Breed was one of the founding members of the committee way back in 2002, when she was a young veteran of the Willie Brown era.
Mayor London Breed chatting to the crowd at the San Francisco Women's Political Committee's"Summer in the City" annual event on July 10, 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 annual “Summer in the City” event, held at the Phoenix Hotel in the Tenderloin on Wednesday evening.
“To all the folks who are here who are running for office, it takes a lot of courage to step out on faith and to put yourselves out there. I want to say to each and every one of you: Good luck — except for the people running against me,” she said, to more laughs, before exiting the stage after some four minutes and then staying to mingle for a good hour.
The courtyard of the Phoenix Hotel at 601 Eddy St. has hosted legendary rock stars like David Bowie and Kurt Cobain, but on Wednesday it was several dozen elected officials, their aides, and other politicos who filled the space.
“It was more social, it was fun,” she added. Breed was in her 20s, a young veteran of the Willie Brown mayoral administration. He was one of the first endorsements the women’s committee made, she said, because of his female hires and appointments. And, back then, she was just a lowly staffer. “We would do mailers and we would go out and do door-knocking and help candidates that we supported, and we became a real force.
Breed, for her part, said she did not care that she was the only woman in the race — “I mean, who wouldn’t want to be mayor of San Francisco?” — and that the election was still hers to lose.
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