The 47-year-old San Francisco native would be the metropolis’s first mayor since 1911 to come back into the place with out ever holding public workplace earlier than.
By the method of a ranked selection voting system, Lurie defeated incumbent Mayor London Breed and different contenders in final November’s election. Lurie stated he knocked on greater than 140,000 doorways within the metropolis and did 250 meet and greets throughout his marketing campaign, which raised $16 million.
Daniel Lurie speaks in St. Mary’s sq. a day after profitable the mayoral race in San Francisco on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (Photograph by Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle by way of Getty Photographs)
Lurie’s marketing campaign ran on a tough-on-crime platform, promising to deal with open air drug use and homelessness issues dealing with San Francisco. As mayor-elect, he did eight ride-alongs with law enforcement officials and made 10 visits to every police station within the metropolis. Final week, Lurie introduced a brand new chief of public security place that can concentrate on “neighborhood safety, street behavior, emergency preparedness and response,” in response to a spokesperson.
After being sworn in at Metropolis Corridor on Wednesday morning, Lurie is anticipated to attend a night celebration at a banquet corridor in Chinatown.
