and Randy Green stand in the lobby as people stream into the Sydney Goldstein Theater for the San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to give the same answer, Honey Mahogany,” said Farrell, who spoke next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd howled. It certainly sounded like Farrell couldn’t think of another drag queen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, at the first mayoral forum, Farrell declined to specifically name his top friends and advisors from the LGBTQ community. Seriously, someone take that man to \u003ca href=\"https://www.studsf.com/\">The Stud\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie’s performance was OK, but he needed a grand slam\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, the former CEO of Tipping Point, an anti-poverty nonprofit, is a relative unknown in city politics. He needed an explosive night to propel his campaign into the more heated months of the mayor’s race. He didn’t get that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990158 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-43-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie speaks during the San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. The Levi Strauss heir and former CEO of Tipping Point, an anti-poverty nonprofit, is a relative unknown in city politics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Candidates spent the night dunking on Lurie’s lack of government experience. Lurie also struggled to shed his rich guy persona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked to name his favorite bar, Lurie answered \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-blue-light-san-francisco-2\">The Blue Light\u003c/a>, a Cow Hollow watering hole. No offense to The Blue Light, and no hate to Cow Hollow, where I grew up in a rent-controlled apartment. It’s one of the city’s wealthiest enclaves and doesn’t exactly radiate everyman vibes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí struggled for recognition and to pick a lane\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most successful candidates craft identities you can describe in a sentence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990165\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11990165 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240612-SFMayoralDebate-82-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahsha Safaí speaks during the San Francisco mayoral debate at the Sydney Goldstein Theater. Along with the other candidates, Safaí shared his vision for the city’s future. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed portrays herself as a comeback kid celebrating a rejuvenated San Francisco. Farrell wants to be seen as a pragmatist who will save the city from wayward progressives. Lurie projects as a sensible outsider with CEO know-how. Peskin hopes to be the city’s personal Jiminy Cricket, steering San Francisco back toward progressive values many believe it has abandoned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don’t know Safaí’s elevator pitch. And after his debate performance, I’m not sure he knows it himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, during a heated back and forth between Heather Knight, a debate moderator and San Francisco bureau chief of \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> and Breed, Knight completely skipped over Safaí’s turn to answer a question — almost as if she forgot he was on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Housing and homelessness. Mental health and fentanyl addiction. Public safety, public transit and police staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first opportunity for San Franciscans to see mayoral candidates make their case to be the city’s next mayor on a shared stage was Wednesday night. Hosted by City Arts & Lectures at the Sydney Goldstein Theater, the debate sold out the 1,600-seat auditorium. The YouTube audience hovered around 1,200 for most of the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between rattling off statistics, trading barbs and talking about their favorite burritos and drag queens, Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí argued their visions for San Francisco’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed painted a rosy picture of the city, claiming that crime is down, homeless encampments are disappearing and businesses will soon see tax relief. Peskin dug down on positions partial to progressive Democrats, like funding affordable housing and hiring more union city workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell and Lurie described the city as a haven of crime, drug use and homelessness. Safai, an underdog candidate who lags in fundraising, struggled to raise his profile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989776/san-franciscos-first-mayoral-debate-is-here-the-stakes-are-high\">stakes couldn’t be higher for San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city with seemingly intractable problems that have made national headlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her opening remarks, Breed said her opponents are tearing down San Francisco to win office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These guys have one thing in common — they want us to feel bad about San Francisco,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2402px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2402\" height=\"1601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3.jpg 2402w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2402px) 100vw, 2402px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People fill the sidewalk in front of the Sydney Goldstein Theater before a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell drew first blood, rebutting Lurie’s critique of his record funding the San Francisco Police Department. Lurie, the Levi Strauss heir, said the late Mayor Ed Lee wanted $6 million for the police, money Farrell allegedly refused to allocate when he was on the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel, this is where your inexperience shows,” said Farrell, landing a zinger that caused a crowd eruption. “You have not been part of the budget committee in City Hall or mayor of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safai swiped at Lurie’s lack of government service. Lurie responded by echoing a line he has used on the campaign trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to talk about experience all night long. They’ve got a combined 70 years of experience on this stage. Look where it’s gotten us,” he said as he spread his arms in exasperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell and Lurie struggled at times to offer solutions that differ from what current elected officials are already