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'{{Short description|45th mayor of San Francisco, California (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = London Breed | image = Mayor London Breed official portrait 2019.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2019 | office1 = 45th [[Mayor of San Francisco]] | term_start1 = July 11, 2018 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]] | successor1 = | term_label2 = Acting | term_start2 = December 12, 2017 | term_end2 = January 23, 2018 | predecessor2 = [[Ed Lee]] | successor2 = Mark Farrell | office3 = [[Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors|President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] | term_start3 = January 8, 2015 | term_end3 = June 26, 2018 | predecessor3 = [[Katy Tang]] | successor3 = [[Malia Cohen]] | office4 = Member of the<br>[[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]<br>from the 5th district | term_start4 = January 8, 2013 | term_end4 = July 11, 2018 | predecessor4 = [[Christina Olague]] | successor4 = [[Vallie Brown]] | birth_name = London Nicole Breed | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|08|11}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[University of California, Davis]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of San Francisco]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]]) | signature = London Breed's signature.svg }} '''London Nicole Breed''' (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician who is the 45th [[mayor of San Francisco]], serving since 2018. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] from 2015 to 2018. What a loser lol Raised in the [[Western Addition]] neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor [[Ed Lee]]. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018. Breed won the [[2018 San Francisco mayoral special election|San Francisco mayoral special election]] held on June 5, 2018. Breed is the first black woman, second black person after [[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]], and second woman after [[Dianne Feinstein]] to be elected mayor of San Francisco.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Heather |title=It's a really big deal that SF elected London Breed as mayor |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/It-s-a-really-big-deal-that-SF-elected-London-12991871.php |access-date=June 13, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last=Melendez |first=Lyanne |url=http://abc7news.com/politics/london-breed-sworn-in-as-san-francisco-mayor/3740958/ |title=San Francisco welcomes new mayor London Breed, first African-American woman to hold position |publisher=abc7news.com |date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ostler |first=Scott |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/This-time-around-London-Breed-becomes-SF-mayor-13064707.php |title=Big crowd at SF Civic Center sees London Breed sworn in as new mayor |date=July 12, 2018 |publisher=SFChronicle.com |access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fracassa |first1=Dominic |title=Big crowd at SF Civic Center sees London Breed sworn in as new mayor |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/This-time-around-London-Breed-becomes-SF-mayor-13064707.php |access-date=July 11, 2018 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 11, 2018}}</ref> During her tenure as mayor, she has been a proponent of increasing housing supply in San Francisco amid a [[California housing shortage|housing shortage]], frequently butting heads with anti-housing members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=YIMBYs on their heels as race for mayor heats up |url=https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/27/yimbys-on-their-heels-after-lawmakers-kill-housing-veto/ |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en}}</ref> == Early life and education == Born in San Francisco,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/london_n_breed_born_1974_12174666|title=California Birth Index, London N Breed, born 1974|work= California Birth Index|access-date=December 13, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the [[Western Addition, San Francisco|Western Addition]] neighborhood of the city.<ref name=":0" /> Breed later wrote of her childhood in San Francisco: "... five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars. Violence was never far away. And once a week, we took Grandma's pushcart to the community room to collect government-issued groceries."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/powdered-milk-moving-vans-fight-affordable-housing/|title=Powdered milk and moving vans: The fight for affordable housing|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=April 14, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> Her younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006. Her brother, Napoleon Brown, is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 conviction on charges of manslaughter and armed robbery, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor's office.<ref name=transforming>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/London-Breed-cites-experience-transforming-SF-12806970.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506024612/https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/London-Breed-cites-experience-transforming-SF-12806970.php|title=London Breed feels her life experience can guide the city: Raised on the rough side of San Francisco, she believes her bruised hometown can be made to shine once again|first=Heather|last=Knight|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 6, 2018|access-date=June 13, 2018|archive-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Phifer|first=Donica|date=December 19, 2018|title=San Francisco Mayor Asks Jerry Brown for Brother's Early Release From Prison, Ethics Questions Raised|url=https://www.newsweek.com/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-asks-brothers-early-release-prison-ethics-1265448|website=Newsweek}}</ref> Breed has stated that her brother's early release from prison would be "what’s best for both Napoleon and society overall."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-requests-brothers-early-release/200124/|title=San Francisco Mayor London Breed Requests Brother's Early Release }}</ref> Breed graduated with honors from [[Galileo Academy of Science and Technology|Galileo High School]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/who-london-breed-meet-san-franciscos-first-black-woman-mayor-976733|title=Meet London Breed, San Francisco's first black woman mayor|date=June 14, 2018|work=Newsweek|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She earned a bachelor's degree in political science–public service<ref name=":1" /> from the [[University of California, Davis]] in 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://magazine.ucdavis.edu/londons-town/|title=London's Town|last=Beaudry|first=Jennifer Ernst|date=July 1, 2019|website=UC Davis Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> and a master's degree in public administration from the [[University of San Francisco]] in 2012.<ref name="Nevius">{{cite news|last=Nevius|first=C.W.|title=London Breed is S.F.'s election shocker|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/nevius/article/London-Breed-is-S-F-s-election-shocker-4025223.php|access-date=September 19, 2013|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 10, 2012}}</ref> == Early career == Breed worked as an [[intern]] in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services for Mayor [[Willie Brown (politician)|Willie Brown]].<ref name=transforming/> In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex,<ref name="incoming">{{cite news|last=Lagos|first=Marisa|title=London Breed's emphasis: kids' lives|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-s-emphasis-kids-lives-4147448.php|access-date=January 8, 2013|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=December 26, 2012}}</ref> where she raised over $2.5 million to renovate the complex's 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio.<ref name="sfbos.org">{{cite web|title=District 5 – Board of Supervisors|url=http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=13826|access-date=December 12, 2017|website=www.sfbos.org}}</ref> Breed was named to the [[San Francisco Redevelopment Agency]] Commission in 2004. In 2010, Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] appointed her to the San Francisco Fire Commission.<ref name=":1" /> == San Francisco Board of Supervisors == [[File:London Breed.jpg|thumb|Official portrait for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors|alt=|left]] In November 2012, Breed was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent [[Christina Olague]], who had been appointed to the seat that year by Mayor [[Ed Lee]] after Supervisor [[Ross Mirkarimi]] was elected sheriff. Following five rounds of ranked-choice voting allocations, Breed won by over 12 points,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sfelections.org/results/20121106/data/d5.html|title=Board of Supervisors, District 5|website=sfelections.org|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> marking the first time in San Francisco history that a challenger unseated a district supervisor. (The feat has occurred four times since, with [[Aaron Peskin]] unseating Supervisor [[Julie Christensen (politician)|Julie Christensen]] in 2015 to reclaim his District 3 seat,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Peskin-leads-Christensen-in-early-returns-for-6609177.php|title=District 3: Peskin apparently heading back to board|work=SFGate|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Rafael Mandelman]] beating Supervisor [[Jeff Sheehy]] in District 8 in June 2018,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Mandelman-leading-incumbent-Sheehy-in-SF-s-12970893.php|title=Mandelman ousts incumbent Sheehy in SF's District Eight|date=June 6, 2018|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Dean Preston]] defeating Breed's own appointed replacement Supervisor [[Vallie Brown]] in District 5 in 2019, and [[Joel Engardio]] defeating Supervisor [[Gordon Mar]] in District 4 in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/election-joel-engardio-supervisor-17593735.php|title=Moderate Joel Engardio just won an S.F. supervisor's seat after three failed bids. What changed this time?|date=November 18, 2022|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=August 24, 2022|language=en-US}}</ref>) Breed was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013, with then–[[Attorney General of California|California Attorney General]] [[Kamala Harris]] administering the oath of office.<ref>{{Citation|last=THA DON Bowden|title=Inauguration Of London Breed District 5 Supervisor 2013|date=January 11, 2013|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fincAmhuZ3c|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> On January 8, 2015, Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors first by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously. She defeated supervisor [[David Campos]], who was also nominated for the position.