SF Mayor London Breed concedes race, congratulates Daniel Lurie on victory

San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded nan mayoral title to Daniel Lurie Thursday day pinch a societal media station that congratulated her competitor.   

The politician besides thanked nan metropolis and its residents for "the opportunity to service nan City that raised me" successful the station connected X conscionable aft 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

There had been rumblings that Breed mightiness concede nan title earlier Thursday having travel successful down Lurie successful nan last ballot count released Wednesday morning. 

"Today, I called Daniel Lurie and congratulated him connected his triumph successful this election," nan station read. "Over nan coming weeks, my unit and I will activity to guarantee a soft modulation arsenic he takes connected nan grant of serving arsenic Mayor of San Francisco. I cognize we are some committed to improving this City we love."

Breed said astatine a property convention little than an hr aft nan societal media station to reply questions from reporters astir her decision, reiterating immoderate of what she said successful her societal media post.

"The metropolis is connected nan rise. The agency is bigger than conscionable 1 person, and I called Daniel Lurie earlier coming to congratulate him," nan politician said. "And made it very clear my squad and I guidelines fresh to support him during his transition. We will ever do everything we tin to guarantee nan occurrence of nan metropolis and that location is simply a soft transition, truthful that nan important activity that has been done and needs to proceed successful San Francisco moves forward." 

When asked if this was nan hardest reside she'd ever given, Breed quickly dismissed that idea.

"No, it's not. There's been different harder speeches. I mean I had to make a difficult determination to adjacent nan metropolis down during a world pandemic. I had to woody with…the group reckoning that happened aft nan tragic decease of George Floyd. I had to spell retired successful nan mediate of nan nighttime and show group that Mayor Ed Lee had passed away. There are galore occasions."

Six years ago, incumbent London Breed became nan first Black female to service arsenic politician of San Francisco aft nan decease of Mayor Ed Lee successful precocious 2017. The past president of nan San Francisco Board of Supervisors was automatically appointed arsenic nan city's acting mayor early nan greeting aft Lee's death.

In June of 2018, Breed won nan typical predetermination that was held to capable nan office, defeating her main opponent, erstwhile authorities legislator Mark Leno.  

Breed faced a number of awesome challenges during her first word successful office, including nan COVID-19 pandemic, nan city's ongoing issues pinch drug maltreatment and homelessness, rising lodging costs and a spike successful unit crime that immoderate chains cited arsenic nan logic down closing stores successful San Francisco.

While Breed has touted advancement in reducing nan number of bum encampments and pushed programs to fill vacant business spaces downtown, nan mayor's struggles person led to 11 different candidates entering nan title to situation her for nan job.

"Over nan coming weeks, I scheme to bespeak connected each nan advancement we've made. But today, I americium proud that we person genuinely accomplished truthful overmuch and my bosom is filled pinch gratitude," Breed's connection said successful closing. "During my last 2 months arsenic your Mayor, I will proceed to lead this City arsenic I person from Day One – arsenic San Francisco's biggest champion."  

Daniel Lurie has announced that he will speak to nan media astir nan latest developments Friday morning.

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