implementing. When the candidates were asked what they could do to revive downtown, Farrell said San Francisco should give tax incentives for businesses. Breed and Peskin teamed up to put forward a ballot measure in November that would exempt 2,500 businesses from some city taxes while lowering taxes for hotels and entertainment organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to be incredibly pro-active with our business community and bring them back to the downtown core,” Farrell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate was moderated by Manny Yekutiel, proprietor of the event space Manny’s and Heather Knight, San Francisco bureau chief of The New York Times. Yekutiel told the audience “not to clap, sneer or jeer.” That didn’t stop the crowd from intermittently booing. The candidates were civil even as they criticized their opponents. The exchanges between the moderators and the candidates were much lighter, providing comic relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are you a NIMBY?” Knight asked Peskin, using the acronym for Not in My Backyard, shorthand for homeowners who oppose housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin said his policies led to more housing construction than any other candidate on stage. He critiqued Farrell, ticking off affordable housing projects Farrell opposed while he was a supervisor. In his retort, Farrell said that Peskin relies too much on voter-backed bonds to build affordable housing instead of the free market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knight also drew laughs after forgetting to ask Safai a question she asked the other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990133\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People fill the sidewalk in front of the Sydney Goldstein Theater before a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed seemed taken off guard when Yekutiel asked what she had done to solve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988252/sf-bribery-scandal-could-see-fishermans-wharf-restaurant-forced-out\">corruption\u003c/a> in her administration. Breed said she had not hired any of the people who were ensnared in the corruption scandal, omitting that former San Francisco Public Works Director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923588/disgraced-former-sf-public-works-chief-mohammed-nuru-sentenced-to-7-years-for-bribery-scheme\">Mohammed Nuru\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955753/jury-convicts-top-sf-official-in-corruption-trial-here-are-5-takeaways\">Harlan Kelly\u003c/a>, the former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, were close allies. Both were found guilty of taking bribes and sentenced to prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As mayor, I’ve had to oversee the biggest corruption cleanup in city history,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knight, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Live-updates-from-TotalMuni2018-12873525.php\">rode every bus, train, cable car and street car in the city in one day\u003c/a> during her time as a San Francisco Chronicle columnist, pressed the candidates on their solutions to save BART and Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin touted his tax on Uber, Lyft and similar companies to help fund the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and said pedestrian safety should be a priority. Lurie said it was important to make sure Muni is safe, noting that many Asian seniors are afraid to ride after some have been physically assaulted and endured racist slurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell said Muni needs to focus on its existing operations, not expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe strongly in our city’s transit-first policy,” said Farrell, who wants the cars that were banned in favor of transit and pedestrian safety back on Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When was the last time you rode a bike or Muni bus in San Francisco?” Knight asked Farrell. When he said he rode a bus just a few weeks ago, she requested the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 1-California,” Farrell said, almost triumphantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approaches to homelessness by Lurie and Peskin represent a fundamental difference in views: Lurie’s solution assumes unhoused people flock to San Francisco for services, while Peskin’s asserts people who fall behind on rent are vulnerable to becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to send the message to the country, to the world: You do not come to San Francisco to do drugs, to deal drugs or to sleep on our streets,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin noted that 69 percent of people who are homeless lived in San Francisco before they were homeless, adding that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986991/peskin-ballot-measure-aims-to-pay-rent-for-thousands-of-low-income-households-in-sf\">rent assistance\u003c/a> can be a powerful tool to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will make it my mission to prevent more homelessness before it happens,” Peskin said. “Every family we save from eviction is one less person living on our streets.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989776/san-franciscos-first-mayoral-debate-is-here-the-stakes-are-high\">stakes couldn’t be higher for San Francisco\u003c/a>, a city with seemingly intractable problems that have made national headlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her opening remarks, Breed said her opponents are tearing down San Francisco to win office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These guys have one thing in common — they want us to feel bad about San Francisco,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990134\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2402px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990134\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2402\" height=\"1601\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3.jpg 2402w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR3-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2402px) 100vw, 2402px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People fill the sidewalk in front of the Sydney Goldstein Theater before a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell drew first blood, rebutting Lurie’s critique of his record funding the San Francisco Police Department. Lurie, the Levi Strauss heir, said the late Mayor Ed Lee wanted $6 million for the police, money Farrell allegedly refused to allocate when he was on the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel, this is where your inexperience shows,” said Farrell, landing a zinger that caused a crowd eruption. “You