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/London-Breen-elected-president-of-S-F-Board-of-6002416.php|title=London Breed elected president of S.F. Board of Supervisors|work=SFGate|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> Breed succeeded District Four Supervisor [[Katy Tang]], who assumed the presidency temporarily after then-Board President [[David Chiu (politician)|David Chiu]] resigned to begin serving in the California Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/London-Breen-elected-president-of-S-F-Board-of-6002416.php|title=London Breed elected president of S.F. Board of Supervisors|date=January 9, 2015|access-date=December 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/SF-supervisors-side-with-hourly-workers-pass-new-5902252.php|title=SF supervisors elect Katy Tang as interim president|work=SFGate|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> As part of an FBI investigation into public corruption and bid-fixing primarily involving then-State Senator [[Leland Yee]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/25/ex-calif-state-sen-leeland-yee-gun-control-champion-heading-to-prison-for-weapons-trafficking/|title=Ex-Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, gun control champion, heading to prison for weapons trafficking|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> businessman Derf Butler was recorded talking about allegedly paying for access to Breed. According to court documents released in 2015, Butler told an FBI source that he "pays Supervisor Breed with untraceable debit cards for clothing and trips in exchange for advantages on contracts in San Francisco." The allegation was denied by Breed, who as a member of the Board of Supervisors had no role in contract selections,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=jumplink$jumplink_x=Advanced$jumplink_vpc=first$jumplink_xsl=querylink.xsl$jumplink_sel=title;path;content-type;home-title;item-bookmark$jumplink_d=california(charter_sf)$jumplink_q=[field%20folio-destination-name:%272.114%27]$jumplink_md=target-id=JD_2.114|title=SF City Charter--non-interference}}</ref> and no evidence has ever been presented to substantiate it.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/mayor-city-officials-others-accused-of-wrongdoing-according-to-new-details-from-fbi-probe-into-shrimp-boy/|title=Public officials named in new findings from FBI probe of 'Shrimp Boy' Chow|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=April 14, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2016, Breed announced her reelection bid to represent District 5. The top issues she identified in her announcement were building and protecting affordable housing, increasing public safety, improving environmental health, and modernizing public transportation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hoodline.com/2016/02/london-breed-formally-announces-re-election-campaign-for-d5-supervisor|title=London Breed Formally Announces Re-Election Campaign For D5 Supervisor {{!}} Hoodline|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref> [[Dean Preston]], an attorney, ran against her. Breed won reelection 52% to 48% on November 8, 2016, beating Preston in 46 of the district's 68 precincts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfelections.org/results/20161108/data/20161206/d5/20161206_d5.html|title=RCV Results Summary Report for Board of Supervisors, District 5|website=www.sfelections.org|access-date=April 14, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thebaycitybeacon.com/32740/279542/a/sfbythenumbers-a-tale-of-two-incumbents|title=SFByTheNumbers: A Tale of Two Incumbents|website=thebaycitybeacon.com|access-date=April 14, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Breed was unanimously reelected to another two-year term as Board President on January 9, 2017. No other supervisors were nominated for the position.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabatini |first=Joshua |title=Breed re-elected as SF's Board of Supervisors president |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/breed-re-elected-as-sf-s-board-of-supervisors-president/article_6c630c65-3913-50cd-8964-40ed08f13fd5.html |access-date=2022-11-20 |website=San Francisco Examiner |date=January 9, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> == Mayor of San Francisco == Following the death of Mayor [[Ed Lee]] on December 12, 2017, Breed became the city's Acting Mayor by virtue of her position as President of the Board of Supervisors.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|last1=Bulwa|first1=Demian|date=December 12, 2017|title=San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65|url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/San-Francisco-Mayor-Ed-Lee-dead-at-65-12423708.php|access-date=December 12, 2017|work=[[SFGate]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=December 12, 2017|title=Rules dictate how SF's next mayor may be chosen and how long they may serve|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Rules-dictate-how-SF-s-next-mayor-may-be-chosen-12425177.php|access-date=December 12, 2017}}</ref> She served in this position until January 23, 2018, when the Board of Supervisors selected [[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]] to serve as the interim "caretaker" mayor until a special election on June 5. Supervisors [[Aaron Peskin]], [[Jane Kim]] (herself a candidate for Mayor), and others considered the [[progressivism in the United States|progressive]] members of the board, sought to deny Breed the benefits of [[incumbency]] going into the election and to maintain a [[separation of powers]] between the positions of mayor and board president, both of which Breed occupied at the time.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shafer|first=Scott|date=January 23, 2018|title=Political Uproar as Mark Farrell Replaces London Breed as S.F. Mayor|work=[[KQED Inc.|KQED]]|url=https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2018/01/23/political-outrage-as-mark-farrell-replaces-london-breed-as-s-f-s-acting-mayor/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fagone|first=Jason|date=January 28, 2018|title=London Breed's sudden, short term as SF's acting mayor|newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-s-sudden-short-term-as-SF-s-12531033.php?t=5f746d7330}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Progressive Supervisor [[Hillary Ronen]] delivered a speech accusing Breed of being supported by "white, rich men" and billionaires such as [[Ron Conway]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last1=Schnedier|first1=Benjamin|last2=Boone|first2=Alastaire|date=January 25, 2018|title=What Just Happened in San Francisco?|language=en-US|work=[[CityLab (web magazine)|CityLab]]|url=https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/01/what-just-happened-in-san-francisco/551501/|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Ronen's choice for interim mayor, [[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]], was a white male venture capitalist whose firm Conway had invested in.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Matier & Ross|date=February 4, 2018|title=Left bounced Breed for Conway ties. Turns out he invested in Farrell's firm|language=en-US|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Left-bounced-Breed-for-Conway-ties-Turns-out-he-12549142.php|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed ran in the [[2018 San Francisco mayoral special election|mayoral special election]] held on June 5.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fracassa|first1=Dominic|last2=Swan|first2=Rachel|date=January 5, 2018|title=London Breed says she's in the race for SF mayor|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-says-she-s-in-the-race-for-San-12476825.php|access-date=June 13, 2018|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> She led in the initial count's first-place votes with 35.6 percent, with [[Mark Leno]] in second with 25.9 percent, and Kim with 22.8 percent. Leno took the lead early the next day after the initial tabulation of ranked-choice ballots,<ref>{{cite web|last=Fracassa|first=Dominic|date=June 6, 2018|title=SF mayor's race: Ranked choice puts Mark Leno in lead over London Breed|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-mayor-s-race-Ranked-choice-puts-Mark-Leno-12970895.php|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> but Breed retook the lead on June 9.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fracassa|first=Dominic|date=June 9, 2018|title=As Breed regains slim lead, mayoral cliffhanger echoes Oakland's 2010 race|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-ranked-choice-mayoral-election-cliffhanger-12981526.php|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> On June 13, with 9,000 ballots left to count, Leno conceded defeat and congratulated Breed on her victory.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 13, 2018|title=London Breed Claims Victory In San Francisco Mayor's Race|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/06/13/sources-mark-leno-to-concede-in-san-francisco-mayors-race/|access-date=June 13, 2018|website=[[KPIX-TV]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=June 13, 2018|title=London Breed poised to become SF's next mayor|work=[[KGO-TV]]|agency=[[AP News]]|url=https://abc7news.com/politics/mark-leno-concedes-after-close-sf-mayors-race/3598346/}}</ref> Breed resigned as president of the Board of Supervisors on June 26, 2018 and was succeeded by [[Malia Cohen]] in a unanimous vote by the Board. Breed retained her position as District 5 supervisor until assuming the mayoralty on July 11.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fracassa|first1=Dominic|date=June 26, 2018|title=SF supervisors elect Malia Cohen their president as Breed set to become mayor|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-supervisors-elect-Malia-Cohen-their-president-13028989.php|access-date=June 26, 2018}}</ref> Breed was elected to a full term in the [[2019 San Francisco mayoral election|2019 mayoral election]] against five relatively unknown candidates.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 7, 2019|title=San Francisco's first black female mayor wins reelection|work=[[CBS News]]|agency=[[AP News]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-francisco-election-london-breed-first-black-female-mayor-wins-reelection/|access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> In March 2019, Breed awarded a posthumous certificate of honor to [[Sinn Féin]] politician and former [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] member [[Martin McGuinness]] for his "courageous service in the military".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fracassa|first=Dominic|date=March 12, 2019|title=San Francisco honor for late Irish leader and IRA member causes international uproar|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-Mayor-Breed-s-commemoration-of-Irish-13680541.php|access-date=September 9, 2020|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The nomination had been made by the United Irish Societies, who had appointed him honorary marshal in the [[St. Patrick's Day parade]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nuala Sawyer|first=Bishari|date=March 11, 2019|title=S.F. Issues Posthumous Certificate of Honor for Irish Politician with Ties to IRA|work=[[SF Weekly]]|url=https://www.sfweekly.com/news/s-f-mayor-issues-posthumous-certificate-of-honor-for-irish-politician-with-ties-to-ira/|access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> She apologized two days later following controversy over McGuinness's involvement with the IRA.