{"id":31751,"date":"2024-02-14T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=31751"},"modified":"2024-02-14T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:13:49","slug":"mark-farrell-formally-announces-hes-running-for-mayor-giving-breed-three-moderate-challengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/mark-farrell-formally-announces-hes-running-for-mayor-giving-breed-three-moderate-challengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Farrell Formally Announces He&#8217;s Running for Mayor, Giving Breed Three Moderate Challengers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-21.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>13 FEBRUARY 2024\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/politics\/\">SF POLITICS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former SF supervisor and interim mayor Mark Farrell officially threw his hat in the ring to challenge London Breed for mayor this November, so now Breed has three moderate opponents (two of whom are pretty wealthy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a surprise to absolutely no one that former SF supervisor Mark Farrell is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/article\/mayor-breed-mark-farrell-election-18659461.php\">announcing his run for mayor today<\/a>, as reported by the Chronicle. He\u2019s been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/11\/29\/in-a-blast-from-the-past-former-sf-supervisor-mark-farrell-indicates-he-might-run-for-mayor\/\">indicating he would run<\/a>&nbsp;for the better part of the last three months (and perhaps secretly fundraising that whole time), and people in his orbit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2024\/02\/02\/former-san-francisco-mayor-mark-farrell-will-challege-london-breed\/\">leaked to the SF Standard<\/a>&nbsp;that he was definitely running earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Farrell makes it official with a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkFarrellSF\/status\/1757419410829300212\">slickly produced campaign announcement video<\/a>, claiming \u201cwe got guns and drugs off our streets\u201d during Farrell\u2019s six months as interim mayor in 2018, which anyone who lived here in 2018 would surely dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m running for Mayor for my family &amp; for families across San Francisco.<br><br>Over the past 5 years, I\u2019ve watched our beloved City crumble.<br><br>I have a clear vision for a safer, cleaner, &amp; more vibrant San Francisco.<br><br>Join our campaign today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PuUndDsCia\">https:\/\/t.co\/PuUndDsCia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BoeCKaVLOc\">pic.twitter.com\/BoeCKaVLOc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mark Farrell (@MarkFarrellSF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkFarrellSF\/status\/1757419410829300212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Farrell\u2019s Tuesday campaign rollout was carefully planned.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/02\/mark-farrell-enters-sf-mayors-race-rips-london-breed-as-a-mayor-without-a-vision-for-san-francisco\/\">As Mission Local notes<\/a>, he consciously timed it not to compete for attention with the Super Bowl&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/02\/12\/49ers-can-only-lick-their-wounds-hope-their-championship-window-isnt-closing\/\">or its hangover<\/a>. He also had a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/13\/us\/politics\/mark-farrell-sf-mayoral-election.html\">Heather Knight-penned New York Times interview<\/a>&nbsp;clearly planned in advance and ready to go (among many other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/news\/11975607\/mark-farrell-enters-crowded-sf-mayors-race-searches-for-support\">exclusive interviews running today<\/a>), and Knight perhaps correctly describes Farrell as \u201cthe most rightward leaning\u201d of the four announced major candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The San Francisco mayor\u2019s race just got more crowded. <br><br>Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist and former interim mayor, wants to \u201cmassively\u201d increase police staffing, put cars back on Market St, eradicate tent camps and compel drug overdose victims who survive into hospital holds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pn3w6fDmYA\">pic.twitter.com\/pn3w6fDmYA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Heather Knight (@hknightsf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hknightsf\/status\/1757427913253863892?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cOver the past five years, I have watched our city crumble, along with the rest of San Francisco\u2019s residents,\u201d Farrell said in his Chronicle interview. \u201cPeople don\u2019t feel safe. The conditions of our streets have never been worse. Downtown and our local economy has collapsed and we have literally become the butt of jokes across the country \u2026 I simply believe that we cannot afford another four years of Mayor Breed\u2019s failed leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">London Breed\u2019s predecessor Mark Farrell is running for mayor. Here\u2019s what he\u2019d do if he wins:<br><br>&#8211; replace the police chief<br>&#8211; create a new 24\/7 intake center to help homeless<br>&#8211; reopen all of Market Street to cars<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qy5LlpEfLX\">https:\/\/t.co\/qy5LlpEfLX<\/a><\/p>&mdash; San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sfchronicle\/status\/1757445035287630272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Farrell is out of the gate with more concrete overhaul proposals than Mayor Breed\u2019s three other challengers: He says he would for ask for the resignation of SFPD Chief Bill Scott and &#8220;flood&#8221; the police academy with new recruits; he would reopen Market Street to cars; take a &#8220;zero-tolerance approach and policy for all crime in San Francisco&#8221;; and he would create a \u201c24\/7 intake center\u201d for homelessness services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So in that sense, there may be a lane for Farrell to stand out in a four-way moderate race. But that would also require political skill, and Farrell may have lost his fastball in the five-plus years he\u2019s been out of office and instead in the venture capital business (that is, if Mark Farrell ever even had a fastball).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farrell will be running in November against Breed, who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/05\/22\/london-breeds-poll-numbers-are-in-the-dumps-60-disapprove-of-job-shes-doing\/\">may be unpopular<\/a>, but has the power of incumbency \u2014 San Francisco has not voted out a sitting mayor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1995_San_Francisco_mayoral_election\">since 1995<\/a>. Farrell and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/09\/26\/daniel-lurie-makes-candidacy-official-for-sf-mayor-says-theres-hunger-for-change\/\">Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie<\/a>&nbsp;both have personal wealth and connections, which will certainly help them blanket the city with advertising. And the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/05\/08\/sf-supervisor-ahsha-safai-makes-it-official-hes-running-for-mayor\/\">fourth challenger Ahsha Safai<\/a>&nbsp;has, well, he has his work cut out for him. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2023\/11\/29\/in-a-blast-from-the-past-former-sf-supervisor-mark-farrell-indicates-he-might-run-for-mayor\/\">In a Blast From the Past, Former SF Supervisor Mark Farrell Indicates He Might Run for Mayor [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: @MarkFarrellSF&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkFarrellSF\"><em>via Twitter<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 FEBRUARY 2024\/SF POLITICS\/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) Former SF supervisor and interim mayor Mark Farrell officially threw his hat in the ring to challenge London Breed for mayor this November, so now Breed has three moderate opponents (two of whom are pretty wealthy). 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