Breed concedes mayor’s race as frustrated voters seek change

Mayor London Breed is done.&nbsp;



Daniel Lurie, nonprofit founder and heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, has won the San Francisco mayor&#8217;s race, unseating the six-year incumbent. Thursday&#8217;s results showed little hope for Breed’s reelection, despite thousands of ballots remaining to be counted.



&#8220;At the end of the day, this job is bigger than any one person and what matters is that we keep moving this City forward,&#8221; Breed said in a statement. &#8220;Today, I called Daniel Lurie and congratulated him on his victory in this election.&#8221;



&#8220;Over the coming weeks, my staff and I will work to ensure a smooth transition as he takes on the honor of serving as Mayor of San Francisco,&#8221; Breed continued. &#8220;I know we are both committed to improving this City we love.&#8221;



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A large group of reporters gathered in Room 200 at City Hall, the Mayor&#8217;s Office, as Breed gave her concession speech.



&#8220;Of course it&#8217;s disappointing, but nevertheless, the decision has been made,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What I have always respected is the decision of the voters.&#8221;



She maintained a positive tone with a big smile and declined to comment further on Lurie&#8217;s wealth and lack of experience.



&#8220;The campaign has to be behind us, and we need to move forward as a city,&#8221; Breed said. &#8220;Ultimately, no matter who the mayor is in San Francisco, we all have to come together and make sure they are successful.&#8221;



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San Francisco’s first Black woman mayor is famous for her inspiring rise to leadership: Breed’s family was touched by drug addiction, crime, and death. Even in the face of violence, Breed’s grandmother — a stern disciplinarian <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/us/san-francisco-mayor-election.html">known to give Breed a “whoopin”</a> — raised her with an ethos of deep personal fortitude. Those life lessons propelled Breed to the University of California Davis, then as head of the African American Art &amp; Culture Complex, to the fire commission, Board of Supervisors, and ultimately the mayorship.



This is Breed’s first electoral loss since her first race for San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2012. Her political rise and fall are intertwined in city history.&nbsp;



Breed, who was then president of the Board of Supervisors, briefly assumed the city’s highest office after the sudden death of Mayor Ed Lee in December 2017. She was later <a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/11643930/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor">ousted from the mayorship</a> by her board colleagues in a “Game of Thrones”-like political maneuver that earned national headlines. In a few short months, she won office on the strength of her personal story.&nbsp;



Breed easily won reelection for a full term in 2019, and her name would splash across national headlines again in early 2020, when she became one of the earliest mayors to call for residents to stay indoors amid the pandemic. Democrats <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/washington-post-live/coronavirus-leadership-during-crisis-with-san-francisco-mayor-london-breed/2021/02/23/e09d685e-180f-4652-8eff-4d91daa8e8c8_video.html">celebrated</a> her quick action, which was replicated across the nation.



But voters are fickle. One year they hailed Breed for her life-saving lockdown. Yet when they finally flung open their apartment doors, they were aghast at what they saw: boarded-up storefronts, auto burglaries, encampments, and an exploding opioid crisis.&nbsp;



San Franciscans turned against Breed. Those political headwinds proved insurmountable.&nbsp;



Voters dismayed by homelessness, rampant property crime, and seeming dysfunction at City Hall have taken their frustrations out on incumbents, recalling District Attorney Chesa Boudin and giving Breed low marks on her performance as mayor.&nbsp;



The state of the city was fertile ground for challengers. Her chief opponent found a considerable amount of change in the pockets of his family-made jeans.&nbsp;



&#8220;I&#8217;m deeply grateful to my incredible family, campaign team and every San Franciscan who voted for accountability, service, and change,&#8221; Lurie said in a statement.



Lurie unloaded more than $8 million of his personal wealth to unseat Breed. Lurie’s winning message — that City Hall insiders fueled the crises of the day — also resonated with voters. The lingering sour mood was captured in poll after poll.&nbsp;



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That’s partly because the electorate’s top issues remained ones they could see with their eyes. Breed’s optimistic message became a hard sell.&nbsp;



The city is on the rise, she said. Our collective future is bright, she said.&nbsp;



Voters didn’t believe her.