<ref>{{cite news|date=March 12, 2019|title=US mayor's apology for McGuinness award 'not enough'|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47521926|url-status=live|access-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603014621/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47521926|archive-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref> On March 7, 2019, Breed and several other [[Northern California]] mayors endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] for president in the [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wildermuth|first=John|date=March 8, 2019|title=Kamala Harris endorsed by SF, Oakland, San Jose mayors|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Kamala-Harris-endorsed-by-SF-Oakland-San-Jose-13671164.php|access-date=October 4, 2021|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref> Harris later dropped out of the race. On January 23, 2020, Breed endorsed [[Mike Bloomberg]] for president in the primaries.<ref name="Garofoli for San Francisco Chronicle, 2020">{{cite web|last=Garofoli|first=Joe|date=January 23, 2020|title=San Francisco Mayor London Breed endorses Mike Bloomberg for president|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/San-Francisco-Mayor-London-Breed-endorses-Mike-14996690.php|access-date=January 27, 2020|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref> In December 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that [[Alex Padilla]] would succeed Kamala Harris as [[US senator|U.S. senator]] after she was elected to serve as Vice President of the United States. Breed and former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown expressed disappointment that the replacement for the seat was not an African American woman as Harris was the only African American woman serving in the Senate at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/London-Breed-Alex-Padilla-Senate-California-react-15822677.php|title=London Breed: Alex Padilla's Senate appointment 'unfortunate' and a 'real blow'|author=Eric Ting|access-date=September 23, 2021|date=December 22, 2020|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7news.com/alex-padilla-kamala-harris-london-breed-barbara-lee/8984796/|title='A real blow': San Francisco mayor disappointed by Alex Padilla's nomination to US Senate|access-date=September 23, 2021|date=December 23, 2020|author=Alix Martichoux, Kris Reyes|work=[[ABC News]]}}</ref> === Homelessness === Breed made homelessness an early focus of her administration. In October 2018, she announced plans to build 1,000 shelter beds by 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fracassa|first1=Dominic|date=October 3, 2018|title=SF Mayor Breed envisions adding 1,000 beds for the homeless by end of 2020|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-expected-to-set-goal-of-adding-1-000-13279982.php}}</ref> To help achieve this goal, she introduced legislation declaring a shelter crisis in San Francisco,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fracassa|first1=Dominic|date=January 15, 2019|title=SF Mayor London Breed aims to cut red tape to help homeless faster|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-s-bills-would-cut-red-tape-help-homeless-13533569.php}}</ref> which allows the city to waive certain permitting and contracting requirements for homeless services. She also has worked to expand mental health and substance abuse recovery beds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fraccassa |first1=Dominic |title=S.F. working to double beds at crucial homeless facility |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-working-to-double-beds-at-crucial-homeless-13346396.php |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> When the Controller found an extra $415 million in property taxes, Breed introduced legislation to fund housing and homelessness programs with the discretionary portion of the funding.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thadani|first1=Trisha|last2=Fracassa|first2=Dominic|date=December 5, 2018|title=SF mayor, supes differ on use of city's $181 million windfall: Let wrangling begin|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-mayor-supes-differ-on-divvying-up-181-13443089.php}}</ref> She also authored legislation with Supervisor [[Rafael Mandelman]] to expand San Francisco's conservatorship laws,<ref>{{cite news|date=October 31, 2018|title=San Francisco Mayor Seeks More Homeless Housing Through Conservatorship Law|work=[[KPIX-TV]]|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/10/31/san-francisco-mayor-seeks-more-homeless-housing-through-conservatorship-law/}}</ref> based on California Senate Bill 1045, authored by State Senator [[Scott Wiener]]. Breed created a task force of members of the San Francisco Department of Public Works to clean up feces from city sidewalks, known as a Poop Patrol.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dalrymple II|first=Jim|date=August 14, 2018|title=A "Poop Patrol" Is Going To Start Cleaning Feces Off San Francisco's Filthy Sidewalks|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimdalrympleii/san-francisco-poop-patrol-street-clean-up|access-date=August 27, 2018|website=[[Buzzfeed News]]|publisher=[[Buzzfeed.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Melia Robinson|date=August 19, 2018|title=San Francisco launches 'Poop Patrol' to clean human feces on sidewalks|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-poop-patrol-feces-sidewalks-housing-crisis-2018-8|access-date=August 27, 2018|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref> === Ethics violations === {{further|San Francisco Department of Public Works corruption scandal|San Francisco Ethics Commission#Mayor London Breed}} A series of 2018 reports in the San Francisco Examiner focused on Breed's use of campaign funds carried over from previous years to pay for floats in San Francisco's annual [[Pride parade]], and a 2020 report found that Nick Bovis, a restaurant owner arrested alongside [[Mohammed Nuru]], was solely named on an invoice to pay for Breed's 2015 Pride float, when she was a member of the Board of Supervisors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald Rodriguez |first1=Joe |title=Ethics complaint targets Breed's use of old campaign committee to pay for Pride 2018 float — again |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/ethics-complaint-targets-breed-s-use-of-old-campaign-committee-to-pay-for-pride-2018/article_815e7210-6063-57ad-a9d2-e7a01b24642d.html |publisher=SF Examiner |date=August 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald Rodriguez |first1=Joe |title=Emails reveal another FBI suspect may have given Mayor Breed a gift |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/archives/emails-reveal-another-fbi-suspect-may-have-given-mayor-breed-a-gift/article_4ef599ae-b764-51d8-a25d-791df9e7430f.html |publisher=SF Examiner |date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Following the FBI's arrest of [[San Francisco Department of Public Works]] director [[Mohammed Nuru]] on corruption charges, Breed published an article on [[Medium (website)|Medium]] on February 14, 2020, acknowledging a longtime friendship and a brief relationship with Nuru. The post also reported that Nuru gave Breed $5,600 for car repairs. Breed argued she did not have to disclose since her and Nuru's relationship preceded her mayoralty but was doing so in "the spirit of transparency". Supervisors [[Hillary Ronen]] and [[Matt Haney]] have criticized Breed's actions, saying that according to the city's ethics laws it is illegal for a supervisor to accept gifts from a subordinate.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 14, 2020|title=SF Mayor London Breed Discloses She Once Dated Indicted Former Public Works Director Nuru|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/02/14/public-corruptio-san-francisco-muhammad-nuru-mayor-london-breed-friendship-romance/|access-date=February 16, 2020|website=[[KPIX-TV]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fracassa|first=Dominic|date=February 15, 2020|title=SF corruption probe: Mayor Breed dated Nuru years ago, discloses 'gift' from him|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/SF-corruption-probe-Mayor-London-Breed-dated-15056830.php|access-date=February 16, 2020|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@LondonBreed/transparency-and-accountability-11b885276564|title=Transparency and Accountability|last=Breed|first=London|date=February 14, 2020|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref> A 2020 report in the San Francisco Chronicle found that the woman identified as "Girlfriend 1" by federal officials in the criminal complaint filed against Nuru was Sandra Zuniga, former Director of the city's "Fix-It Team" and of Breed's Office of Neighborhood Services.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fracassa |first1=Dominic |title=Girlfriend in Nuru corruption complaint identified as SF official: 'Don't run your mouth' |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Girlfriend-in-Nuru-corruption-complaint-15071812.php |publisher=SF Chronicle |date=February 20, 2020}}</ref> The Neighborhood Services Office was dissolved shortly after Zuniga was identified as "Girlfriend 1" and remains inactive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mullaney |first1=Alex |title='We're the Mayor's Constituents, Too': Pandemic Drastically Reshapes Constituent Services for SF Neighborhoods |url=https://sfstandard.com/neighborhood-news/were-the-mayors-constituents-too-pandemic-drastically-reshapes-constituent-services-for-sf-neighborhoods/ |publisher=SF Standard |date=August 5, 2022}}</ref> In August 2021, Breed was fined $22,000 for abusing her office in a series of ethics violations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-Breed-fined-22-000-for-series-of-16360994.php|title = S.F. Mayor Breed to be fined nearly $23,000 for series of 'significant' ethics violations while in office|date = August 3, 2021}}</ref> === COVID-19 response === San Francisco issued a state of emergency because of [[COVID-19]] in February 2020, before the federal government suggested doing so, and San Francisco became one of the first American cities to go into lockdown.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 26, 2020|title=San Francisco Declares Emergency Over 'Growing Likelihood' Of Coronavirus Cases|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/coronavirus-san-francisco-emergency-mayor-london-breed/|access-date=April 12, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> On March 2, Breed advised residents, "Prepare for possible disruption from an outbreak".<ref>{{cite news|date=April 9, 2020|title=Tweets show SF and NYC mayors' drastically different approaches to outbreak|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/de-Blasio-London-Breed-tweets-coronavirus-March-2-15189898.php}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=April 6, 2020|title=Resurfaced Tweets Show New York and San Francisco Mayors' Strikingly Different Coronavirus Messages on Same Day One Month Ago|work=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/resurfaced-tweets-show-new-york-san-francisco-mayors-strikingly-different-coronavirus-messages-1496431}}</ref> Under the state of emergency, private gyms were required to shut down, but the city government petitioned [[California Division of Occupational Safety and Health|Cal/OSHA]] for a waiver to allow various government employees to continue to use gyms in city-owned facilities, which were allowed to continue to operate.