DeFi Daily News
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Advertisement
  • Cryptocurrency
    • Bitcoin
    • Ethereum
    • Altcoins
    • DeFi-IRA
  • DeFi
    • NFT
    • Metaverse
    • Web 3
  • Finance
    • Business Finance
    • Personal Finance
  • Markets
    • Crypto Market
    • Stock Market
    • Analysis
  • Other News
    • World & US
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Tech
    • Sports
    • Health
  • Videos
No Result
View All Result
DeFi Daily News
  • Cryptocurrency
    • Bitcoin
    • Ethereum
    • Altcoins
    • DeFi-IRA
  • DeFi
    • NFT
    • Metaverse
    • Web 3
  • Finance
    • Business Finance
    • Personal Finance
  • Markets
    • Crypto Market
    • Stock Market
    • Analysis
  • Other News
    • World & US
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Tech
    • Sports
    • Health
  • Videos
No Result
View All Result
DeFi Daily News
No Result
View All Result
Home Other News Politics

Facing a challenging reelection, London Breed declares herself as the necessary change San Francisco seeks

Hannah Wiley by Hannah Wiley
October 21, 2024
in Politics
0 0
0
Facing a challenging reelection, London Breed declares herself as the necessary change San Francisco seeks
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Telegram
Listen to this article
SAN FRANCISCO — 

If there’s anything Mayor London Breed has learned in office, it’s that compassion has its limits.

So when she talks about her steady tack right in recent years on issues such as retail crime and homelessness, she’s direct and unapologetic. Sitting at the helm of one of America’s most celebrated cities and trying to keep that city on course, she said, has opened her eyes to some hard truths. Among them: That without guardrails, there are people who will take advantage of San Francisco’s generous spirit and behave in ways that drag the city down.

“We’ve gone too far in just letting people get away with things,” Breed said. “And as a result, people have been getting away with things.”

Breed, 50, made history six years ago when she became the city’s first Black female mayor. She was president of the powerful Board of Supervisors when then-Mayor Ed Lee died of a heart attack in December 2017. She won a special election to fill his seat the following June and was elected to a full term in 2019.

She’s now fighting to keep her seat in November against four other high-profile Democrats, three of them wealthy white men. This time, her greatest political threat isn’t coming from the left. Instead, the challengers with the most traction are two fellow moderates who’ve criticized Breed for not doing enough to rid the city of the tent encampments and open drug dealing pervasive in certain neighborhoods or to speed its recovery from the economic malaise still lingering from pandemic-related shutdowns.

Breed reflected on her tenure during a lengthy sit-down interview with The Times last month outside a café at the Transamerica Pyramid. The iconic building reopened in September after an extensive renovation that some see as as a symbol of downtown’s nascent comeback.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, left, and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are the first Black women to lead their cities.

(Josh Edelson / For The Times)

Breed has never been a bleeding-heart progressive, despite San Francisco’s liberal reputation. But the Breed of six years ago was more open to experimenting with a progressive reformist agenda when it came to solving intractable issues such as addiction and poverty. That included promoting “safe injection” sites — essentially sanctioned, supervised illicit drug use — to counter the staggering toll fentanyl was taking on the city’s homeless population, and encouraging police to form better relationships with residents in marginalized communities.

In the last two years, by contrast, she has become a leading voice in a statewide movement to crack down on homeless people and addicts who refuse shelter or treatment. And she successfully championed two local ballot measures that bolster police surveillance powers and require drug screening and treatment for people receiving county welfare benefits who are suspected of drug use.

Although some people dismiss her policy shifts as a calculated political ploy, Breed said her decisions are about personal growth, fueled by what she sees as a lack of accountability that has allowed social problems to fester.

“San Francisco has never abandoned its values of compassion and second chances,” said Breed, wearing one of her signature suits, this one a bold cerulean blue. “But I think that before the pandemic, we were headed in a direction with criminal justice reform, police reforms, and it went too far. And when I say it went too far, if you commit a crime, you have to be held accountable somehow.”

Born into poverty in the Western Addition, at the time one of San Francisco’s toughest neighborhoods, Breed doesn’t shy from political combat. She was raised by her grandmother, lost a sister to a drug overdose and has a brother who is serving time in prison for robbery and other charges. Throughout her career, she has fought and won against critics who doubted her.

“London will fight back. She’ll snap. She’ll show you she’s from Plaza East projects,” said James Taylor, a political science professor at the University of San Francisco and author of “Black Nationalism in the United States: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama.”

“She’ll go street on you in a second. That’s why the men who are running against her have to be careful.”

Mayor London Breed laughs as she addresses the annual Women In Construction Expo in San Francisco.

