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this week. “The fact that I have come out of the most problematic circumstances of San Francisco to be mayor, and I’m here, and I have been able to serve, it is an absolute privilege.”
Lurie was able to tap into voter disillusionment over brazen retail theft, crime, open-air drug dens, and homeless encampments that made residents fearful and businesses flee. San Francisco also became a verbal punching bag for conservative pundits and President-elect Donald Trump. Breed was one of the first large-city mayors in the country to declare a state of emergency during the pandemic, something that was credited with saving countless lives.
Lurie comes from one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the city. His mother was married to Peter Haas, an heir to the founder of the Levi’s brand. Haas has since died, and Lurie and his mother are among his primary heirs.Lurie spent nearly $9 million on his own campaign. His mother threw in another $1 million to an independent expenditure committee backing her son’s bid. Lurie also got big cash infusions from wealthy friends and friendly tech titans.
“She had alienated herself from liberal San Francisco along the way,” Peskin said. “And they abandoned her.”“It was kind of her way or the highway,” he added. “And politics is the business of negotiating a compromise, which she did splendidly during COVID. But that was not everybody’s experience before COVID or after COVID, and that came back and bit her.”
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