Daniel Lurie

03 Mar 2025

Why Downtown San Francisco Is Struggling

Downtown San Francisco is struggling, not because of WFH (work from home), COVID, or even the tech industry’s great abdication. It’s in trouble because it was made to struggle, by force and design. The city’s upper-right quadrant, where it first emerged from the water like some Silurian hexapod, has undergone

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19 Feb 2025

Mayor Lurie to Establish “Police-Friendly” Stabilization Center at 822 Geary

Seeming to fulfill his promise of opening a new shelter, Mayor Daniel Lurie announced plans for a “stabilization center” at 822 Geary. The center, part of Lurie’s Fentanyl Emergency Ordinance, is already drawing praise from Tenderloin safety advocates. It also received strong support from controversial D-6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey. With

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25 Jan 2025

Will Daniel Lurie Bring a New Tech Boom to San Francisco?

Daniel Lurie, San Francisco’s newly elected mayor, has expressed his commitment to making the city a hub for AI innovation, while also addressing issues such as public safety, housing, and corporate partnerships.

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06 Jan 2025

Supervisor Matt Dorsey Wants ‘100 arrests a night’ Going Forward

Supervisor Matt Dorsey is proposing a plan to make “at least 100 arrests” per night in South of Market, with the goal of funneling the sick and suffering into “compulsory detox and treatment” through Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s new measures.

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22 Dec 2024

Daniel Lurie Helps Bring End to Marriott Hotel Strike

With three weeks to go before he assumes office, Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is already at work for San Francisco. His influence helped bring part of one of the longest strikes in the city’s history to an optimistic end. Sunday marks three months from the strike’s beginnings on Sept. 22. If

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03 Dec 2024

Daniel Lurie Only Wants a Dollar To Run San Francisco

Daniel Lurie, a multi-millionaire heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has been elected Mayor of San Francisco with a symbolic salary of $1 and plans to reform the city’s political system and address poverty, drug and behavioral health issues, and affordable housing.

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Daniel Lurie, mayor-elect of San Francisco (2024).
02 Dec 2024

Lurie’s To-Do List Off To Disappointing Start

Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is advocating for a return-to-office mandate in San Francisco, arguing that it will revitalize the Financial District and make downtown safer and cleaner.

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11 Nov 2024

My Daniel Lurie Wishlist

Daniel Lurie, the Mayor-elect of San Francisco, has a lot of problems to solve, including reversing the Tenderloin policy, rolling back policies that punish city residents, and making city streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

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