<ref>[https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco/san-francisco-government-buildings-keep-gyms-open-crush-private-gym-owners/2357438/ San Francisco Government Buildings Keep Gyms Open, Crush Private Gym Owners]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sfist.com/2020/09/02/sf-gym-owners-call-out-city-for-allowing-city-worker-gyms-to-open-when-they-cant/ |title=SF Gym Owners Call Out City For Allowing City-Worker Gyms to Open When They Can't |access-date=September 7, 2020 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802182021/https://sfist.com/2020/09/02/sf-gym-owners-call-out-city-for-allowing-city-worker-gyms-to-open-when-they-cant/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On April 24, 2020, Breed reported that her city's PPE orders had been diverted to other cities and countries. She said, "We’ve had issues of our orders being relocated by our suppliers in China. For example, we had isolation gowns on their way to San Francisco and they were diverted to France. We’ve had situations when things we’ve ordered that have gone through [[U.S. Customs and Border Protection|Customs]] were confiscated by [[FEMA]] to be diverted to other locations."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Tal Axelrod|date=April 24, 2020|title=San Francisco mayor says city's PPE orders have been diverted, confiscated: It 'blows my mind'|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/494623-san-francisco-mayor-says-citys-ppe-orders-have-been-diverted-confiscated|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref> In November 2020, Breed attended an eight-person birthday party at the [[List of Michelin 3-star restaurants|Michelin 3-star restaurant]] [[French Laundry]] in [[Napa County, California|Napa County]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California]]. The event was held in a partially enclosed room, despite [[California Department of Public Health]] discouraging such gatherings with a recommended three-household cap. Napa County allowed indoor dining at the time without a household cap. Still, Heather Knight of ''San Francisco Chronicle'' noted that the event violated San Francisco health guidelines at the time. San Francisco banned indoor dining three days later. Breed and other California politicians such as Governor Gavin Newsom and [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] Mayor [[Sam Liccardo]] were criticized for not following the same public health guidelines they administered.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wong|first=Julia Carrie|author-link=Julia Carrie Wong|date=December 2, 2020|title=Another California politician caught dining at French Laundry|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/01/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-french-laundry-coronavirus|access-date=December 2, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Heather|date=December 2, 2020|title=S.F. Mayor London Breed had her own French Laundry party - the night after Gavin Newsom's|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/heatherknight/article/S-F-Mayor-London-Breed-had-her-own-French-15767506.php|access-date=December 2, 2020|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en-US}}</ref> During the pandemic, sidewalks and parking spaces were turned into outdoor dining spaces. In 2021, Breed called for allowing small businesses to use sidewalk and parking spaces indefinitely as outdoor dining spaces.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dineen|first=J. K.|date=May 26, 2021|title=Mayor Breed says she's battling S.F. supervisors to make outdoor dining parklets permanent|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/Mayor-Breed-tells-Supervisors-to-make-parklets-16203119.php|access-date=May 26, 2021|website=San Francisco Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref> On September 16, 2021, videos surfaced showing Breed violating the city's mask mandate by not wearing a mask indoors while dancing at the Black Cat nightclub.<ref>{{Cite web|last=SFGATE|first=Eric Ting|date=September 17, 2021|title=SF mayor violates strict mask mandate, which city has yet to soften|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bay-area-politics/article/London-Breed-mask-mandate-San-Francisco-COVID-19-16467024.php|access-date=September 17, 2021|website=SFGATE|language=en-US}}</ref> She later explained the onstage reunion of the original members of Tony! Toni! Toné! "was something really monumental that occurred...I got up and started dancing because I was feeling the spirit and I wasn’t thinking about a mask."<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/H03Ds3GNaBo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210920215520/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03Ds3GNaBo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H03Ds3GNaBo| title = Mayor Breed Addresses Mask Controversy | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Breed later responded to critics, "Like, we don’t need the fun police to come in and try and micromanage and tell us what we should or shouldn’t be doing. No one has been more conservative about protecting themselves than I have, not just because I want to set an example, but because I don’t want to get COVID", she added. The city's mask mandate, advocated by Breed, requires everyone to wear a mask indoors regardless of vaccination status. At the time of her presence at the concert, she was photographed not socially distancing or wearing a mask. === Public safety === Breed authored legislation in 2014 to allow the San Francisco City Attorney to pursue civil damages against graffiti taggers, instead of solely relying on criminal prosecutions to punish taggers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abc7news.com/archive/9471769/|title=San Francisco Supervisor London Breed coming up with new plan to crack down on graffiti offenders|website=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, City Attorney [[Dennis Herrera]] used these new penalties to win a civil judgment against serial tagger Terry Cozy that resulted in a $217,832 fine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/nevius/article/6-figure-fine-means-it-s-a-new-day-for-taggers-6778238.php|title=6-figure fine means it's a new day for taggers in S.F.|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 23, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> The [[San Francisco Fire Department]]'s response times to emergency medical calls spiked dramatically in 2014, with ambulances often unavailable to respond. Breed was outspoken in demanding improvements, pushing then-Mayor Lee to do more, expressing a lack of confidence in Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1943108&GUID=228E15E8-B706-4DE1-B2DF-5AE7B4136309&Options=ID%7CText%7COther%7C&Search=fire+department|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141045|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and generating press attention for the issue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-supervisor-says-Fire-Department-puts-public-5758555.php|title=S.F. supervisor says Fire Department puts public safety at risk|date=September 16, 2014|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed fought for substantially more funding for emergency medical services,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-fire-department-seeking-more-money-for-paramedics/|title=SF Fire Department seeking more money for paramedics|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> ultimately succeeding in getting $47.3 million invested to hire EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers, as well as buy new ambulances and fire trucks, and improve [[San Francisco Fire Department|SFFD]] facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sfappeal.com/2015/05/mayor-lee-proposes-47-3m-funding-for-sffd-emergency-services/|title=Mayor Lee Proposes $47.3M Funding for SFFD, Emergency Services|website=sfappeal.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed has cited her work on this issue as helping to reduce ambulance response times by over 26%.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/who-is-acting-mayor-of-san-francisco-london-breed|title=Who is Acting Mayor of San Francisco London Breed?|last=FOX|work=KTVU|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://civilgrandjury.sfgov.org/2014_2015/14-15_CGJ_Report_SFFD_What_Does_the_Future_Hold_%207_16_15.pdf|title=SF Civil Grand Jury}}</ref> Her work also helped her earn the sole endorsement of the San Francisco Firefighters Local 798 union in the 2018 mayoral election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/SFFFLocal798/photos/a.527016467410899.1073741878.323366234442591/1479665622145974/?type=3&theater|title=San Francisco Firefighters Local 798|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Breed worked with then-Mayor Ed Lee to help add 400 new police officers to the [[San Francisco Police Department]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/07/29/san-francisco-mayor-ed-lee-budget-without-more-police-officers/|title=San Francisco Mayor Lee Signs Budget Without Cuts, Money For 400 More Police Officers|date=July 29, 2015|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> After the shooting of [[Mario Woods]] by San Francisco police officers on December 2, 2015, Breed and [[Malia Cohen|Supervisor Malia Cohen]] passed a Resolution calling for a federal investigation of the shooting and a Department of Justice review of the [[San Francisco Police Department|SFPD]]'s use of force policies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-board-of-supervisors-calls-for-federal-investigation-into-woods-shooting/|title=Supervisor London Breed Calls for a Federal Investigation into the SFPD's Shooting Death of Mario Woods|website=[[SF Weekly]]|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2549366&GUID=5BA5A426-DDB8-439D-AF05-3172C54D9A69&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=woods|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 160028|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> This ultimately resulted in 272 recommendations to improve the SFPD.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abc7news.com/news/doj-report-cites-bias-by-san-francisco-police/1551797/|title=DOJ report cites bias by San Francisco police|last=Lee|first=Vic|date=October 12, 2016|work=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, Breed led the effort to stop a proposed $380 million new jail for San Francisco, saying: "I’ve seen way too many people from my community, friends, even family members, end up on the wrong side of these iron bars," and calling the jail proposal "a return to an era of mass incarceration, an era San Francisco is trying to leave behind." She created a working group to develop an alternative to the jail proposal, including "new mental health facilities and current jail retrofits needed to uphold public safety and better serve at-risk individuals."