SF Politics SF Mayor Lurie’s ‘Clean Up City Hall’ Measures Qualify For November Ballot Three Lurie-backed measures headed to the November ballot seek to "streamline" City Hall, including two that would expand the mayor's authority and one that would significantly raise the minimum number of signatures required for petitions.
Bay Area Sports Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor Matt Dorsey Add to Chorus of Condemnation for Giants Pride Night Controversy The SF Giants continue to face a public relations fiasco in their hometown and across the nation, even as prominent Republicans have chosen to dig in on the side of the self-described Christian pitchers who decided to score points with MAGA World on Pride Night.
SF Politics SF Filmmaker and Booster Group Drop Celebrity-Filled 'Comeback City' Video Joe Talbot, the director of 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco,' and the group Believe In SF have just unveiled a new video promoting the city's comeback, featuring Joe Montana, Steph Curry, Dominique Crenn and others.
SF Politics Mayor Daniel Lurie Gets Shouted Down By LGBTQ Protesters at Two Separate Events as Pride Month Kicks Off Mayor Daniel Lurie has not exactly been warmly embraced by everyone in the city's LGBTQ+ community in the last week, as Pride Month celebrations begin.
Bay Area Sports Massive, Asinine Planned Boxing Match In Civic Center Isn't Happening President Trump may be getting his MMA fight in front of the White House in true Idiocracy-come-to-life style, but there won't be a similarly idiotic boxing match in front of San Francisco City Hall, as was being planned.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie Says Most Layoffs Have Now Been Avoided In New Proposed Budget Similar to what happened last year, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had City Hall workers with an announcement about sweeping layoffs, only to later announce far fewer layoffs would actually be occurring.
SF Politics SF Mayor's Chief of Staff and Confidante Staci Slaughter to Step Down After 18 months on the job, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's chief of staff, Staci Slaughter, has announced she will be stepping down from the job in June.
SF Politics Lurie to Propose Cutting Cash Grants for Free City College Students By a Third Supervisor Connie Chan held a hearing Wednesday where community members urged the Board of Supervisors to prevent Mayor Lurie from cutting a program by 30% that offers cash grants to low-income students through City College’s "Free City” program.
SF Politics Hundreds Hand-Deliver Postcards to City Hall Urging Lurie to Stop Budget Cuts Community groups and activists delivered 1,500 postcards imploring SF Mayor Daniel Lurie to avoid cutting crucial programs and instead use reserve funds or increase tax revenue to balance the city's budget.
SF News Monday Morning Headlines: Mayor Lurie Continues to Have High Approval Rating Mayor Daniel Lurie continues to enjoy a high overall approval rating in a new poll; authorities in Santa Clara continue to monitor the hantavirus cruise ship passenger; and gray whales seem to be hanging out longer in the Bay.
SF Politics First Arrestee/Patient Arrives at SF's Controversial New Sobering Center The first individual was brought to the new RESET (Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage) Center in SoMa Monday morning, and we'll have to see how this experiment goes.
Arts & Entertainment Lurie Appoints SF’s First Arts Director, Forges Arts Partnerships In Shanghai Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed the city’s first arts and culture director Monday, an announcement that followed his recent trip to Asia, where he finalized partnerships with arts organizations Shanghai.
SF News Day Around the Bay: East Bay College Eliminates Debt of Graduating Students Billionaires Michael Moritz and Chris Larsen have donated $4 million to Mayor Lurie’s city charter reform measures; JD Vance says the pope should be more mindful when he discusses theology; and Contra Costa College in the East Bay is forgiving up to $1,000 in student debt.
SF Politics SF Has a New Homelessness 'Czar,' and He Comes to the Job From Massachusetts San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the appointment of a new director of the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing on Wednesday, following the recent resignation announcement by current director Shireen McSpadden.
SF Politics 127 SF City Workers Get Pink Slips, With Another Possible 370 to Go SF Mayor Daniel Lurie began making layoffs this week, as promised, in order to address the city's ongoing budget woes, and over 100 workers across 18 departments got their layoff notices Monday.
Arts & Entertainment Mayor Lurie May Discuss Bringing Back Pandas to SF Zoo During ‘Sister Cities’ Tour In Asia Mayor Lurie is set to visit two of San Francisco’s “sister cities,” Shanghai and Seoul, later this month as part of a tour promoting tourism through SF’s arts and culture, and he said there’s been talk of bringing pandas back to the SF Zoo.
SF Politics As City Committee Applies Pressure, Lurie's Office Insists There Are No More Documents Relating to Trump Phone Call Questions remain about what, exactly, was said the night of October 22 when San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie got on the phone with President Trump to encourage him to call off his federal agent surge. But the mayor's office says there's nothing being kept from the public.
SF News Man Who Was Arrested Following Scuffle With Mayor Lurie’s Bodyguard Returns to Jail Following a judge’s order to release Tony Phillips after determining Lurie’s bodyguard initiated the fight and assaulted him, Phillips was arrested Monday and booked into San Francisco County Jail on charges of violating the order to stay away from the alley where the fight happened.
SF Politics SF Homelessness 'Czar' Shireen McSpadden Announces She Is Stepping Down After five years leading San Francisco's homelessness department and 23 years working in City Hall, Shireen McSpadden announced Monday that she will be leaving her role on June 30.
SF Politics Mayor Lurie, Sup. Mandelman Introduce Ballot Measures Aimed at Reforming City Charter San Francisco voters may see three major charter reform measures on the November 2026 ballot — proposals that would reshape how City Hall works while drawing early criticism from labor leaders who say the changes could concentrate power and limit public participation.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Mayor Issues Statement About Potential Iranian Attack Mayor Daniel Lurie made a video statement about the report of a potential Iranian attack on CA; a judge has released the man accused of assaulting Lurie's security guard last week; and there was some sort of pepper-spray incident at SF's Leadership High School.
SF News Lawyer For Man Accused In Altercation With Bodyguard Says Mayor Lurie's Street Outreach Is 'Performative' The lawyer for the man accused of assaulting Mayor Daniel Lurie's bodyguard in a Tenderloin alley last week suggests that the confrontation was entirely the mayor's fault, and he did not need to stop his vehicle to engage with the men on the street.
SF News Two Men Charged In Altercation With Mayor's Bodyguards In Tenderloin The two Tenderloin denizens who got into a street scuffle last week with bodyguards assigned to Mayor Daniel Lurie have been charged and will be arraigned Tuesday.
SF News Advocates Express Concern Over Potential Police Overreach Following Mayor’s Tenderloin Scuffle There was heavy police presence on Cedar Street, an alley on the edge of the Tenderloin, following Thursday’s violent scuffle involving SF Mayor Daniel Lurie’s security detail, with two additional arrests Friday, and neighborhood advocates worry about potential overreach.
SF News Saturday Links: Video Shows Lurie's Bodyguard Shoved Suspect First During Incident Thursday Video footage shows Mayor Lurie's security guard becoming aggressive first; Olympic skier and gold medalist Eileen Gu will be the grand marshal of SF’s Chinese New Year parade; and only one in 10 US residents like daylight saving time.