have not been part of the budget committee in City Hall or mayor of San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safai swiped at Lurie’s lack of government service. Lurie responded by echoing a line he has used on the campaign trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to talk about experience all night long. They’ve got a combined 70 years of experience on this stage. Look where it’s gotten us,” he said as he spread his arms in exasperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell and Lurie struggled at times to offer solutions that differ from what current elected officials are already implementing. When the candidates were asked what they could do to revive downtown, Farrell said San Francisco should give tax incentives for businesses. Breed and Peskin teamed up to put forward a ballot measure in November that would exempt 2,500 businesses from some city taxes while lowering taxes for hotels and entertainment organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to be incredibly pro-active with our business community and bring them back to the downtown core,” Farrell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate was moderated by Manny Yekutiel, proprietor of the event space Manny’s and Heather Knight, San Francisco bureau chief of The New York Times. Yekutiel told the audience “not to clap, sneer or jeer.” That didn’t stop the crowd from intermittently booing. The candidates were civil even as they criticized their opponents. The exchanges between the moderators and the candidates were much lighter, providing comic relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are you a NIMBY?” Knight asked Peskin, using the acronym for Not in My Backyard, shorthand for homeowners who oppose housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin said his policies led to more housing construction than any other candidate on stage. He critiqued Farrell, ticking off affordable housing projects Farrell opposed while he was a supervisor. In his retort, Farrell said that Peskin relies too much on voter-backed bonds to build affordable housing instead of the free market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knight also drew laughs after forgetting to ask Safai a question she asked the other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11990133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11990133\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SFMAYOR@-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People fill the sidewalk in front of the Sydney Goldstein Theater before a San Francisco mayoral debate on June 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breed seemed taken off guard when Yekutiel asked what she had done to solve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988252/sf-bribery-scandal-could-see-fishermans-wharf-restaurant-forced-out\">corruption\u003c/a> in her administration. Breed said she had not hired any of the people who were ensnared in the corruption scandal, omitting that former San Francisco Public Works Director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923588/disgraced-former-sf-public-works-chief-mohammed-nuru-sentenced-to-7-years-for-bribery-scheme\">Mohammed Nuru\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955753/jury-convicts-top-sf-official-in-corruption-trial-here-are-5-takeaways\">Harlan Kelly\u003c/a>, the former general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, were close allies. Both were found guilty of taking bribes and sentenced to prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As mayor, I’ve had to oversee the biggest corruption cleanup in city history,” Breed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knight, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Live-updates-from-TotalMuni2018-12873525.php\">rode every bus, train, cable car and street car in the city in one day\u003c/a> during her time as a San Francisco Chronicle columnist, pressed the candidates on their solutions to save BART and Muni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin touted his tax on Uber, Lyft and similar companies to help fund the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, and said pedestrian safety should be a priority. Lurie said it was important to make sure Muni is safe, noting that many Asian seniors are afraid to ride after some have been physically assaulted and endured racist slurs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell said Muni needs to focus on its existing operations, not expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe strongly in our city’s transit-first policy,” said Farrell, who wants the cars that were banned in favor of transit and pedestrian safety back on Market Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When was the last time you rode a bike or Muni bus in San Francisco?” Knight asked Farrell. When he said he rode a bus just a few weeks ago, she requested the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The 1-California,” Farrell said, almost triumphantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approaches to homelessness by Lurie and Peskin represent a fundamental difference in views: Lurie’s solution assumes unhoused people flock to San Francisco for services, while Peskin’s asserts people who fall behind on rent are vulnerable to becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to send the message to the country, to the world: You do not come to San Francisco to do drugs, to deal drugs or to sleep on our streets,” Lurie said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin noted that 69 percent of people who are homeless lived in San Francisco before they were homeless, adding that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986991/peskin-ballot-measure-aims-to-pay-rent-for-thousands-of-low-income-households-in-sf\">rent assistance\u003c/a> can be a powerful tool to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After the collapse of an early debate amid a contentious start to the San Francisco mayoral race, the first debate is finally here — and it’s shaping up to be the local political event of the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosted by City Arts & Lectures at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in Civic Center, the Wednesday night event is already sold out to watch in person with 1,600 people set to attend. Hundreds more have signed up to watch virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between now and the November election, debates aplenty will pop up in neighborhoods across the city, giving voters the chance to see Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí argue their visions for San Francisco. However, the first holds a particular power: a candidate’s debut performance can sway people to donate in large numbers or volunteer. It