Mayor Daniel Lurie during press conference regarding his new executive directive about street safety on steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 15, 2025.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Mayor Daniel Lurie stand during a press conference about homelessness funding in San Francisco on Jan. 16, 2026.
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, center, removes a white jacket given to him by San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen, behind center, during a press conference on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Dec. 11, 2025. SFFD held a press conference to announce the first delivery of its new non-PFAS turnout gear, officially making SFFD the largest fire department in the United States to commit to a full non-PFAS transition.
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Mayor Daniel Lurie chats with children on the second day of the SFUSD teacher’s strike at Youth 1st, an after-school enrichment center that has extended its hours to accommodate families in reaction to the strike, in San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Mayor Lurie told kids he’s working on getting them back to school as soon as possible, to which they replied that they’d rather hang out at Youth 1st.
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More than a year into his tenure as mayor, San Franciscans still overwhelmingly approve of the job Daniel Lurie is doing, a new Chronicle poll found.
The poll, which surveyed 1,077 registered voters in the city, found that 74% of respondents approved of Lurie’s performance so far — essentially unchanged from a year ago, and far higher than London Breed’s in 2024, the last of her more than six years in office. (The Chronicle did not conduct any polls prior to 2024.)
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The latest poll was conducted from April 28 to May 3 and included only registered voters.
In addition to asking about their overall opinion of the mayor, respondents were asked about his performance on specific issues. On every issue polled in both 2025 and 2026, his approval rating stayed constant or improved.
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Lurie saw notable improvements in his marks on two of his hallmark issues, keeping the city clean and revitalizing downtown. On revitalizing downtown, 71% approved of Lurie’s efforts, compared to 63% last year. 67% approved of his efforts to keep neighborhoods clean, compared to 59% last year.
Still, he has some persistent weak spots. As was the case last year, Lurie remains underwater on homelessness and housing, which garnered his lowest ratings.
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On homelessness, he saw his approval tick up from 44% to 48%. On the issue of providing more reasonably priced housing, both his approval and disapproval ticked up slightly, with 39% approving and 50% disapproving, compared to 36% and 47% last year.
Still, even if they don’t give him good marks on the issue yet, respondents overwhelmingly supported one of Lurie’s most contentious priorities, his “Family Zoning” plan to allow for taller buildings in some parts of the city. Two-thirds of respondents said they agreed with his approach.
The poll also asked residents about their perceptions of homelessness and crime trends in the city.
Last year, almost half of respondents said they hadn’t noticed any change in homelessness compared to the prior year. This year, only 14% hadn’t noticed any change; instead, voters were polarized on the issue, with larger shares each saying homelessness had gotten worse and better.
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Views of crime trends remained mostly positive. Just under half of respondents felt that crime was on the downswing, a perception mostly borne out by police data. Another third said conditions were about the same.
Perceptions of Lurie and San Francisco’s future diverged depending on the self-described political ideology of respondents. Overall, those who called themselves progressives were less likely to approve of Lurie than liberals and moderates. And though about half of respondents were optimistic about the city’s future, the same share as a year ago, liberals and moderates were more likely to be hopeful than progressives and conservatives.
While the Board of Supervisors remains significantly less popular than the mayor, this year’s results built on the big bump in approval it saw in last year’s poll. In 2026, nearly as many respondents approved of the Board as disapproved. The approval rate of 42% in 2026 is more than double what it was in 2024.
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Black respondents were the least likely to approve of the supervisors, the poll found. And self-described progressives and moderates were least likely to approve. As with Lurie, homeowners were more likely to approve of the supervisors than renters.
But many of those displeased residents are unimpressed with the city government as a whole: People who disapprove of the board are also more likely to disapprove of Lurie, the poll found.