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-supes-unanimously-turn-down-plan-to-build-new-jail/|title=SF supes unanimously turn down plan to build new jail|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2537352&GUID=17A9A78A-96E9-41FE-9EB6-1C8E2613939B&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=jail|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 151286|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In July 2019, Breed signed an ordinance effectively banning the sale of [[electronic cigarette|e-cigarettes]] in San Francisco, both at brick-and-mortar stores and online to a San Francisco address.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/health/san-francisco-mayor-ecigarette-ban-bn/index.html|title=San Francisco mayor signs ban on e-cigarettes sales|last=Nedelman|first=Michael Nedelman|website=CNN|access-date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> She spearheaded legislative efforts to streamline office-to-residential conversion.<ref name=":4" /> Despite Breed publicly declaring support for overdose prevention sites, her administration abruptly stopped a nonprofit that was about to open a supervised drug use site to prevent overdoses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/bayarea/heatherknight/article/supervised-drug-site-17644168.php|last=Knight| first= Heather| website=SF Chronicle|title=S.F. nonprofit was set to open a supervised drug use site. Then officials pulled the plug|access-date=December 10, 2022}}</ref> === Housing === As Supervisor in 2014, Breed secured $2 million to renovate unused public housing units for formerly homeless families.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Supervisor-Breed-s-plan-Put-homeless-in-5404805.php|title=S.F. Supervisor Breed's plan: Put homeless in public housing|date=April 15, 2014|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Breed helped pass "neighborhood preference" legislation to prioritize neighborhood residents for the affordable homes built in their community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2351862&GUID=3E0525C9-7B75-4AE6-9534-F6C22141F14E&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=preference|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 150622|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> When the federal Department of [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|Housing and Urban Development]] threatened to block the legislation, she flew to Washington, D.C., with a delegation of San Francisco officials and persuaded it to let the program proceed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/23/495237494/feds-to-allow-preferences-for-low-income-applicants-in-s-f-housing-complex|title=Feds To Allow Preferences For Low-Income Applicants In S.F. Housing Complex|work=NPR.org|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/HUD-will-rethink-veto-of-SF-preferential-housing-9200758.php|title=HUD to rethink veto of SF's preference housing law|date=September 2, 2016|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The program first went into effect for the Willie B. Kennedy apartments in Breed's district,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11098610/federal-officials-approve-preferences-at-new-senior-housing-complex-in-s-f|title=Federal Officials Approve Preferences at New Senior Housing Complex in S.F.|date=September 23, 2016|work=KQED|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref> with 39 units prioritized for community residents at risk of economic displacement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-lee-and-board-president-london-breed-celebrate-opening-willie-b-kennedy-apartments|title=Mayor Lee and Board President London Breed Celebrate Opening of Willie B. Kennedy Apartments {{!}} Office of the Mayor|website=sfmayor.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> San Francisco passed legislation in 2015 to create the Neighborhood Commercial Transit District in the Divisadero and Fillmore corridors in her district. The laws removed housing density caps, allowing more homes to be built on a given parcel without increasing the building's size or height.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2144800&GUID=5BA9E7D4-41D2-45D3-AFA6-F73326F7FB4C&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=divisadero|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 150082|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The Affordable Divis group requested that Breed rescind the law, citing concerns about the availability of affordable units and lack of community input.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sawyer|first=Nuala|date=November 2, 2015|title=New Divisadero Density Zoning Prompts Local Backlash|url=https://hoodline.com/2015/11/new-divisadero-density-zoning-prompts-local-backlash|access-date=September 9, 2020|website=Hoodline}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Homes not cars on Divisadero|language=en-US|work=The San Francisco Examiner|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/homes-not-cars-divisadero-2/|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> She declined, citing the need for more homes in the city and conflicts with Proposition C from 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|last=admin|title=Supervisor Breed responds to request to rescind upzoning on Divisadero – Alamo Square|url=http://alamosquare.org/supervisor-breed-responds-to-request-to-rescind-upzoning-on-divisadero/|access-date=September 9, 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation to remove minimum parking space requirements for new buildings and allow unused parking spaces in existing buildings to be converted housing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/03/02/supervisor-breed-calls-for-removing-some-of-sfs-parking-mandates/|title=Supervisor Breed Calls for Removing Some of SF's Parking Mandates|date=March 3, 2015|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141266|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2099515&GUID=5306C94C-2C31-407A-8157-F257DB8DDAA6&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=Off-Street+Parking+Exceptions|access-date=September 9, 2020|website=sfgov.legistar.com}}</ref> Breed was the lead sponsor and co-sponsor of two housing ballot measures: Proposition A in 2015, a $310 million bond for affordable housing which passed with 74% support,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_Housing_Bond_Issue,_Proposition_A_(November_2015)|title=City of San Francisco Housing Bond Issue, Proposition A (November 2015) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> and Proposition C in 2016, a $261 million housing bond that repurposed unused city bond funds for affordable housing and passed with 77% support.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Affordable_Housing_Bond_Issue,_Proposition_C_(November_2016)|title=San Francisco, California, Affordable Housing Bond Issue, Proposition C (November 2016) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed joined Supervisor [[Ahsha Safaí|Ahsha Safai]] in supporting the 2018 "Housing for All" ballot measure, Proposition D, to increase the city's tax on commercial rents to "raise about $100 million a year to pay for 10,000 low- and middle-income housing units and shelter accommodations for the city’s homeless population over the next decade."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/5-SF-supervisors-seek-commercial-property-tax-12502920.php|title=5 SF supervisors seek commercial property tax hike to pay for more housing|date=January 17, 2018|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3317289&GUID=48F179C3-D353-4A20-A86F-1C855CE6995B&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 180075|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> After facing a competing tax increase measure, Prop D did not pass.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/competing-measures-taxing-commercial-rents-childcare-housing-appear-failing/|title=Housing tax measure failing, while competing childcare measure remains too close to call|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, Breed coauthored legislation to provide civil counsel for tenants facing eviction, reducing the chances of vulnerable tenants unfairly losing their homes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Right-to-attorney-in-evictions-going-before-SF-12354557.php|title=Right to attorney in evictions going before SF supervisors|date=November 14, 2017|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Voters approved a similar measure in June 2018, Proposition F.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/San_Francisco,_California,_Proposition_F,_City-Funded_Legal_Representation_for_Tenants_Facing_Eviction_(June_2018)|title=San Francisco, California, Proposition F, City-Funded Legal Representation for Tenants Facing Eviction (June 2018) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed is a major advocate for modular housing, arguing that it can be built more quickly and cheaply than conventional construction, helping the city create more housing sooner. As Acting Mayor, she announced a partnership with labor unions to build a modular housing factory in or near San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-set-to-start-process-for-building-modular-12516479.php|title=SF set to start process for building modular housing for formerly homeless|date=January 23, 2018|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> As a candidate for mayor, Breed aligned herself with pro-housing leaders like State Senator [[Scott Wiener]] and the SF YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) Party, both of whom endorsed her.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.londonformayor.com/endorsements/|title=Endorsements - London Breed for Mayor of San Francisco|work=London Breed for Mayor of San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She committed to Mayor Lee's goal of building at least 5,000 new units of housing each year but failed to achieve this number in any year as mayor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sfplanning.org/sites/default/files/documents/reports/2020_Housing_Inventory.pdf|title=2020 San Francisco Housing Inventory|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/London-Breed-on-San-Francisco-s-biggest-issues-12992738.php|title=Where London Breed stands on San Francisco's biggest issues|date=June 14, 2018|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yimbyaction.org/londonbreed/|title=Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire - London Breed - YIMBY Action|website=yimbyaction.org|language=en-US|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In her inaugural address on July 11, 2018, Breed said: “The politics of ‘no’ has plagued our city for far too long—‘not on my block, not in my backyard.’ We have made mistakes in the past by not moving housing production forward all over this city. I plan to change the politics of ‘no’ to the politics of ‘yes.’ Yes, we will build more housing.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.curbed.com/2018/7/12/17564980/mayor-london-breed-housing-sf-san-francisco-housing|title=Mayor London Breed: 'Yes, we will build more housing|work=Curbed SF|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2024, Breed said she would veto any "anti-housing" legislation that crossed her desk.