The constant drum of scandals also took their toll on the mayor. Her signature program, the Dream Keeper Initiative, saw its executive director Sheryl Davis resign after <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/09/12/san-francisco-dream-keeper-initiative-sheryl-davis-james-spingola-nonprofit/">The Standard revealed</a> she had signed off on $1.5 million in contracts to her romantic partner, and The Chronicle revealed that Davis had also mishandled other contract funds.&nbsp;



It’s easy to say Breed’s implosion was self-inflicted. But it would be remiss to forget that voters across the country broadly sounded the need for change.&nbsp;



One insider put it like this to The Standard: The national mood is “throw the bums out.”&nbsp;



Elections near and far reflected this, from the apparent recalls of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price to Vice President Kamala Harris’ sweeping electoral drubbing.&nbsp;



While Breed no doubt suffered from those same ineffable but undeniable vibes, San Francisco’s future will continue to be shaped by her decisions in office.



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Breed’s signature ballot measure in this year’s primary, Proposition E, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/05/san-francisco-voters-election-prop-e-results-police/">empowers police to engage in vehicle pursuits</a>, surveil crime through public cameras, and weaken the citizen-led police commission to empower a law-and-order ethos. Her signature ballot measure this November, <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/31/sf-election-2024-prop-m/">Proposition M</a>, is on track to succeed. After its passage, the city will reform how it taxes businesses, which officials hope will prompt the phoenix-like rebirth of downtown.



The mayor also gave the police raises this year, which may help with recruitment but also saddles San Francisco with an ever-ballooning budget. Many of the toughest decisions on how to cut services across city departments — from police to sanitation, pruning parks, and keeping the lights on — were pushed to next year.&nbsp;



This ensures the city’s next mayor will <a href="https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/07/daniel-lurie-wins-san-francisco-mayor/">inherit an $800 million budget deficit</a>. Layoffs and service reductions loom amid a brawl over federal dollars with President-elect Donald Trump.&nbsp;



The alchemic mix of those decisions — sweeping tax reforms, police empowerment, budget deficits, and all — will be part of Breed’s legacy.



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During her 10-minute media briefing Thursday, Breed avoided questions about her future plans, saying her current focus is on the transition. Asked about her advice to the incoming mayor, she said, &#8220;Put San Franciscans first and do everything you can to make sure that you&#8217;re addressing a lot of the complex problems.&#8221;



She emphasized she&#8217;s feeling very hopeful and optimistic about the city &#8220;because I laid the groundwork for this work to continue.&#8221;



For now, she’ll experience the results of her tenure like any other San Franciscan: as a taxpayer and resident, waiting in the dark to see what comes next.&nbsp;

Plan to fix ‘broken’ San Francisco blows up in 2 weeks

In an embarrassing blunder, a moderate political group in San Francisco withdrew <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/12/05/san-francisco-could-vote-on-drastic-reforms-to-city-hall-next-year/">a ballot measure intended to cut bureaucracy</a> at City Hall just two weeks after it announced the ordinance in a press conference.



TogetherSF Action confirmed to The Standard on Monday that it was pulling one of two proposed ballot measures to reform the city charter because, contrary to <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/08/22/does-san-franciscos-mayor-need-more-power-this-group-says-yes/">the group&#8217;s goal of empowering the mayor</a> to make more decisions, it would actually hand more authority to the Board of Supervisors.&nbsp;



The group decided to scrap the measure before a Tuesday deadline after huddling with officials in the Mayor&#8217;s Office last week. TogetherSF Action plans to revise it and submit a new version to the Department of Elections.



Earlier this month, TogetherSF Action announced it was introducing two ballot measures to reform the city charter—one to give the mayor more power and the other to cut the number of city commissions in half. The group contends that giving the mayor more authority is key to making progress on public safety and the housing, homelessness and drug crises.&nbsp;



But the proposal to eliminate commissions contained a fatal flaw, according to multiple sources in and around City Hall: Eliminating certain commissions would kick oversight responsibilities over to the Board of Supervisors, a group Mayor London Breed has repeatedly criticized as being <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/03/07/mayor-breed-pushes-27m-police-overtime-bill-slams-obstructionist-board/">“obstructionist”</a> and <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/03/29/mayor-breed-hits-back-at-sf-progressives-touts-conservatorship-in-jon-stewart-interview/">tone-deaf on the issues</a> many San Franciscans are facing.



