“Affordability has been a challenge in San Francisco for a long time, but as the federal government cuts support and drives up costs on everything from the price of groceries to insurance premiums and child care, the pressure is building,” Lurie said last week in his first State of the City address. “Families are being forced to make impossible choices — delaying having children, sacrificing savings, or leaving the communities they call home. I will not let that be the future of San Francisco.”
Lurie’s first year has brought fresh faces to the Board of Supervisors, as he navigated recalls and his own appointment flop last fall in Beya Alcaraz, who briefly represented the Sunset District before resigning amid controversy that marked the mayor’s first real, widely acknowledged misstep.
“We’ve changed the way we work at City Hall. But the only path to true change is to stay focused on changing the system itself,” Lurie said during his State of the City address.
And although the mayor has never publicly mentioned President Donald Trump by name, expect to hear his thoughts on where the Democratic Party is headed, what the city needs in its next congressional representative after Nancy Pelosi retires, and his approach to working with Bay Area billionaires who support Trump.
“Under my administration, San Francisco will always be a city that takes care of its own,” Lurie said. “And we know it’s not going to be easy.”
Watch the livestream for all this, and much more, as Political Breakdown interviews Lurie at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21.