San Francisco Mayor London Breed concedes race, congratulates Daniel Lurie on victory

San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded the mayoral race to Daniel Lurie Thursday afternoon with a social media submit that congratulated her competitor.   

The mayor additionally thanked the town and its residents for “the chance to serve the Metropolis that raised me” in the post on X just after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

There had been rumblings that Breed may concede the race earlier Thursday having are available behind Lurie within the last vote count released Wednesday morning. 

“At present, I referred to as Daniel Lurie and congratulated him on his victory on this election,” the submit learn. “Over the approaching weeks, my employees and I’ll work to make sure a clean transition as he takes on the distinction of serving as Mayor of San Francisco. I do know we’re each dedicated to bettering this Metropolis we love.”

Breed spoke at a press convention lower than an hour after the social media submit to reply questions from reporters about her choice, reiterating a few of what she stated in her social media submit.

“The town is on the rise. The workplace is greater than only one individual, and I referred to as Daniel Lurie earlier at this time to congratulate him,” the mayor stated. “And made it very clear my workforce and I stand able to help him throughout his transition. We’ll all the time do all the pieces we are able to to make sure the success of the town and that there’s a clean transition, in order that the vital work that has been accomplished and must proceed in San Francisco strikes ahead.” 

When requested if this was the toughest speech she’d ever given, Breed rapidly dismissed that concept.

“No, it isn’t. There’s been different tougher speeches. I imply I needed to make a tough choice to shut the town down throughout a worldwide pandemic. I needed to cope with…the racial reckoning that occurred after the tragic loss of life of George Floyd. I needed to exit in the midst of the night time and inform folks that Mayor Ed Lee had handed away. There are quite a few events.”

Six years in the past, incumbent London Breed grew to become the primary Black lady to function mayor of San Francisco after the loss of life of Mayor Ed Lee in late 2017. The then president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors was automatically appointed as the city’s acting mayor early the morning after Lee’s loss of life.

In June of 2018, Breed won the special election that was held to fill the office, defeating her essential opponent, former state senator Mark Leno.  

Breed confronted plenty of main challenges throughout her first time period in workplace, together with the COVID-19 pandemic, the town’s ongoing points with drug abuse and homelessness, rising housing costs and a spike in retail crime that some chains cited as the explanation behind closing shops in San Francisco.

Whereas Breed has touted progress in reducing the number of homeless encampments and pushed applications to fill vacant business spaces downtown, the mayor’s struggles have led to 11 different candidates getting into the race to problem her for the job.

“Over the approaching weeks, I plan to mirror on all of the progress we have made. However at this time, I’m proud that we’ve got really achieved a lot and my coronary heart is stuffed with gratitude,” Breed’s message stated in closing. “Throughout my ultimate two months as your Mayor, I’ll proceed to guide this Metropolis as I’ve from Day One – as San Francisco’s largest champion.”  

Daniel Lurie has introduced that he’ll communicate to the media concerning the newest developments Friday morning.