“London will fight back,” says University of San Francisco professor James Taylor. “She’ll go street on you in a second. That’s why the men who are running against her have to be careful.”

(Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Breed’s evolution started with the COVID pandemic.

She was celebrated, initially, for her decisive response when she became the nation’s first big city mayor to declare a coronavirus state of emergency, followed soon after by a citywide lockdown. The move is credited with saving thousands of lives and keeping San Francisco’s death rate relatively low.

But a year later, she was on the defensive.

The combination of remote office work and prolonged restaurant and bar closures decimated downtown street life. And parents fumed as city schools remained closed for months longer than public schools in most districts in the nation.

Homeless tents line a littered street in San Francisco.Source link

Tags: BreedChallengingchangedeclaresfacingFranciscoLondonReelectionSanseeks
ShareTweetShare
Previous Post

rewrite this title The Dark Side of the Internet: Silk Road’s Criminal Empire – Metaverseplanet.net

Next Post

rewrite this title AI in Education: Transforming Learning Experiences Today – Metaverseplanet.net

Next Post
rewrite this title AI in Education: Transforming Learning Experiences Today – Metaverseplanet.net

rewrite this title AI in Education: Transforming Learning Experiences Today - Metaverseplanet.net

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

No Result
View All Result
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Why Outlet Malls Are Struggling In The U.S.

Why Outlet Malls Are Struggling In The U.S.

July 16, 2024
rewrite this title Soulframe Joineries and reforging guide

rewrite this title Soulframe Joineries and reforging guide

July 28, 2025
Live Coverage of Triathlon Decision at Olympics 2024 as Beth Potter and Alex Yee Compete for Gold

Live Coverage of Triathlon Decision at Olympics 2024 as Beth Potter and Alex Yee Compete for Gold

July 31, 2024
rewrite this title Repair from Millions of Kilometers Away: How NASA Keeps the Mars Rovers Alive

rewrite this title Repair from Millions of Kilometers Away: How NASA Keeps the Mars Rovers Alive

September 29, 2025
Use rhino.fi to make payments with cryptocurrency and maintain your anonymity

Use rhino.fi to make payments with cryptocurrency and maintain your anonymity

August 14, 2024
rewrite this title Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental’s OxyChem for .7 billion, in Buffett’s biggest deal in three years

rewrite this title Berkshire Hathaway to buy Occidental’s OxyChem for $9.7 billion, in Buffett’s biggest deal in three years

October 2, 2025
rewrite this title Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’

rewrite this title Facebook removes ICE-tracking page after US government ‘outreach’

October 14, 2025
rewrite this title Will Diane Keaton Have a Funeral? How the Late ‘Godfather’ Actress Will Be Honored

rewrite this title Will Diane Keaton Have a Funeral? How the Late ‘Godfather’ Actress Will Be Honored

October 14, 2025
rewrite this title The ‘Last 1,000-yard rusher by NFL team’ quiz

rewrite this title The ‘Last 1,000-yard rusher by NFL team’ quiz

October 14, 2025
rewrite this title and make it good for SEO Telcoin Secures M Pre-Series A Round to Launch US-Regulated Digital Asset Bank – NFTgators

rewrite this title and make it good for SEO Telcoin Secures $25M Pre-Series A Round to Launch US-Regulated Digital Asset Bank – NFTgators

October 14, 2025
rewrite this title Tether Pays 0 Million to Settle Celsius Lawsuit Over .5 Billion in Bitcoin – Decrypt

rewrite this title Tether Pays $300 Million to Settle Celsius Lawsuit Over $4.5 Billion in Bitcoin – Decrypt

October 14, 2025
rewrite this title Binance Live Event with PayDax Ignites Frenzy for the New Token Presale

rewrite this title Binance Live Event with PayDax Ignites Frenzy for the New Token Presale

October 14, 2025
DeFi Daily

Stay updated with DeFi Daily, your trusted source for the latest news, insights, and analysis in finance and cryptocurrency. Explore breaking news, expert analysis, market data, and educational resources to navigate the world of decentralized finance.

  • About Us
  • Blogs
  • DeFi-IRA | Learn More.
  • Advertise with Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • DMCA
  • Cookie Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact us

Copyright © 2024 Defi Daily.
Defi Daily is not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Cryptocurrency
    • Bitcoin
    • Ethereum
    • Altcoins
    • DeFi-IRA
  • DeFi
    • NFT
    • Metaverse
    • Web 3
  • Finance
    • Business Finance
    • Personal Finance
  • Markets
    • Crypto Market
    • Stock Market
    • Analysis
  • Other News
    • World & US
    • Politics
    • Entertainment
    • Tech
    • Sports
    • Health
  • Videos

Copyright © 2024 Defi Daily.
Defi Daily is not responsible for the content of external sites.