The Missing Details of Daniel Lurie's Homelessness Pivot

Why Lurie has been rewarded for dropping campaign promises

Analysis: The mayor has largely abandoned the pledges he made during his run for office — and it’s only worked to his political benefit

The missing details of Daniel Lurie's homelessness pivot

The mayor's crafty communications strategy includes planting damaging stories on holiday weekends and letting deputies explain away major policy pivots.

Tests for the supes: The budget, protecting rent-controlled housing ....

The protests were last week, but the Board of Supes (due to a technical item in the City Charter) had to continue the budget vote until Tuesday/15. So now we will see if any members are willing to defy Mayor Daniel Lurie and vote No—and if four members will stand up to his attempts to seize the Prop. C affordable housing money for short-term shelters that don’t work and that he hasn’t been able to build anyway. Sup. Jackie Fielder speaks at a ra…

Mayor Lurie deserves credit for dropping 1,500-shelter bed pledge. But also grief.

It's good Lurie is dropping an unworkable plan to build 1.5K shelter beds. It'd be better if he was honest that it was *his* unworkable plan.

Lurie Backs Down On Homeless Shelter Pledge - Broke-Ass Stuart's Website

46th Mayor of San Francisco Daniel Lurie. Daniel Lurie has quietly done away with a cornerstone promise of his entire mayoral campaign. It’s partly what cinched the deal for voters desperate for some form of intervention in the city’s homelessness crisis. Lurie pledged 1,500 new shelter beds—within his first six months in office at that. Now Lurie’s advisors are saying that City Hall is reassessing their approach.  Executive orders mean nothing …