Multiple sources in and around City Hall suggested the errors in TogetherSF Action’s proposed measure came from a DIY approach and a failure to consult with experts until concerns arose. One source, who is familiar with the issues but was not authorized to speak publicly, called the proposal “sloppy.”



Kanishka Cheng, the head of the nonprofit TogetherSF and its political arm, TogetherSF Action, said in a statement Monday that the ballot measure to eliminate commissions—known as the <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24229164-20231204_cutthedysfunctionalbureaucracy_text">“Cut the Dysfunctional Bureaucracy Initiative”</a>—was being updated to change the “status quo” on city operations.



“San Francisco’s governance structure is broken and we are committed to advancing bold reforms at the ballot this November to ensure city government is better positioned to tackle the challenges facing our city,” Cheng said. “We are making updates to our reform measure that will make the initiative stronger and clarify authority and responsibilities between the executive and legislative branches. Voters deserve to know who is responsible for the city government’s decisions and to hold them accountable.”&nbsp;



Michael Moritz, who is chairman of The Standard, has provided funding to the 501c3 nonprofit TogetherSF and its political arm, TogetherSF Action.



The second proposed ballot measure—known as the “We Need SF To Work Initiative”—would give the mayor sole discretion to hire and fire department heads, strengthen the mayor’s ability to control commissions, and allow for the creation of deputy mayor positions.



Under city rules, any voter-led ballot initiative must first be submitted to the Department of Elections. After a 15-day review period by the City Attorney’s Office, the proposal receives a title and summary, and advocates can proceed to collect petition signatures. Sources suggested it would take four to five months to collect the almost 50,000 petition signatures required by July 8 to <a href="https://sfelections.org/tools/cscal_nov24/">qualify for the November 2024 ballot</a>. That 15-day period was to expire Tuesday.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-plan-to-cut-commissions-in-san-francisco">Plan to Cut Commissions in San Francisco</h2>



The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24229164-20231204_cutthedysfunctionalbureaucracy_text">“Cut the Dysfunctional Bureaucracy Initiative”</a> proposed creating a task force to review commissions in the city and suggest which ones were redundant and ripe for elimination. As of this summer, San Francisco had <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/07/06/only-1-person-at-sf-city-hall-knows-the-answer-to-this-simple-question/">53 departments, 56 boards and commissions and 74 other advisory bodies</a>.



TogetherSF Action’s original plan suggested the number of commissions be capped at 65.&nbsp;



TogetherSF Action said the revised version will seek to keep bodies such as the Board of Appeals, Police Commission, Fire Commission and Planning Commission while allowing the mayor and supervisors the ability to hire and fire commissioners for the Public Utilities Commission, the Fine Arts Commissions, the War Memorial Board and the Airport Commission.



Permitting appeals would go to the Board of Appeals instead of supervisors. For commissions such as the Public Utilities Commission, the Airport Commission and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the mayor would be able to appoint a supermajority of commissioners.&nbsp;&nbsp;



Supervisor Aaron Peskin, the president of the Board of Supervisors, said the mistakes should be seen as a “teachable moment.” He suggested the group should have worked with <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/2023/10/31/san-francisco-city-hall-ballot-measure-reforms-rafael-mandelman/">Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who also introduced a charter reform measure</a> that had some overlapping goals with TogetherSF Action’s proposal.&nbsp;



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“We can have a discussion about what the best public policy is, but if it’s not what they intended, it shows this organization and its members don’t know what they’re doing,” Peskin said. “When you’re tinkering with your constitution, it should be tinkered with in public.”



The Mayor’s Office declined to comment.



The Department of Elections received <a href="https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/20231218_Withdrawal%20Letter.pdf">a letter from Cheng</a> requesting that the ballot measure be withdrawn Monday afternoon. She added that she plans to submit a revised version “in the coming days.” Once resubmitted, another 15-day review process would start before any signatures could be gathered.&nbsp;



Mandelman said he has not seen TogetherSF Action’s ballot measures, but he and the group have been talking about ways to improve the city through charter reform. He indicated his ballot measure, which also suggests the creation of deputy mayors, would be more incremental with an eye on continuing to reform the city charter in 2026.



“To their credit, they are motivated by a sincere desire to fix problems in San Francisco city governance. In my experience, that’s not easy,” Mandelman said. “It’s hard to fault them for trying to come up with some structural solutions.”

