{"id":1501097,"date":"2024-11-08T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1501097"},"modified":"2024-11-08T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T06:55:00","slug":"levi-strauss-heir-leads-san-francisco-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/levi-strauss-heir-leads-san-francisco-mayors-race\/1501097\/","title":{"rendered":"Levi Strauss Heir Leads San Francisco Mayor’s Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Levi Strauss Heir Leads San Francisco Mayor’s Race<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Lurie, a philanthropist and an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, appears poised to oust San Francisco Mayor London Breed <\/strong>in her bid for reelection, as the city continued to post election results on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n

(Left) San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a campaign meet and greet event in San Francisco on Oct. 30, 2024. (Right) San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks with locals in San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2022. Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images; John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Lurie led Breed by 12 points Wednesday morning, earning 56 percent of the vote, compared to the incumbent\u2019s 44 percent.<\/p>\n

Breed has not yet conceded, but told supporters Tuesday she would wait until all votes were counted.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt ain\u2019t over till it\u2019s over,\u201d<\/strong> she told supporters at an election night party Tuesday, according to wire reports.<\/p>\n

She noted she was also behind in her first race for mayor in 2019, but won the office. Breed is the first black woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

The county has not yet certified the results and planned to issue preliminary numbers around 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the Department of Elections.<\/p>\n

The county is still processing about 157,000 ballots, most of which are vote-by-mail ballots received Monday and Tuesday by mail and at polling places, the elections department reported in a press release provided to The Epoch Times Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The county also has to process 20,000 provisional ballots cast at polling locations by voters whose names are not on the voter registration list.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The county may take up to 30 days after Elections Day to certify the final election results, according to the department.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s challenger signaled that he is ready to get to work, according to a letter to his supporters posted on social media and his website.<\/p>\n

Lurie thanked his supporters in the letter Tuesday night, saying the city was ready for change.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 13 months, I\u2019ve had the great experience of meeting with San Franciscans in every corner of our city,<\/strong>\u201d Lurie wrote. \u201cI heard your frustrations but also your hope and desire to write our next chapter.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

He added it was time for leadership rooted in \u201ctrue public service, one that puts the people of San Francisco above all else.\u201d<\/p>\n

The candidate spent more than $9 million of his own money in the race to replace Breed. He raised more than $16 million, according to financial reports.<\/p>\n

Lurie is the son of Rabbi Brian Lurie and Miriam \u201cMimi\u201d Lurie Haas. His parents divorced when he was a child and Lurie\u2019s mother subsequently married Peter Haas, a great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss.<\/p>\n

Haas is a billionaire and one of the largest shareholders of Levi Strauss & Co.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strauss, an immigrant from Bavaria, opened a dry goods company in San Francisco at the height of the California Gold Rush in 1853, according to the company. Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis created blue jeans in 1873 to meet the needs of miners, cowboys, and workers at the time.<\/p>\n

Lurie is the founder and CEO of Tipping Point Community, a San Francisco nonprofit launched in 2005 that raises money and helps educate, employ, house, and support impoverished people in the Bay Area, according to his biography.<\/p>\n

Breed is a native San Franciscan who was raised by her grandmother in the city\u2019s public housing. She has spent much of her efforts during the last year responding to retail, tech, hotel, and corporate departures from the city.<\/p>\n

Union Square visitors look at damage to a Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco on Nov. 21, 2021. Danielle Echeverria\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

She supported two successful public safety ballot measures passed in March\u2014propositions E and F\u2014to expand police powers and compel some drug users to enter treatment.<\/p>\n

Multiple companies have shuttered businesses in the once-thriving City by the Bay in recent years, with some citing the increase in retail theft, homelessness, and open-air drug use.<\/p>\n

Most recently, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot during an attempted robbery in the city\u2019s downtown Union Square in August. Pearsall survived the shooting.<\/p>\n

Breed did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday and her campaign has not released a public statement after results started rolling in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 11\/07\/2024 – 20:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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