San Francisco's mayoral election is heating up with multiple developments. Daniel Lurie is supporting Prop E, aiming to reduce restrictions on police tech, and planning an aggressive TV ad campaign. Public employee unions are in a labor fight with Mayor London Breed, warning members to save money in case of a strike. The city is facing an $800 million deficit over the next two years, with annual deficit forecasts rising to $1.4 billion by 2027. Another candidate, Matthew Devine, has filed a Statement of Candidacy for the mayoral race.
‘We’re in a tough spot,’ said Mayor London Breed’s budget director before laying out a grim forecast that San Francisco’s annual budget deficit could climb to $1.4 billion by 2027. https://t.co/MDsSm9WVqO
NEW: Another candidate for San Francisco mayor has just today filed a Statement of Candidacy: Matthew Devine
LONDON LIES San Francisco's Mayor London Breed is running for re-election this November 2024. Visit the site and sign up to the London Lies newsletter to learn how she's actively ruining our city. https://t.co/9WpxBNm8e9 https://t.co/lyjEOzmbnZ
Today, San Francisco officials kicked off budget talks as current forecasts show an annual deficit rising to $1.4 BILLION by 2027. ✍️ @NoahBaustin https://t.co/ykW4ecl9DX
San Francisco unions rally in front of City Hall to demand better wages. I talked to the president of SEIU 1021–SF’s largest union with 16K members—and asked what is the potential for a strike this summer. She said it goes up for every worker here, which makes that about 1000% https://t.co/lmKzgk4sis
LONDON LIES San Francisco's Mayor London Breed is running for re-election this November. Sign up today to London Lies newsletter and learn how she's actively ruining our city. https://t.co/9WpxBNm8e9
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's budget deficit is at $38 billion. An analyst says it's much more. https://t.co/Fi3iDYNFm0
SF mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie is setting up his own committee to campaign in FAVOR of Prop E, the police measure that Mayor Breed placed on the March ballot. https://t.co/aMGvMTdEnD
Multiple labor leaders say a nasty fight is brewing in San Francisco: Contracts for nearly three dozen public employee unions are expiring this summer and the city is staring down a projected $800 million deficit over the next two years. https://t.co/Wkn5Ci6L0F
Budget talks are expected to get nasty this year—not least because San Francisco’s public employee unions, whose contracts expire this year, are already raising the specter of strikes. @Josh_Koehn explains the stakes: https://t.co/SiloyrI2C0
NEW: A labor fight between public employee unions and San Francisco Mayor London Breed could have massive consequences for her reelection race. Some unions are already warning members to save money in case of a strike, which hasn’t happened since 1976. https://t.co/XQVIpwmQoZ
Newsy development in San Francisco mayor’s race. Daniel Lurie, one of the challengers to London Breed, is opening a committee to support Prop E, which would reduce restrictions on police tech Lurie is planning an aggressive TV ad campaign — another avenue to boost his name ID.
Clearing tents and homeless is an issue soon going before the Supreme Court. It’s also control of big money during SF’s mayoral election. Here’s @EricaJSandberg and yours truly today on @FoxBusiness @BottomLineFBN . Watch: https://t.co/zqytqAzjgc