can also lead to vital endorsements, said Jim Ross, a political consultant who led Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful 2003 mayoral campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the first opportunity for the public to get a sense of how the candidates perform in a tense situation, the opening debate can shape the idea of a candidate in people’s minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The key thing about a debate like this one coming up is not the debate itself, but the story that comes out of it,” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Farrell announces his run for San Francisco mayor during a press conference at the San Francisco Baseball Academy in San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The high stakes explain the acrimony over the first proposed debate organized by TogetherSF, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986393/first-sf-mayoral-debate-continues-to-crumble-as-third-candidate-may-drop-out\">which imploded over allegations that the political group’s CEO was working for Farrell in secret\u003c/a>. Breed and Peskin both backed out of the May 20 event, citing concerns over the group’s impartiality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These first debates can be so defining,” Ross said. “If it were the fifth debate or sixth debate, I don’t think anybody would have cared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s still early in the mayor’s race — the deadline to declare candidacy was just Tuesday — it’s clear Farrell’s campaign has emerged as a threat to Breed. A May poll from moderate-leaning Democratic group GrowSF shows the mayor and Farrell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986162/anybody-could-win-san-francisco-mayoral-race-poll-suggests-with-many-voters-undecided\">in a statistical dead heat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin poses for photos after a rally to announce his campaign for mayor of San Francisco in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square in San Francisco on April 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, the power of incumbency gives politicians holding office a comfortable lead. These are not ordinary times, as San Franciscans’ concerns over crime, drug use and homelessness have tarnished Breed’s image. A \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> poll from February showed 71% of San Franciscans did not approve of Breed’s job performance as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s still time for Breed to catch up, and winning significant endorsements will be key.[aside postID=news_11983671 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/DCCC01-1020x680.jpg']Jane Natoli, organizing director of the pro-development group San Francisco YIMBY, is buying popcorn, gluten-free snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for a virtual watch party at the group’s regular meeting space in South of Market (though she won’t begrudge her members for bringing libations). Her members are watching with an eye toward making their endorsements, which carry weight among younger voters and people with urbanist values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every candidate except for Peskin — whose stance on new housing has irked the pro-development crowd — has met with SF YIMBY members to discuss their housing plans, but Natoli thinks there’s added value in the debate format. She’s particularly interested to hear if the candidates will commit to building more developments, more densely, on the city’s suburban west side to solve the housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So far, everyone’s tiptoed around that a little bit. Where are they going to stand? How are they going to differentiate themselves?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin recently \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/06/confederacy-of-nimbys-cheer-peskin-criticize-melgar-on-housing/\">drew accolades from neighbors opposed to dense housing on the west side\u003c/a>, according to Mission Local, which may emerge as an attack from other candidates on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Ahsha Safaí speaks with Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer for Political Breakdown at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, warned voters to ask themselves a few key questions when candidates profess grand ideas to move the city forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How reasonable are the plans that they’ve laid out? Is that type of plan workable within the city bureaucracy? Is there funding for that?” she said. “It’s easier said than done, I think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple campaigns told KQED they’re deep in debate prep. Four of the candidates are regular public speakers in political life — at this point, they’re more focused on compressing their answers down to the one-minute allotment than they are on learning to speak more eloquently about their records. The night will be moderated by Manny Yekutiel, proprietor of the event space Manny’s and Heather Knight, \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>’ San Francisco bureau chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates’ messaging on the campaign trail so far offers several clues to what could play out onstage on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have shown they’re fond of critiquing each other’s resumes: Lurie may lump all the elected officials together and call them “insiders” who have ruined the city. Farrell, Peskin and Lurie may argue that Breed has had years to enact her vision and failed. Peskin might be attacked for his penchant for yelling at staffers in overnight phone calls. Farrell may draw fire \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2024/06/farrell-complains-about-cuts-in-child-care-measure-that-he-tried-to-kill/\">for flipping to support a 2018 childcare tax measure that he previously opposed\u003c/a>. And the rest of the candidates may hammer on Lurie’s lack of government experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie at KQED on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ross said the candidates will try to create a contrast between themselves and their opponents. In that respect, he said, Breed’s history of growing up impoverished in San Francisco’s Fillmore district may still stand out when people hear from her live, despite San Franciscans’ wavering fondness for the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“London Breed is a living, breathing contrast to everybody else in this race,” he said. “You have one woman of color, an African American woman. And I think her ability to stand out, to talk from her experience growing up in San Francisco. Her story is so