SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie is simply three days away from taking workplace. On Saturday and Sunday, he’s internet hosting neighborhood clean-up occasions, asking residents to assist choose up trash. On Saturday, he was in Ocean Seaside, Ingleside, and Bayview.
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Max Davis, a neighborhood who spends time within the neighborhood, determined to assist after listening to that Lurie can be internet hosting the occasion. “It’s been cool to see him out here. I was a supporter, and it’s nice to see a face to the name,” stated Davis. Davis, a San Francisco resident, is hopeful about what the brand new administration will carry. “A little more safe. Being able to walk around downtown and making it more of a city again,” Davis added.
Lurie, simply days from his inauguration, picked up trash piece by piece whereas greeting residents who supported him. One native stated, “I just told him to keep up the good work. I met him. He came to our church trying to get votes, but he seemed down to earth.”
Lurie hosted a number of clean-ups all through the weekend. Whereas these early efforts are piece by piece, he was elected primarily based on massive plans, together with tackling homelessness and drug use.
On Saturday, KRON4 walked down Sixth Avenue from Mission Avenue and noticed dozens of individuals utilizing medicine and mendacity on the road. Some known as out for assist, whereas others clearly didn’t need to be on digital camera. Advocates say as much as 500 individuals are on this space utilizing medicine each night time. Cleansing it up is considered one of Lurie’s targets.
Supervisor Matt Dorsey not too long ago despatched a letter to regulation enforcement, asking if they may arrest as much as 100 folks per night time within the Sixth Avenue and Tenderloin areas. The letter additionally prompt forcing these arrested into detox beds. Lurie wouldn’t say whether or not he supported the thought however acknowledged, “I can’t speak to that. What I can speak to is our administration is sending a message to the rest of the country: you can’t come here to sell or do drugs anymore.”
The mayor-elect’s clean-up efforts continued on Sunday within the Tenderloin and Mission neighborhoods. All of this leads as much as his inauguration at Civic Middle on Wednesday at 11:30 a.m., adopted by an open home at Metropolis Corridor.