<ref name=":4" /> === Transportation === ====Muni and transit service==== Breed carried multiple pieces of legislation allowing [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|Muni]] to purchase hundreds of new buses and replace its entire fleet of trains. Introduced over several years, her legislation provided for 50 hybrid buses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1486350&GUID=CC6A0072-6F06-4ADE-BCFE-8D57135B8393&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 130977|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> 260 light rail vehicles,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1874316&GUID=E2D73527-77FE-4AA8-961F-94FB971654B4&Options=Advanced&Search|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 140882|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> 61 hybrid buses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2075523&GUID=DEB3E966-DF92-490A-BC74-150B59C4E82E&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141224|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> 60 trolley buses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1454769&GUID=7B183F3B-5F2C-4A10-B422-1A820C890D94&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 130713|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> 98 hybrid buses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2280755&GUID=64A41332-442E-4EFE-9581-E172A61FC5CC&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 150472|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and 33 trolley buses. The 260 new light rail vehicles are slated to replace Muni's aging fleet of [[Hitachi Rail Italy|Breda]] trains, add 24 trains for the new [[Central Subway (San Francisco)|Central Subway]], and provide 85 more trains for added service throughout the system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/07/15/sfmta-board-approves-contract-for-new-fleet-of-muni-metro-trains/|title=SFMTA Board Approves Contract for New Fleet of Muni Metro Trains|date=July 16, 2014|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Built by [[Siemens Mobility|Siemens]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/munis-new-future-fleet-debuts-factory-floor/|title=Muni's new future fleet debuts on the factory floor|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> the new trains are lighter and quieter than the ones they replace and project to run almost 12 times longer before needing major repair.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/your-first-new-muni-train-san-francisco|title=Your First New Muni Train is in San Francisco|last=fpadmin|date=January 13, 2017|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The first Siemens train went into service in San Francisco in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-muni-train-san-francisco-quieter-space-12366662.php|title=New Muni train, designed to be quieter and more spacious, hit San Francisco streets|date=November 17, 2017|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> As Supervisor, Breed focused much attention on the [[N Judah]] Muni train line, which runs through District 5 and is the busiest Muni line in the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/05/11/another-day-another-driver-blocking-munis-busiest-metro-line/|title=Another Day, Another Driver Blocking Muni's Busiest Metro Line|date=May 11, 2015|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She worked with Muni to launch a morning commute shuttle train, serving the most crowded stops from Cole Valley to Downtown.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/more-morning-trains-mean-commute-relief-inner-n-judah|title=More Morning Trains Mean Commute Relief on the Inner N Judah|last=fpadmin|date=September 7, 2016|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/New-Shuttles-Add-Capacity-To-Busy-N-Judah-9206393.php|title=New Shuttles Add Capacity To Busy N Judah Light-Rail Line|date=September 7, 2016|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed worked with then-Supervisor [[Scott Wiener]] in 2013 to persuade Muni to change the seat layout in its trains from forward-facing to side-facing to create additional room for passengers. Muni initially refused to test the idea, so the Supervisors called a public hearing.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfcta.org/plans-and-programs-committee-september-17-2013|title=Plans and Programs Committee - September 17, 2013 {{!}} San Francisco County Transportation Authority|website=www.sfcta.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/09/18/muni-to-test-seat-reconfiguration-to-make-more-room-on-light-rail-vehicles/|title=Muni to Test Seat Reconfiguration to Make More Room on Light-Rail Vehicles|date=September 19, 2013|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Muni eventually agreed, testing the change on several trains. Riders preferred this design according to Muni's surveys,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/survey-says|title=Survey Says!|last=fpadmin|date=December 5, 2014|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> and Muni incorporated it into their new train designs.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/regulators-clear-munis-first-metro-train-car-future-fleet/|title=Regulators clear Muni's first metro train car in future fleet|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed worked with the [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]] and [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] and carried the legislation<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2849172&GUID=FF81155A-6E61-49E8-AAA1-2B77C65DEA51&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 161040|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> to add cellular service for riders on [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|Muni]]'s underground trains.<ref name="The San Francisco Examiner">{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/cell-service-finally-coming-muni-tunnels/|title=Cell service finally coming to Muni tunnels|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/blog/sf-supervisors-approve-plan-munis-subway-cell-service|title=SF Supervisors Approve Plan for Muni's Subway Cell Service|last=fpadmin|date=October 25, 2016|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> The lack of cell service has been a long-standing complaint by riders.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://sfist.com/2016/09/14/underground_muni_riders_to_finally.php|title=Underground Muni Riders To Finally Be Blessed With Cell Phone Service|work=SFist|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105210217/http://sfist.com/2016/09/14/underground_muni_riders_to_finally.php|archive-date=November 5, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> ====Transportation funding==== Breed cosponsored 2014's Proposition A, a $500 million bond to fund street repaving, infrastructure repair, transit service improvements, and increased bicycle and pedestrian safety.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1797168&GUID=005EFA6F-DF49-449A-81F4-9DACBA9043F0&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=transportation+bond|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 140509|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> It passed with 72% support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/11/04/ca/sf/prop/A/|title=Proposition A: San Francisco Transportation and Road Improvement Bond - San Francisco County, CA|website=www.smartvoter.org|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> She was also the deciding vote to place 2014's Proposition B on the ballot, which required transportation funding to be increased with population growth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1801081&GUID=D13940B8-6401-40E0-8AB9-86F519B1BECB&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 140556|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> It passed with 61% support<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2014/11/04/ca/sf/prop/B/|title=Proposition B: Adjusting Transportation Funding for Population Growth - San Francisco County, CA|website=www.smartvoter.org|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> and now provides approximately $25 million per year for transit, bike, and pedestrian improvements.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/03/16/wieners-prop-b-yields-more-money-than-expected-for-muni-safe-streets/|title=Wiener's Prop B Yields More Money Than Expected for Muni, Safe Streets|date=March 16, 2015|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> When Kezar Drive, a major thoroughfare in her district, fell into disrepair, Breed addressed what she called a "case study in bureaucracy" between the [[San Francisco Department of Public Works|Department of Public Works]] and [[San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department|Recreation and Parks Department]] and got the road repaved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Supervisor-Breed-s-December-Newsletter.html?soid=1112374763389&aid=CwZD2r7VVsU|title=Supervisor Breed's December Newsletter|website=myemail.constantcontact.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In 2015, Breed coauthored legislation to create San Francisco's Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2385515&GUID=A59E0BB8-4E3F-48D8-BA89-C787B1B44EF8&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=transportation|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 150790|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> requiring residential developers to pay a fee toward transportation improvements. The legislation is generating approximately $14 million annually in new funds for Muni and other transportation projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sf-planning.org/invest-transportation-sustainability-fee|title=INVEST: Transportation Sustainability Fee {{!}} Planning Department|website=sf-planning.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed also worked with Mayor Lee to add $48.1 million in funding in the [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency]] Fiscal Year 2015-16 budget for "service increases, new capital investments, purchase of buses and trains, and bicycle and pedestrian safety enhancements."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfmayor.org/article/48-million-investment-public-transportation-system%E2%80%99s-frontline-operations-street-improvement|title=$48 Million Investment in Public Transportation System's Frontline Operations & Street Improvement Projects {{!}} Office of the Mayor|website=sfmayor.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Also in 2015, she helped approve and secure funding for the [[Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit]] project, which is making infrastructure repairs and safety improvements to the Van Ness corridor and is projected to cut transit travel times by up to 32%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2527485&GUID=A31386E2-CBF8-4348-8C71-61A465704552&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=151232|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 151232|last= |first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/projects/van-ness-improvement-project|title=Van Ness Improvement Project|last=fpadmin|date=May 13, 2013|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Breed called for a hearing at the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] after the [[San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency|Municipal Transportation Agency]] disclosed that it had only spent 2% of the $500 million in bonds that voters had approved for transportation improvements more than two years earlier in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2958148&GUID=1C78B2B8-4A93-4660-880F-664D1D8F862E&Options=&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 170168|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_Transportation_and_Road_Improvement_Bond,_Proposition_A_(November_2014)|title=City of San Francisco Transportation and Road Improvement Bond, Proposition A (November 2014) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed argued that delays at the SFMTA mean "our money grew less valuable and our transportation projects more delayed."