Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie ran as the "non-politician" who could hit reset at San Francisco City Hall. But even as a political newcomer, Lurie, scion of one of the city's elite old-money families, is far from an outsider.

Photos by Theresa Arocena Daniel Lurie, in one of his first actions as Mayor-elect of San Francisco, visited Openhouse in the Castro on November 8, 2024. Openhouse, a nonprofit co-founded by San Francisco Bay Times columnist and LGBTQ elder advocate Dr.

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie announced members of his transition team, a group that he described as "shaking up the status quo" which include Open AI CEO Sam Altman and retired Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White.

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

Lurie ran a steady campaign against what he often called 'City Hall insiders' he blamed for San Francisco’s problems. But he’s offered few specifics about his plans moving forward.

Billionaire heir Daniel Lurie defeated Mayor London Breed and a crowded field of rivals to win the San Francisco mayoral race, earning his first term leading California's fourth-largest city. Lurie,

Lurie's win marks a shift, not only in San Francisco but across California, to more moderate candidates and tough-on-crime policies.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has lost her reelection race to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie. Incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed concedes the election to challenger Daniel Lurie during a news conference at City Hall on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in San Francisco. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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San Francisco's mayor-elect, Daniel Lurie, has tapped OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to help run his transition team, the campaign announced on Monday, as part of