Who is Don Carmignani, the ex-SF fire commissioner accused of bear-spraying homeless people?

<a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/san-francisco-fire-commissioner-assault-marina/">Don Carmignani was assaulted</a> outside his mother&#8217;s Marina District home and hospitalized with serious injuries in an April 5 attack that attracted national attention. Police later arrested 24-year-old Garrett Doty, a homeless man who faces assault and battery charges.



Now, <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/beating-of-ex-fire-commissioner-defense-attorney-accuses-don-carmignani-of-bear-spray-attacks-on-homeless-people/">video evidence and police reports allegedly</a> tie the former city fire commissioner to a string of bear-spray attacks on homeless people in the Marina, jeopardizing his case against Doty. An attorney for Carmignani said he “vehemently denies that he is the alleged individual who is committing these acts against homeless people.”



Back in 2016, Carmignani was described as “a bull of a man with slicked-back hair, meaty fists, and a penchant for gold chains, bowling shirts that Guy Fieri might envy, and Irish whiskey” by <a href="https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/s-f-s-new-cannabis-don/article_31d2a0d0-6eec-555d-a791-5026847fee6f.html">SF Weekly</a>.



READ MORE: <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/don-carmignanis-alleged-attacker-released-from-jail/">Don Carmignani’s Alleged Attacker Will Be Released From Jail</a>



But what else do we know about the businessman thrust into the center of a national debate on crime, punishment and the homelessness crisis?&nbsp;



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1306" height="871" src="https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Carmignani-Spray-2.jpg" alt="A person in a beanie is seen spraying a homeless person on the sidewalk." class="wp-image-153765" srcset="https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Carmignani-Spray-2.jpg 1306w, https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Carmignani-Spray-2.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://content-develop.sfstandard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Carmignani-Spray-2.jpg?resize=768,512 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1306px) 100vw, 1306px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Attorneys for Garrett Doty believe this video shows former SF Fire Commissioner Don Carmignani to be the man using bear-spray. | Courtesy SF Public Defender’s Office</figcaption></figure>



Domestic violence conviction: <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/s-f-official-resigns-after-domestic-violence-4840671.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SFGate reported</a> that Carmignani was arrested by San Francisco police in September 2013 on suspicion of felony domestic violence and making criminal threats related to an incident reported by his then-wife, Yvette, authorities said.&nbsp;



He ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and was sentenced to a fine, probation, counseling and the surrender of several firearms, <a href="https://www.sfweekly.com/archives/s-f-s-new-cannabis-don/article_31d2a0d0-6eec-555d-a791-5026847fee6f.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SF Weekly reported in 2016</a>.&nbsp;



Cannabis Don: Nicknamed “The Don of San Francisco” by online radio station All In Radio and “Cannabis Don” by SF Weekly, Carmignani was the biggest medical marijuana dispensary license holder in the city, holding 16 medical cannabis dispensary permits at 214 California St., according to an SF Weekly article from March 2016.



“I’m San Francisco-based; my family came over in 1940,” Carmignani told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoN2DOAsQsY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">All In Radio</a> in a YouTube video posted Oct. 4, 2022. “My grandfather and his brother and his father came over here and made a name for himself over here in the city. My parents live in the house that my grandfather built; I built the house next door. I got two beautiful kids.”



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Carmignani goes on to tell the radio show he didn’t know anything about cannabis when he got into the business but successfully gained almost 20 city cannabis permits.



“I came from a technology background. I had a software company; I sold it for a minute,” Carmignani told the radio show. “I had a big software company—New York, Chicago, Boston. I did e-discovery for law firms and corporations. I knew nothing about cannabis.”



Fire Commissioner: Appointed by former Mayor Ed Lee to the Fire Commission in 2013—a city oversight body that monitors the SF Fire Department—Carmignani held the post for just four months before resigning after his arrest on domestic violence charges.&nbsp;&nbsp;



“I’ve done my politics side,&#8221;&nbsp; Carmignani told the radio show. &#8220;I was a fire commissioner. I was on the police advisory board. Mayor Lee was my guy; I’m cool with London Breed,”



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Politically connected: Carmignani’s father owned Balboa Café in the Marina District, an eatery that was leased to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s PlumpJack Group. The wine and hotel group is <a href="https://apnews.com/article/6710352de21447aaa52ec06106e8a4d6" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">now owned by a blind trust</a> managed by Shyla Hendrickson, a Newsom family friend and attorney.