powerful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if Breed has no standout moments, Ross said, that’s not necessarily a bad thing — especially if her opponents are equally as lackluster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, incumbents are usually playing not to lose in debates,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The debate is set to kick off Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. To watch virtually, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityarts.net/event/san-franciscos-next-mayor/\">get your tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After the collapse of an early debate amid a contentious start to the San Francisco mayoral race, the first debate is finally here — and it’s shaping up to be the local political event of the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosted by City Arts & Lectures at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in Civic Center, the Wednesday night event is already sold out to watch in person with 1,600 people set to attend. Hundreds more have signed up to watch virtually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Between now and the November election, debates aplenty will pop up in neighborhoods across the city, giving voters the chance to see Mayor London Breed, former Mayor Mark Farrell, Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie and Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí argue their visions for San Francisco. However, the first holds a particular power: a candidate’s debut performance can sway people to donate in large numbers or volunteer. It can also lead to vital endorsements, said Jim Ross, a political consultant who led Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful 2003 mayoral campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the first opportunity for the public to get a sense of how the candidates perform in a tense situation, the opening debate can shape the idea of a candidate in people’s minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The key thing about a debate like this one coming up is not the debate itself, but the story that comes out of it,” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240213-MarkFarrell-32-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark Farrell announces his run for San Francisco mayor during a press conference at the San Francisco Baseball Academy in San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The high stakes explain the acrimony over the first proposed debate organized by TogetherSF, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986393/first-sf-mayoral-debate-continues-to-crumble-as-third-candidate-may-drop-out\">which imploded over allegations that the political group’s CEO was working for Farrell in secret\u003c/a>. Breed and Peskin both backed out of the May 20 event, citing concerns over the group’s impartiality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These first debates can be so defining,” Ross said. “If it were the fifth debate or sixth debate, I don’t think anybody would have cared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s still early in the mayor’s race — the deadline to declare candidacy was just Tuesday — it’s clear Farrell’s campaign has emerged as a threat to Breed. A May poll from moderate-leaning Democratic group GrowSF shows the mayor and Farrell \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986162/anybody-could-win-san-francisco-mayoral-race-poll-suggests-with-many-voters-undecided\">in a statistical dead heat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989877\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989877\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240406-PeskinCampaignKickoff-056-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin poses for photos after a rally to announce his campaign for mayor of San Francisco in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square in San Francisco on April 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Usually, the power of incumbency gives politicians holding office a comfortable lead. These are not ordinary times, as San Franciscans’ concerns over crime, drug use and homelessness have tarnished Breed’s image. A \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> poll from February showed 71% of San Franciscans did not approve of Breed’s job performance as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s still time for Breed to catch up, and winning significant endorsements will be key.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jane Natoli, organizing director of the pro-development group San Francisco YIMBY, is buying popcorn, gluten-free snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for a virtual watch party at the group’s regular meeting space in South of Market (though she won’t begrudge her members for bringing libations). Her members are watching with an eye toward making their endorsements, which carry weight among younger voters and people with urbanist values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every candidate except for Peskin — whose stance on new housing has irked the pro-development crowd — has met with SF YIMBY members to discuss their housing plans, but Natoli thinks there’s added value in the debate format. She’s particularly interested to hear if the candidates will commit to building more developments, more densely, on the city’s suburban west side to solve the housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So far, everyone’s tiptoed around that a little bit. Where are they going to stand? How are they going to differentiate themselves?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin recently \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/06/confederacy-of-nimbys-cheer-peskin-criticize-melgar-on-housing/\">drew accolades from neighbors opposed to dense housing on the west side\u003c/a>, according to Mission Local, which may emerge as an attack from other candidates on stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240516-PoliticalBreakdownAhshaSafai-16-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Ahsha Safaí speaks with Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer for Political Breakdown at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, warned voters to ask themselves a few key questions when candidates profess grand ideas to move the city forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How reasonable are the plans that they’ve laid out? Is that type of plan workable within the city bureaucracy? Is there funding for that?” she said. “It’s easier said than done, I think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple campaigns told KQED they’re deep in debate prep. Four of the candidates are regular public speakers in political life — at this point, they’re more focused on