Daniel Lurie

Rule Changes

Declared rent emergency September 10, 2026

Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a rent emergency Sept. 10 as one-bedroom rents hit $4,300 a month, up $1,000 in a year. His $30 million package caps banked rent increases and capital improvement charges at 10% a year for rent-controlled units, blocks evictions for tenants owing less than a month of fair market rent, and raises Ellis Act relocation payments by 25%.

Updated Yesterday

Money Moves

Credited by Lindgren for restoring business confidence

Shelley Lindgren's new restaurant, Lucania, has city and state filings on record in San Francisco's Ferry Building. The city registered the business in August; the state liquor license went active September 3.

Updated 2 days ago

Money Moves

Led a failed effort to revive the Dogpatch project

Steph Curry bought a Dogpatch industrial building in May 2024, planning to replace it with a five-story headquarters for his eight businesses. This week he sold the property for about $11 million, the final act of a plan that collapsed in a fight with the carpenters' union.

Updated 3 days ago

Rule Changes

In office since January 2025; sealed first major labor deal

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has locked in a labor deal eight months before contracts expire, covering 24,000 city workers across 10 unions. They get 12% raises between 2027 and 2031 in exchange for a guarantee of no layoffs through June 30, 2029.

Updated 3 days ago

Rule Changes

Defends the policy as necessary to address vehicular homelessness

San Francisco's two-hour parking limit on large vehicles, built to clear RVs used as homes, is towing people who never slept in them. Kyle Richards' camper van was towed twice in August, costing him more than $1,600. City complaint records show at least 28 housed vehicle owners told officials they were hit by the rule between November 2025 and July 2026.

Updated 4 days ago

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In office since January 2025

San Francisco's jails are emptying. In March 2025, more than 1,300 people were locked up, pushing the county past its 1,236-bed capacity for the first time since 2003. By September 2026, the population had fallen to its lowest level since the pandemic.

Updated 4 days ago

Money Moves

Championing PermitSF; defended OpenGov selection

San Francisco's permitting overhaul cleared a committee vote last week, but the panel declined to recommend the deal. The Budget and Finance Committee voted 3-0 on Sept. 2 to advance OpenGov's five-year, $33 million extension, and the full board is expected to vote Sept. 15.

Updated 5 days ago

Rule Changes

In office; launched and extended the plaza cleanup strategy

San Francisco's 90-day cleanup of the Mission District BART plazas will continue indefinitely, with no end date, the mayor's office confirmed Thursday. The city says emergency calls about homeless people dropped 34 percent and calls about public drug use fell 22 percent since the plan began June 7.

Updated 5 days ago

Money Moves

In office; his moderate bloc would grow if Ellington wins

San Francisco caps direct donations to supervisor candidates at $500. Chris Larsen gave 1,000 times that, dropping $500,000 into a political action committee backing Theo Ellington's District 10 campaign.

Updated 6 days ago

Built World

Leading the wharf redevelopment push

A 97-year-old restaurant that anchored Fisherman's Wharf is now a public plaza with picnic tables, Bay-facing benches, and a beer garden. Mayor Daniel Lurie cut the ribbon Wednesday, calling the space "a new reason to return" to San Francisco's most tourist-heavy neighborhood.

Updated 6 days ago

Rule Changes

Said Lowell did the right thing; plans to follow up with the school

Lowell High School's baseball team ran San Francisco's most dominant program last season, beating its closest rival by nine league games. The district is forcing the team to forfeit three games next spring and has removed its entire coaching staff.

Updated Sep 4

Rule Changes

Street-tree ordinance passed first reading 7-4; awaiting final passage

San Francisco supervisors voted 7-4 on Sept. 1 to pass the first reading of Mayor Daniel Lurie's street-tree ordinance. The measure lets developers of smaller projects pay a $2,590 fee instead of planting trees, and it ends independent review of trees the city calls hazardous.

Updated Sep 4

Built World

Publicly criticized PG&E response as 'unacceptable'; demanded answers on cause and rate-impact concerns

San Francisco is the kind of city that feels unstoppable—until the lights go out. On Saturday, a substation fire near 8th and Mission helped trigger a blackout that spread across neighborhoods and knocked out traffic signals. Restoration took more than two days and sparked political backlash and raised questions about whether a modern city can tolerate single-point failures in critical infrastructure.

Updated May 16