“Me knowing Gavin Newsom personally, I know him. I grew up him with,” Carmignani told All In Radio.



San Francisco lawyer and 2018 mayoral candidate Angela Alioto, whose son Joseph Alioto Veronese ran for San Francisco district attorney in 2022 and is friends with Carmignani, told The Standard she has met Carmignani at various political functions over the years.



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Ouch! San Jose mayor says city ‘will not become San Francisco’

Et tu, San Jose?&nbsp;



San Francisco has had a rough couple of weeks in the news. The stabbing death of a tech exec, the vicious <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/san-francisco-fire-commissioner-assault-marina/">beating of a former fire commissioner</a>, the <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/business/downtown-san-francisco-whole-foods-market-closing/">closure of a flagship supermarket</a> Downtown—it seems no number of <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/arts-culture/drag-queen-led-easter-attracts-10k-attendees-to-crown-foxy-mary-and-hunky-jesus/">peaceful, large-scale outdoor gatherings in Dolores Park</a> can un-paint the portrait of a filthy city mired in a doom loop.



But in response to reports of increased crime in the Bay Area’s most populous city, first-term San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/04/18/san-jose-businesses-face-violent-encounters-repeated-property-crimes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">told the Mercury News</a> that “I will say emphatically that San Jose will not become San Francisco. I think everyone deserves to live in a safe and clean environment.”



Shots fired!



San Franciscans are accustomed to the slur “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/story/san-francisco-values-versus-a-time-of-terror" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">San Francisco values</a>” being attached to virtues like empathy and tolerance. We’re familiar with <a href="https://twitter.com/michelletandler/status/1645592786698379265" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">people misrepresenting our challenges to gain internet clout</a>. We’re used to hearing Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi being used as a political football three time zones away.



But to hear this kind of casual insult from the mayor of a neighboring city is something different—especially when that city is one many San Franciscans regard as a sprawling suburb with little reason to visit except a <a href="https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">haunted mansion with too many staircases</a>. What’s next, Sausalito calling Pier 39 too touristy? Emeryville saying Mission Bay feels a little sterile?



Reached for comment, Mahan&#8217;s office stood by his remarks.



&#8220;San Francisco and all big California cities are struggling with the most basic quality-of-life issues, and sadly, SF is a cautionary tale of what happens when government doesn’t focus enough attention on residents’ most pressing problems: homelessness, blight and crime,&#8221; Mahan said.



Citing residents&#8217; right to be fed up, Mahan added that he&#8217;s committed to ending San Jose&#8217;s encampments.



As a purely political move, it makes sense for a recently elected politico to assure residents of his city that he’s on the job. But do the facts support Mahan’s slight?



But based on recent crime stats, it’s a mixed bag. For property crimes like larceny, San Francisco certainly has a terrible problem, which far exceeds San Jose’s rate. That can only be partially explained by the difference in the number of visitors the two cities receive. San Jose hosts roughly 3 million per year, versus San Francisco’s 21 million. 



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For violent crimes, like homicide or aggravated assault, the two cities report similar rates. San Jose seems to have a considerably higher prevalence of rape, but that may stem from different reporting standards.



Putting crime stats aside, one of the greatest contributors to the perception of eroding public safety is the scourge of fentanyl. San Francisco unquestionably has many unhoused residents battling addiction and the number of fatal overdoses remains astonishingly high, but the head of San Jose’s police union was found to be <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/sj-police-union-exec-accused-of-smuggling-drugs-as-wedding-gifts-chocolate/">running an international fentanyl-dealing operation</a> out of her home.



Like anchor tenants that cater to similar types of shoppers from opposite ends of a giant mall, San Francisco and San Jose may be more dependent on each other’s success than they realize. Hopefully their leaders can cooperate to find regional solutions to pervasive problems.

Supervisors confront housing plan, $728M budget shortfall

Housing will be top of mind at the Board of Supervisors this week as it takes its first vote on a sweeping new plan designed to make room for 82,000 new housing units over the next eight years. Meanwhile, the budget committee mulls Mayor London Breed’s budget instructions for what looks to be a difficult fiscal year.