compressing their answers down to the one-minute allotment than they are on learning to speak more eloquently about their records. The night will be moderated by Manny Yekutiel, proprietor of the event space Manny’s and Heather Knight, \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>’ San Francisco bureau chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The candidates’ messaging on the campaign trail so far offers several clues to what could play out onstage on Wednesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have shown they’re fond of critiquing each other’s resumes: Lurie may lump all the elected officials together and call them “insiders” who have ruined the city. Farrell, Peskin and Lurie may argue that Breed has had years to enact her vision and failed. Peskin might be attacked for his penchant for yelling at staffers in overnight phone calls. Farrell may draw fire \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2024/06/farrell-complains-about-cuts-in-child-care-measure-that-he-tried-to-kill/\">for flipping to support a 2018 childcare tax measure that he previously opposed\u003c/a>. And the rest of the candidates may hammer on Lurie’s lack of government experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989878\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240604-DANIEL-LURIE-ON-PB-MD-05_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie at KQED on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ross said the candidates will try to create a contrast between themselves and their opponents. In that respect, he said, Breed’s history of growing up impoverished in San Francisco’s Fillmore district may still stand out when people hear from her live, despite San Franciscans’ wavering fondness for the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“London Breed is a living, breathing contrast to everybody else in this race,” he said. “You have one woman of color, an African American woman. And I think her ability to stand out, to talk from her experience growing up in San Francisco. Her story is so powerful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if Breed has no standout moments, Ross said, that’s not necessarily a bad thing — especially if her opponents are equally as lackluster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, incumbents are usually playing not to lose in debates,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The debate is set to kick off Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. To watch virtually, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityarts.net/event/san-franciscos-next-mayor/\">get your tickets here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Daniel Lurie is rich, and he knows San Franciscans might have qualms about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and candidate for San Francisco mayor, Lurie leaned into his upbringing on Tuesday night at the first mayoral election forum this year. The Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club hosted it at the First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center on Franklin Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie said he had no choice in growing up wealthy. Instead, the choice he made was to create an anti-poverty nonprofit, Tipping Point, to try to help people using his resources, he told Jeffrey Kwong, president of the Milk Club and the forum’s moderator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every door that’s been open for me, I’ve tried to bring along as many people as possible,” Lurie told Kwong on stage. ”There’s no buying this election. This is why you’re not going to see a candidate work as hard as me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong bluntly told Lurie that people have a “visceral” response to seeing such a wealthy person enter the mayor’s race. Some fear his money could sway the election, Kwong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you read about me these days, the first thing you hear is ‘Levi’s,’” Lurie told the crowd. “I run toward that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the five mayoral candidates faced questions about their policies and personal histories from the club of progressive Democrats, Lurie wasn’t the only one to be grilled about his finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and mayor, denied his campaign had any unethical ties with independent political groups that wield significant spending power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Text messages revealed by Mission Local and the San Francisco Chronicle suggest coordination between independent political groups \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/mark-farrell-consultant-texts-that-togethersf-head-is-guiding-the-ship/\">TogetherSF\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/moderate-groups-influence-election-2024-19416954.php\">Neighbors for a Better San Francisco\u003c/a> — which have spent millions from wealthy tech funders on behalf of moderate Democratic causes — and Farrell’s campaign. Some coordination between such groups may flout state and local ethics laws. The Milk Club’s members pressed Farrell on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all organizations that every single candidate, I’m sure, that is up on the stage is courting,” Farrell told Kwong on stage. “And they have independent boards, and I hope to earn their support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987395\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell, right, speaks onstage with Jeffrey Kwong, president of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, during a candidate forum hosted by the club on May 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED, Farrell denied that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984718/kanishka-cheng-the-most-influential-san-franciscan-youve-never-heard-of\">Kanishka Cheng, TogetherSF Action’s CEO\u003c/a>, and her husband Jay Cheng, head of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, unethically coordinated with his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kanishka was someone who used to work for me in City Hall. She’s done amazing things running her organization inside of City Hall, and she’s a friend, and that’s it,” Farrell said after the event. When pressed to answer directly whether either of the Chengs coordinated with his campaign, he said “no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Catch up fast:\u003c/strong> The forum gave San Franciscans their first public glimpse into the policies and character of the top contenders in the mayor’s race: Lurie, Farrell, Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Ahsha Safai and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong interviewed each candidate for 30 minutes in front of roughly 200 attendees, with no debate between candidates. The forum was announced after San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986393/first-sf-mayoral-debate-continues-to-crumble-as-third-candidate-may-drop-out\">first planned mayoral debate began to crumble\u003c/a> last week over the alleged ties between Farrell’s campaign and political advocacy organizations. That debate would have been hosted by TogetherSF Action until Breed and Peskin questioned its independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a novel election, as incumbent mayors are not usually challenged. