SF mayor announces increased retail theft enforcement – NBC Bay Area
San Francisco police plan to expand their retail theft enforcement strategies during the holiday shopping season thanks in part to a multimillion-dollar state grant, according to Mayor London Breed. Breed announced the $17 million grant in September and said in a news release Monday that police have conducted 40 anti-theft operations that have led to […]
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Levi Strauss Heir Daniel Lurie to Run for San Francisco Mayor in 2024
Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss family fortune, is running for mayor of San Francisco next year. Lurie, a local philanthropist and founder of an anti-poverty charity, will challenge incumbent London Breed in a pivotal election for a city battling multiple challenges, from downtown business closures, to homelessness and drug use on the […]
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Should San Francisco’s mayor have more power? – NBC Bay Area
A local group has issued a new report saying San Francisco City Hall is failing to respond effectively. The report comes as the city continues to struggle with an array of challenges, including a hollowed-out downtown, open-air drug markets, homeless encampments, and blight. Several reforms, including giving more power to the mayor, are suggested in […]
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SF Mayor London Breed was on Maui when wildfires broke out
Breed was on a “personal trip,” her office said, and she has since relocated to the island of Oahu. “The Governor of Hawaii issued an order encouraging all visitors to depart the island,” Breed’s office wrote in a statement. “[Breed] has left the island and is now on Oahu. The Mayor was never in danger. This […]
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San Francisco Mayor London Breed signs two-year city budget – NBC Bay Area
San Francisco Mayor London Breed signed a $14.6 billion budget at City Hall on Wednesday, emphasizing the need for economic recovery and fiscal accountability. Through the approved budget, the city plans to cut unsheltered homelessness in half in five years and bolster funding for police, education and more. The Board of Supervisors gave final approval […]
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Brother of San Francisco mayor gets sentence reduced for role in girlfriend’s 2000 death – NBC Bay Area
The brother of San Francisco’s mayor was resentenced to a shorter prison term Monday for his role in the 2000 death of his girlfriend as she drove a getaway car over the Golden Gate Bridge following a robbery. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Brendan Conroy reduced Napoleon Brown’s sentence from 44 years to just over […]
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East Coast mayors call for more office-to-apartment conversions
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Mayors in cities across the U.S. want to loosen rules that can slow the pace of office-to-residential conversions. In some instances, cities have offered generous tax abatements to developers who build new housing. “We have a great opportunity to change the uses in the downtown,” said Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser at a December 2022 […]
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Mayor: Nearly 10 kilos of fentanyl seized in past two weeks from SF Tenderloin, SoMa
San Francisco crackdown on open-air drug use intensifies San Francisco crackdown on open-air drug use intensifies 04:09 SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor London Breed on Thursday said more arrests have been made and an “alarming” amount of fentanyl has been seized in the past two weeks as authorities stepped up a drug crackdown in San Francisco’s […]
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San Francisco Mayor Breed says ‘horrific’ Mission District mass shooting raises ‘questions and concerns’
SAN FRANCISCO — Mayor London Breed weighed in Saturday morning on the San Francisco Mission District shooting that injured nine people Friday evening, saying the incident was still under investigation. The mayor tweeted an update about the shooting at around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, saying that the shooting was still under investigation. “I know there are […]
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Visiting small merchants, S.F. mayor boosts spirits, defends budget priorities
Visiting small merchants, S.F. mayor boosts spirits, defends budget priorities – CBS San Francisco Watch CBS News KPIX 5’s Wilson Walker caught up with Mayor London Breed on a merchant walk Friday where small business operators showed optimism despite their many challenges. (5-26-23) Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live […]
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