Four of the five major mayoral candidates came out to the Mission on Saturday, talking policing, housing, billionaires, and more.
Mayor London Breed and District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safaí at a Latino-focused debate on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Photo by Joe Rivano Barros.Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches
As has often been true in San Francisco’s mayoral campaign, when Breed’s rivals on stage pointed to past accomplishments in the city, Breed piped up to counter them: Those accomplishments were done withThe incumbent mayor sought to give no quarter, and seemed particularly incensed by claims from Lurie, the Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit founder.We
The forum was the first Latino-focused one of the election season, and comes as the candidates start the end sprint. Polls are tight, with Breed and Farrell at the front, Lurie well-placed to pick up second-choice votes and emerge ahead, and Board of Supervisors President Peskin and District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safaí with less clear paths.
Peskin, in a subsequent question about nonprofits, pointed to the work of the big-money group TogetherSF and sought to connect them to his rivals. The group, backed by venture capitalist billionaire Michael Moritz, is behind a pricey charter reform measure to expand mayoral power — which Farrell has used to raise $2.4 million in an independent expenditure campaign — and has a
“They have attacked me time and time again,” she said. “They continue to push a lot of negativity and, more importantly, push against some of the good serving nonprofit organizations that we know exist.” At 11 a.m., the first part of the forum ended and the four candidates left the stage, shaking hands and snapping photos with supporters. The crowd thinned out — about half left before the five underdog candidates were brought onstage.
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