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mayor-london-breed-election-18678601.php\">poll conducted for the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in February showed that 71% of San Franciscans did not approve of Breed’s job performance as mayor, a result mirrored in multiple polls, revealing Breed to be vulnerable to challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"san-francisco-mayors-race\"]\u003cstrong>Why it matters:\u003c/strong> Lurie’s opponents have publicly mocked \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/billionaire-mom-gives-1m-to-son-s-sf-mayoral-race-18638051.php\">a billboard funded by his mother, Mimi Haas\u003c/a>, touting her $1 million donation to a group supporting her son’s candidacy. The candidates have all taken turns alleging Lurie is unequipped to be mayor because he’s never held public office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s messaging during the forum previewed what he may say on the campaign trail to rebut those claims. Jim Ross, a political consultant who ran Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful 2003 campaign for mayor, said every campaign has a question to answer, almost like a central thesis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lurie’s obvious question he has to answer is basically, ‘Is being rich enough of a qualification to be mayor?’” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Farrell, ethics laws bar certain types of cooperation between such groups. That firewall forms the backbone of campaign finance law that allows independent political groups to fundraise in any amount to support multiple candidates, as opposed to candidate-controlled campaigns, which can only accept a maximum donation of $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross said TogetherSF mishandled its bad press, saying that a statement backing Farrell might have eased off some of the scrutiny the group has come under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they kind of are trying to seem neutral or hide it and come off as independent, it’s making it a story,” Ross said. “It’s not the scandal, it’s the cover-up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other candidates in the hot seat:\u003c/strong> Lurie and Farrell weren’t the only ones questioned on controversial topics by Kwong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong told Breed that progressive Democrats bristle at her support for police and her relatively silent treatment around the need for police reform after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer. Breed disagreed with Kwong’s characterization but ultimately doubled down on supporting police and public safety. Audience members shouted slogans against the police department during the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are hollering ‘defund the police,’” Breed said, “but let something happen to you, and you’re calling 911 and wondering why the police didn’t get there. I get that people have issues and concerns, and they’re not perfect, but I’ve worked really hard to build those bridges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong said Peskin’s critics have characterized him as a NIMBY and dislike that he blocks housing in his home neighborhood, North Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can grow San Francisco without destroying our neighborhoods,” Peskin said, who cited his work to build 10,000 housing units in the Mission, South of Market and Central Waterfront \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979849/peskins-rumored-mayor-run-has-same-strength-and-weakness-housing\">as part of the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan\u003c/a>, among other efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safai was challenged on his progressive bonafides. He said he’s the only candidate with a long history in the labor movement, working with a local janitors’ union for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What we’re watching:\u003c/strong> Peskin, Lurie, Farrell and Safai all had critical words for Breed, but due to the format, Breed had no opportunity to rebut them. Breed is a skilled orator; it’ll be fascinating to watch the first debate where Breed and her challengers can engage in dialogue together — even if it’s not yet certain when that will be.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you read about me these days, the first thing you hear is ‘Levi’s,’” Lurie told the crowd. “I run toward that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the five mayoral candidates faced questions about their policies and personal histories from the club of progressive Democrats, Lurie wasn’t the only one to be grilled about his finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Farrell, a former supervisor and mayor, denied his campaign had any unethical ties with independent political groups that wield significant spending power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Text messages revealed by Mission Local and the San Francisco Chronicle suggest coordination between independent political groups \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/05/mark-farrell-consultant-texts-that-togethersf-head-is-guiding-the-ship/\">TogetherSF\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/moderate-groups-influence-election-2024-19416954.php\">Neighbors for a Better San Francisco\u003c/a> — which have spent millions from wealthy tech funders on behalf of moderate Democratic causes — and Farrell’s campaign. Some coordination between such groups may flout state and local ethics laws. The Milk Club’s members pressed Farrell on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all organizations that every single candidate, I’m sure, that is up on the stage is courting,” Farrell told Kwong on stage. “And they have independent boards, and I hope to earn their support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987395\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1446\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-800x603.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-1020x768.