Mayor London Breed won\u2019t face the voters until 2023\u2014but the politics of the next six months will play a huge role in her political future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Breed is attacking the School Board and endorsing the recall of three members, including one she appointed. She\u2019s attacking homeless people in the Tenderloin and pushing a police crackdown. She hasn\u2019t formally endorsed the recall of District Attorney Chesa Boudin, but she\u2019s made clear she wants another DA and he is opposing her plans for the Tenderloin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Breed hasn\u2019t endorsed a candidate for state Assembly, but it\u2019s safe to say she wants someone who isn\u2019t David Campos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She\u2019s pushing a big agenda for the June election, including a measure that would give the mayor considerably more control over the School District.<\/a> She\u2019s also promoting a Yimby measure to allow developers to avoid community scrutiny of market-rate housing development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, the supes are pushing several measures aimed at municipal corruption that would limit the powers of the mayor<\/a> (including the right of the chief executive to fill vacancies on the School Board, Community College Board, and Board of Supes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n While those measures would go far beyond this particular mayor, they will also be seen as a referendum on her administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s pretty clear that her poll numbers are looking bleak right now, and she\u2019s using the well-established strategy of using homeless people for political gain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the mayor gets her way, she will appoint three members of the School Board and a new district attorney, to add to her appointment of City Attorney David Chiu, and she will get a state Assembly member who will work with her on local politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If she doesn\u2019t, the power in the city will shift in a significant way from the Mayor\u2019s Office to the progressives on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And if the recall efforts are any indication, there will be big money, including big Republican and out-of-town money, pouring in to protect the mayor and her agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Six months is a long time in local politics. The mayor\u2019s plan, such as it is, for the Tenderloin could be a complete failure by then<\/a> (although she will try to blame that on the DA). We have no idea what the latest COVID wave will mean for the public schools, the local economy, the public-health system, or the attitudes of voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But if anyone seriously wants to challenge Breed in 2023, the next six months will help determine if that\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 48 Hills welcomes comments in the form of letters to the editor, which you can submit here<\/a>. We also invite you to join the conversation on our Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tim Redmond<\/a>Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" She’s not on the ballot until 2023\u2014but candidates and ballot measures will test whether the voters think Breed is leading the city in the right direction. By TIM REDMOND DECEMBER 28, 2021 (48hills.org) Mayor London Breed won\u2019t face the voters until 2023\u2014but the politics of the next six months will… Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/48hills12.jpeg\")