Democratic San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie mentioned his “common sense” strategy on Tuesday in distinction to progressive Mayor London Breed, whom he defeated final week.
Lurie, a first-time candidate, Levi Strauss inheritor and founding father of an anti-poverty nonprofit, positioned himself because the tough-on-crime various to Breed’s lax insurance policies on theft, drug use and homelessness that plague town. He went on to defeat Breed by greater than 10 factors final week.
In an interview Tuesday, CNN’s Erin Burnett requested Lurie whether or not he credited his victory to operating in opposition to “progressive” politics.
“I’m a lifelong Democrat, however we don‘t think of ourselves as progressives or moderates or conservatives here in San Francisco,” Lurie said. “We just want to get back to common sense. We have to deliver the basics, and that‘s my plan. That‘s the mandate that I was elected to fulfill.”
San Francisco mayor-elect Daniel Lurie discussed his “common sense” approach to governing on CNN Tuesday. (CNN screenshot)
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He added, “We have to make sure that we have a fully staffed police department. We have to get our behavioral health and drug crisis under control in our city. We need to make sure our small businesses can thrive. Our big businesses need to be coming back to San Francisco. We need to be open for business again. I don‘t believe that that‘s a rightward swing. That‘s a common sense approach.”
Burnett aired footage of Lurie’s adverts and occasions the place he appeared to assault town’s present strategy to crime and different points.
“I need to be a candidate that prioritizes security right here in San Francisco. You possibly can‘t just be for public safety during an election year. We need more police focused on our hospitality so that our conventioneers, our shoppers, our tourists feel safe,” Lurie said in the footage.
Daniel Lurie defeated incumbent San Francisco Mayor London Breed in the city’s mayoral race. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AP/Jeff Chiu)
He continued to call out the state of the city on CNN, reiterating how lowering crime rates and encouraging business growth are not partisan issues.
“I think people want results, and they were not seeing that. There‘s nothing progressive to have 806 people die of drug overdose in our city last year. Property crime is rampant. Our small businesses are struggling each and every day. They want a mayor that is focused on delivering results. That‘s the mandate I was voted in with,” Lurie said.
He continued, “I don‘t believe that is anything more than – those are progressive values, and so I understand I‘m talking to a national audience here. This is not liberal, progressive, conservative. People want to feel safe walking down the street. We had so many instances of anti-Asian hate on our streets. Those are things that we need to get addressed.”
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Breed’s defeat got here alongside a number of vital GOP shifts inside the state, with almost 40% of Californians voting for President-elect Donald Trump, after he solely obtained 34% and 31% in 2020 and 2016, respectively. The state additionally overwhelmingly supported efforts to overturn progressive insurance policies reminiscent of Proposition 36, which reversed earlier soft-on-crime insurance policies.
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Fox Information’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Ashley Papa contributed to this report.
