He opened offices throughout The City, starting with a headquarters in the Mission and expanding to a vacant bank in the Inner Sunset. On a tour through Chinatown in the final days of the campaign, Lurie noted that he was the candidate to have opened offices in the neighborhood — something his opponents might not have been able to afford.

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Levi Strauss heir and philanthropist Daniel Lurie says he will make streets safer, help small businesses and squash the open-air drug markets that have tarnished San Francisco’s image in recent years.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed conceded her election loss on Thursday to Daniel Lurie, a more moderate challenger, after a contentious campaign that centered heavily on moving the city past its post-pandemic woes.

Lurie beat out 14 other candidates, including Breed and former interim Mayor Mark Farrell, as well as supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safai.

Democratic moderate candidate Daniel Lurie, a philanthropist and heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, was elected mayor of San Francisco, local media projected on Thursday as the incumbent Mayor London Breed conceded.

The city’s first Black female mayor conceded to the Levi Strauss heir amid deep voter discontent, particularly about homelessness and crime.

San Francisco’s mayor-elect Daniel Lurie (D), who won over the incumbent last week, discussed Democrats’ losses and his success in an interview Tuesday. CNN’s Erin Burnett pressed Lurie on the impact of the election results on Democrats.