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@LondonBreed/transportation-that-works-for-everyone-bd376b37279d|title=Transportation that Works for Everyone|last=Breed|first=London|date=May 1, 2018|website=London Breed|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed carried the legislation to place Regional Measure 3 on the San Francisco ballot in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3340316&GUID=253F75CD-C9EA-4C52-97F9-559F056B609C&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=regional+measure|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 180134|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The measure passed and "will be used to finance a $4.45 billion slate of highway and transit improvements." including [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]], [[San Francisco Municipal Railway|Muni]], and [[Caltrain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/fund-invest/toll-funded-investments/regional-measure-3|title=Regional Measure 3 {{!}} Fund + Invest {{!}} Our Work {{!}} Metropolitan Transportation Commission|website=mtc.ca.gov|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> ====Bikes and street safety==== During her first few months as Supervisor in 2013, Breed persuaded city departments to complete two new bike lanes on Oak and Fell Streets ahead of schedule, prompting the local transportation site StreetsblogSF to say she had “emerged as a bicycling champion.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2013/05/09/bike-to-work-day-at-city-hall-lots-of-pro-bike-talk-few-real-commitments/|title=Bike to Work Day at City Hall: Lots of Pro-Bike Talk, Few Real Commitments|date=May 10, 2013|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She secured federal funding for the redesign of Masonic Boulevard in her district,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hoodline.com/2016/09/breed-preston-present-policies-in-district-5-candidate-forum|title=Breed, Preston Exchange Jabs, Present Policies In District 5 Candidate Forum {{!}} Hoodline|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfbike.org/news/2016-district-5-candidate-london-breed/|title=2016 District 5 Candidate London Breed {{!}} San Francisco Bicycle Coalition|website=sfbike.org|language=en-US|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> which added bike lanes and traffic safety measures to one of the most dangerous corridors in the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfbike.org/our-work/street-campaigns/masonic-avenue/|title=Masonic Avenue {{!}} San Francisco Bicycle Coalition|website=sfbike.org|language=en-US|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> The official ribbon-cutting for the completed Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project between Geary Boulevard and the Panhandle took place in August 2018. The project cost $25 million. The bicycle improvements were limited to a buffered bike lane, which typically cost $15,000 per mile.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abc7news.com/traffic/with-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-masonic-corridor-and-plaza-overhaul-is-complete/3956393/|title=With ribbon cutting ceremony, Masonic corridor and plaza overhaul is complete|date=August 14, 2018|work=ABC7 San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-unveils-masonic-avenue-streetscape-improvement-project|title=MAYOR LONDON BREED UNVEILS MASONIC AVENUE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT {{!}} Office of the Mayor|website=sfmayor.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed cosponsored the 2014 legislation to implement Vision Zero, a plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities via improved engineering, education, and enforcement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1634176&GUID=94A42CE6-CD8A-4302-94C2-0DA45058FE9D&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=vision+zero|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 140047|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/walk/vision-zero-sf|title=Vision Zero SF|last=Dailey|first=Keli|date=August 14, 2017|work=SFMTA|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Breed's efforts to achieve Vision Zero in San Francisco have thus far been ineffective. During her time as mayor, traffic fatalities increased 35% from 31 in 2018 to 42 in 2019.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.visionzerosf.org/maps-data/|title=Maps & Data|date=January 2, 2015}}</ref> She also cosponsored the 2016 legislation to create the city's [[Transportation demand management|Transportation Demand Management]] (TDM) Program, in which housing developers provide transit benefits to their residents such as transit passes, bike parking, and carpool programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2830460&GUID=EFCB06B2-19CB-4777-B3A5-1638670C3A2C&Options=&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 160925|last=|first=|website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sf-planning.org/tdm-faqs|title=Transportation Demand Management FAQs {{!}} Planning Department|website=sf-planning.org|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> When the [[San Francisco Police Department|SFPD]] began ticketing bicyclists for not completely stopping at stop signs in 2015, Breed became the first elected official in San Francisco to support the [[Idaho stop|“Idaho Stop” law]], which allows bicyclists to yield at stop signs instead of coming to a complete stop.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sf.streetsblog.org/2015/07/29/sup-breed-backs-idahos-common-sense-law-let-bikes-yield-at-stop-signs/|title=Sup. Breed Backs Idaho's Common-Sense Law: Let Bikes Yield at Stop Signs|date=July 29, 2015|work=Streetsblog San Francisco|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sign-of-the-times-cyclist-group-wants-s-f-to-shift-gears-update-policy-on-when-to-stop/|title=Sign of the times: Cyclist group wants SF to update policy on when to stop|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> A group of bicyclists protested the SFPD enforcement by completely stopping at all stop signs, a demonstration that "snarled traffic" and was "flanked by an army of TV cameras and amused onlookers."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://archives.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/07/30/this-is-what-happened-when-bicyclists-obeyed-traffic-laws-along-the-wiggle-yesterday|title=This Is What Happened When Bicyclists Obeyed Traffic Laws Along The Wiggle Yesterday|last=Montgomery|first=Kevin|work=SF Weekly|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Breed and former Supervisor [[John Avalos]] wrote legislation to enact the Idaho Stop law, which passed the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] but was vetoed by Mayor Lee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2536951&GUID=B472A137-E471-46B8-A1D1-B658CB5BA607&Options=&Search=|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 151268|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> Breed also passed legislation in 2015 banning certain obstructions to bike lanes and removing parking minimums in new buildings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2099515&GUID=5306C94C-2C31-407A-8157-F257DB8DDAA6&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=parking|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141266|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> A street construction project on Haight Street in Breed's district caused multiple safety issues in 2015 when Synergy Project Management, a subcontractor working under the General contractor Ghilotti Bros., repeatedly hit underground gas lines.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/S-F-tries-to-fire-contractor-over-gas-leaks-in-6589761.php|title=S.F. tries to fire contractor over gas leaks in Haight project|date=October 26, 2015|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed had work on the project stopped and called a hearing at the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] about the matter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/breed-seeks-answers-for-haight-gas-leaks-sinkholes/|title=Breed seeks answers for Haight gas leaks, sinkholes|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2504742&GUID=0D59C9FC-080F-4654-8573-7739F83E10D0&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=haight|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 151110|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> She later passed legislation with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener to revise the city's contract awarding process, emphasizing a bidder's past safety record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2599318&GUID=AFF53A3B-41E5-47BF-8285-63A2437E65E5&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=contractor|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 160225|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> In her 2016 reelection campaign Breed earned the sole endorsement of the [[San Francisco Bicycle Coalition]], which said: "Breed has consistently supported smart, data-driven traffic enforcement and helped to move important bike projects.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfbike.org/news/sf-bicycle-coalition-endorsements-nov-8-2016/#D5|title=SF Bicycle Coalition Endorsements: Nov. 8, 2016 {{!}} San Francisco Bicycle Coalition|website=sfbike.org|language=en-US|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> === Environmental protection === ====CleanPowerSF==== Breed's best-known environmental work is likely her successful fight to launch the city's clean electrical energy program, [[CleanPowerSF]],<ref name="SFGate">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/London-Breen-elected-president-of-S-F-Board-of-6002416.php|title=London Breed elected president of S.F. Board of Supervisors|date=January 9, 2015|work=SFGate|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> a [[Community Choice Aggregation]] program in which San Francisco purchases renewable, greenhouse-gas-free electrical energy and makes it available to San Francisco ratepayers. Its ultimate goal is to achieve 100% clean electrical energy in the city. According to the San Francisco Department of the Environment's Climate Action Strategy: "Moving to 100% renewable electricity is the single biggest step the City can take to reduce GHG [Greenhouse Gas] emissions. The potential GHG emissions reduction from this program is estimated to total 941,000 metric tons (mT) of CO2e annually by 2030."