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/1000020306_qut-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell, right, speaks onstage with Jeffrey Kwong, president of the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, during a candidate forum hosted by the club on May 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking to KQED, Farrell denied that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984718/kanishka-cheng-the-most-influential-san-franciscan-youve-never-heard-of\">Kanishka Cheng, TogetherSF Action’s CEO\u003c/a>, and her husband Jay Cheng, head of Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, unethically coordinated with his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Kanishka was someone who used to work for me in City Hall. She’s done amazing things running her organization inside of City Hall, and she’s a friend, and that’s it,” Farrell said after the event. When pressed to answer directly whether either of the Chengs coordinated with his campaign, he said “no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Catch up fast:\u003c/strong> The forum gave San Franciscans their first public glimpse into the policies and character of the top contenders in the mayor’s race: Lurie, Farrell, Mayor London Breed, Supervisor Ahsha Safai and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong interviewed each candidate for 30 minutes in front of roughly 200 attendees, with no debate between candidates. The forum was announced after San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986393/first-sf-mayoral-debate-continues-to-crumble-as-third-candidate-may-drop-out\">first planned mayoral debate began to crumble\u003c/a> last week over the alleged ties between Farrell’s campaign and political advocacy organizations. That debate would have been hosted by TogetherSF Action until Breed and Peskin questioned its independence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a novel election, as incumbent mayors are not usually challenged. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mayor-london-breed-election-18678601.php\">poll conducted for the\u003cem> San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in February showed that 71% of San Franciscans did not approve of Breed’s job performance as mayor, a result mirrored in multiple polls, revealing Breed to be vulnerable to challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it matters:\u003c/strong> Lurie’s opponents have publicly mocked \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/billionaire-mom-gives-1m-to-son-s-sf-mayoral-race-18638051.php\">a billboard funded by his mother, Mimi Haas\u003c/a>, touting her $1 million donation to a group supporting her son’s candidacy. The candidates have all taken turns alleging Lurie is unequipped to be mayor because he’s never held public office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s messaging during the forum previewed what he may say on the campaign trail to rebut those claims. Jim Ross, a political consultant who ran Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful 2003 campaign for mayor, said every campaign has a question to answer, almost like a central thesis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lurie’s obvious question he has to answer is basically, ‘Is being rich enough of a qualification to be mayor?’” Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Farrell, ethics laws bar certain types of cooperation between such groups. That firewall forms the backbone of campaign finance law that allows independent political groups to fundraise in any amount to support multiple candidates, as opposed to candidate-controlled campaigns, which can only accept a maximum donation of $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross said TogetherSF mishandled its bad press, saying that a statement backing Farrell might have eased off some of the scrutiny the group has come under.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they kind of are trying to seem neutral or hide it and come off as independent, it’s making it a story,” Ross said. “It’s not the scandal, it’s the cover-up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Other candidates in the hot seat:\u003c/strong> Lurie and Farrell weren’t the only ones questioned on controversial topics by Kwong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong told Breed that progressive Democrats bristle at her support for police and her relatively silent treatment around the need for police reform after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer. Breed disagreed with Kwong’s characterization but ultimately doubled down on supporting police and public safety. Audience members shouted slogans against the police department during the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are hollering ‘defund the police,’” Breed said, “but let something happen to you, and you’re calling 911 and wondering why the police didn’t get there. I get that people have issues and concerns, and they’re not perfect, but I’ve worked really hard to build those bridges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kwong said Peskin’s critics have characterized him as a NIMBY and dislike that he blocks housing in his home neighborhood, North Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can grow San Francisco without destroying our neighborhoods,” Peskin said, who cited his work to build 10,000 housing units in the Mission, South of Market and Central Waterfront \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979849/peskins-rumored-mayor-run-has-same-strength-and-weakness-housing\">as part of the Eastern Neighborhoods Plan\u003c/a>, among other efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safai was challenged on his progressive bonafides. He said he’s the only candidate with a long history in the labor movement, working with a local janitors’ union for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin was in talks to participate but ultimately declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Journalists who were set to serve as moderators have also been dropping out of the debate; Lurie said Wednesday morning that he had only learned “in the last few hours” that the debate’s organizers lost their third such journalist, adding that they would need to find a moderator who is independent from TogetherSF for him to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only remaining independent journalist backed out,” Lurie said during a press conference where he announced his emergency shelter plan to address street homelessness. “If they are able to find one, I’ll be there. I’m going back to debate prep right now. I want to debate these insiders.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event was planned as a blowout kickoff to the mayoral election, which will be in full swing after the June deadline for candidates to file. 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