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-housing-element">Housing Element</h2>



The board will take a first vote on San Francisco’s eight-year housing framework, called the Housing Element, at Tuesday’s board meeting.&nbsp;



It’s been a long and contentious road to this point, with some supervisors brought to this point <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/housing-development/city-leaders-scrutinize-new-housing-plan-one-calling-it-futile/">kicking and screaming</a>. Some have voiced doubts about the practicality of the proposal and will likely make their opinions known as the city looks toward implementing new <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/housing-development/state-housing-probe-begins-as-sf-races-to-meet-key-deadline/">zoning and other changes</a>.



The Housing Element was amended to comply with expectations from Sacramento that the city carry more of the region&#8217;s housing burden, with a goal of adding roughly 10,000 new units per year—well above the city’s current pace. The Planning Commission approved the plan <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/housing-development/san-francisco-looks-headed-for-state-housing-approvals-if-city-leaders-sign-off-on-new-plan/">on Dec. 15</a>.&nbsp;



San Francisco is under the gun to approve the Housing Element by Jan. 31, which means&nbsp;supervisors must approve it this week, followed by a “second reading” vote next week, so it will be ready for Mayor London Breed’s signature by the end of the month.&nbsp;



The plan, which includes <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/housing-development/state-housing-probe-begins-as-sf-races-to-meet-key-deadline/">major zoning changes and a review of existing constraints on development</a>, has received preliminary approval from the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development.



Approving the Housing Element doesn’t necessarily get the city out of the woodshed, however: There will likely be more back-and-forth about whether the city can meet its goals without help from the state and federal governments. 



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-hopes-for-dmv-housing">Hopes for DMV Housing</h2>



Dealing with the Department of Motor Vehicles tends to inspire dread. But Supervisor Dean Preston hopes the agency can help out the city with housing.&nbsp;



The board will also be voting Tuesday on Preston’s resolution calling on the agency to include affordable units in its plans to build housing at its new Fell Street field office.



The agency has been planning on building the new digs for a while now, and has considered including up to 400 units of affordable housing. Both Preston and Assemblymember Phil Ting <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/S-F-s-latest-plan-for-affordable-housing-On-17700494.php">have lobbied the agency</a> to stay the course with the housing plans.&nbsp;



The eternal question, however, is whether such a project can “pencil.” <a href="https://localnewsmatters.org/2022/11/18/a-no-brainer-sf-supervisor-proposes-dmv-parking-lot-be-turned-into-affordable-housing/">Back in 2008</a>, the DMV contracted with local developer BUILD, which has a number of projects on the burner including the One Oak tower at Van Ness, to develop the site. It didn’t work out.&nbsp;&nbsp;



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-budgets-and-backroom-politics">Budgets and Backroom Politics</h2>



San Francisco heads into a new stage of its <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/politics/explainer-how-sf-hammers-out-its-27-8-billion-two-year-budget/">budget process</a> this week, with commissions reviewing draft budgets and the Supervisors’ budget committee meeting Wednesday to discuss <a href="https://sf.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/Mayor%27s%20Budget%20Instructions%20FY%2023-24%20FY%2024-25.pdf">the mayor’s instructions</a>.&nbsp;



Breed’s budget outlook doesn’t look great: The city is projecting a two-year deficit of $728 million (or worse) as empty Downtown offices drag down revenue. The mayor’s budget instructions aim to close that yawning deficit while tackling homelessness, overdoses and the slumping economy.&nbsp;



Meanwhile, departments are figuring out how to dilute the pain. The <a href="https://sf-fire.org/media/2697/download?inline">Fire Commission</a>, <a href="https://sf.gov/meeting/january-23-2023/january-23-2023-small-business-commission-meeting">Small Business Commission</a> and others are expected to discuss draft budgets for departments this week.&nbsp;



City Hall insiders expect Supervisor Connie Chan to be named budget chair in new committee assignments due to be announced this week. The supervisors’ budget chair plays a pivotal role in shaping the city’s final budget.&nbsp;



A disagreement over who should serve as budget chair—fellow budget committee member Supervisor Ahsha Safaí was also reportedly seeking the gig—contributed to the supervisors’ lengthy impasse in electing a board president, according to sources. In a surprise vote, District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin won the presidency <a href="https://develop.sfstandard.com/politics/in-shock-vote-peskin-elected-board-president-after-17-ballots/">after 17 rounds of voting</a>.&nbsp;

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