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfenvironment.org/sites/default/files/engagement_files/sfe_cc_ClimateActionStrategyUpdate2013.pdf|title=Climate Action Strategy}}</ref> When Breed took office in 2013 CleanPowerSF had, according to the San Francisco [[League of Conservation Voters]], "languished for 12 years" in the face of opposition from multiple mayoral administrations, the city's utility provider PG&E, and other business interests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sflcv.org/blog/2018/4/23/june-2018-mayoral-endorsement-1-mark-leno-2-jane-kim-3-london-breed|title=June 2018 Mayoral Endorsement: #1 Mark Leno #2 Jane Kim #3 London Breed|work=San Francisco League of Conservation Voters|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="SFGate"/> "Breed took it upon herself to get CleanPowerSF off the ground," said the League of Conservation Voters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sflcv.org/blog/2018/4/23/june-2018-mayoral-endorsement-1-mark-leno-2-jane-kim-3-london-breed|title=June 2018 Mayoral Endorsement: #1 Mark Leno #2 Jane Kim #3 London Breed|work=San Francisco League of Conservation Voters|access-date=September 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Under the city's charter, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission had ultimate authority to approve or reject the program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=amlegal:sanfrancisco_ca|title=American Legal Publishing - Online Library|website=library.amlegal.com|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> When they rejected proposed power rates for the program in August 2013, Breed authored a resolution at the Board of Supervisors,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/san-francisco-supervisors-decry-feet-dragging-on-cleanpowersf-rates/Content?oid=2582026|title=San Francisco supervisors decry feet-dragging on CleanPowerSF rates|last=Sabatini|first=Joshua|website=The San Francisco Examiner|date=September 19, 2013|language=en|access-date=September 24, 2018}}</ref> arguing: "In failing to set not-to-exceed rates for CleanPowerSF, the Public Utilities Commission is contradicting the policy directives of the Board of Supervisors...The Board of Supervisors refuses to acquiesce its policymaking authority to the Executive bureaucracy; and... If the Public Utilities Commissioners fail to set not-to-exceed rates, or hereafter fail in any way to timely implement CleanPowerSF, the Board of Supervisors shall, whether at the Board Chamber or the ballot, exercise every means at its disposal to enact its policy objective."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1473881&GUID=79072D36-7441-48C2-AC6E-4E9C9D5523FB&Options=Advanced&Search=|title=CleanPowerSF Resolution}}</ref> Breed worked for the subsequent 17 months to launch CleanPowerSF, often fighting with the Lee administration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mayor-Lee-proposes-gutting-CleanPowerSF-energy-5443302.php|title=Mayor Lee proposes gutting CleanPowerSF energy program|date=April 30, 2014|work=SFGate|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> In January 2015 Mayor Lee announced he would support a slightly revised version of CleanPowerSF, and the program proceeded toward launch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/mayor-board-president-signal-cleanpowersf-support/Content?oid=2917955|title=Mayor, board president signal CleanPowerSF support|last=Roberts|first=Chris|website=The San Francisco Examiner|date=January 27, 2015|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> In the summer of 2015 the [[International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]] Local Union 1245, which represents PG&E employees, submitted a ballot measure, Proposition G, that would have imposed restrictions on CleanPowerSF.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_%22Disclosures_Regarding_Renewable_Energy%22_Initiative,_Proposition_G_(November_2015)|title=City of San Francisco "Disclosures Regarding Renewable Energy" Initiative, Proposition G (November 2015) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Breed and former Supervisor [[John Avalos]] wrote a competing measure, Proposition H, that would have required PG&E to disclose its use of nuclear power among other things.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_Referred_Measure_Defining_%22Clean,_Green_and_Renewable_Energy,%22_Proposition_H_(November_2015)|title=City of San Francisco Referred Measure Defining "Clean, Green and Renewable Energy," Proposition H (November 2015) - Ballotpedia|work=Ballotpedia|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Following negotiations between IBEW representative Hunter Stern and Breed, Avalos, and their staff, IBEW agreed to oppose their own proposition and support Breed's measure. It passed with 80% support.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kqed.org/news/10590903/citys-cleanpowersf-program-central-to-upcoming-ballot-battle|title=Behind Props. G and H, Dueling S.F. 'Green' Energy Ballot Measures|date=November 2, 2015|work=KQED|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref> ====Polystyrene ban==== In 2016, the city of San Francisco passed the nation's strongest ban on sale and use of products made from [[polystyrene]] foam,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/San-Francisco-Passes-Most-Expansive-Styrofoam-Ban-in-US--384896561.html|title=San Francisco Styrofoam Ban Said to Be Nation's Strictest|work=NBC4 Washington|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> including expanded polystyrene foam (also called Styrofoam) for [[foam food container|food service ware]], egg cartons, coolers, and [[foam peanut|packing peanuts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2694234&GUID=1882054F-7F54-4117-BF9D-853FAC4A38CE&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=polystyrene|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 160383|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Foam-fight-SF-plan-would-ban-Styrofoam-7256229.php|title=Foam fight: SF plan would ban Styrofoam|date=April 19, 2016|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The law made national<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/san-francisco-ban-styrofoam_us_577548e4e4b0cc0fa136c064|title=San Francisco Just Issued The Country's Broadest Ban On Styrofoam|last=Ruiz-Grossman|first=Sarah|date=June 30, 2016|work=Huffington Post|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/06/san-francisco-ban-styrofoam-polystyrene/|title=San Francisco just passed the nation's toughest ban on Styrofoam|work=Mother Jones|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-francisco-enacts-extensive-foam-ban-20160709-snap-story.html|title=San Francisco enacts extensive ban on all things foam - Los Angeles Times|last=Poston|first=Ben|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=July 9, 2016|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> and international<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/09/san-francisco-bans-polystyrene-containers/|title=San Francisco introduces extensive polystyrene ban|agency=Associated Press|date=July 9, 2016|work=The Telegraph|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> news. In the final week of Breed's 2016 reelection campaign, she released a comical web video about the legislation, "Styrofoam Monster". In the ad, she chases away a bully who is dressed in a costume made of polystyrene foam. The ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' wrote, "The award for most creative campaign ad goes to Board of Supervisors President London Breed..[It] is akin to an ingenious high school video production."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Styrofoam-monster-no-match-for-London-Breed-10594493.php|title='Styrofoam monster' no match for London Breed|date=November 4, 2016|work=SFChronicle.com|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> ====Drug take back legislation==== In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program in San Francisco, enabling consumers to place unused medications in secure drop-off bins in pharmacies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1946719&GUID=3383B563-7B6E-49F6-858C-6E56B399CA46&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=141095|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141095|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Unused drugs are often disposed in the trash or toilet which can pollute waterways or lead to accidental poisonings.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-supes-weigh-expanding-safe-drug-disposal-6124224.php|title=S.F. supes weigh expanding safe drug disposal program|date=March 9, 2015|work=SFGate|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> Breed published an op-ed in support of the legislation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/creating-safe-medicine-disposal-options/Content?oid=2921230|title=Creating safe medicine disposal options|last=Breed|first=London|website=The San Francisco Examiner|date=February 25, 2015|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> It passed unanimously on March 17, 2015, making San Francisco only the third county in the nation to launch such a program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sfgov.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1946719&GUID=3383B563-7B6E-49F6-858C-6E56B399CA46&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=141095|title=City and County of San Francisco - File #: 141095|last=|first= |website=sfgov.legistar.com|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archives.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/san-francisco-may-require-drug-companies-to-dispose-of-unwanted-drugs/Content?oid=2922028|title=San Francisco may require drug companies to dispose of unwanted drugs|last=Sabatini|first=Joshua|website=The San Francisco Examiner|date=March 2, 2015|language=en|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2015/02/27/that-flushing-sound-san-francisco-moves-closer-to-a-take-back-program/|title=That Flushing Sound: San Francisco Moves Closer to a Take-Back Program|last=Silverman|first=Ed|date=February 27, 2015|website=WSJ|language=en-US|access-date=September 25, 2018}}</ref> The program has collected well over 20 tons of medications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cleanwateraction.org/features/keeping-drugs-out-our-waterways-safe-drug-disposal-program|title=Keeping Drugs Out of Our Waterways: Safe Drug Disposal Program|date=February 9, 2016|work=Clean Water Action|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> Despite her environmental record during her first term on the Board of Supervisors, the local chapter of the [[Sierra Club]] endorsed her opponent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sierraclub.org/san-francisco-bay/november2016endorsements|title=November 2016 Endorsements|date=August 8, 2016|work=Sierra Club|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en}}</ref> This prompted Breed's then-Chief of Staff Conor Johnston to write a scathing article in the San Francisco Examiner accusing the local Sierra Club chapter of hypocrisy and "bewildering anti-environmentalism" for blocking new housing and engaging in "political tribalism".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/sf-sierra-club-puts-politics-planet/|title=SF Sierra Club puts politics over the planet|work=The San Francisco Examiner|access-date=September 25, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> === Basic income === Breed has explored multiple options for guaranteed income. In March 2021, Breed launched a program to provide guaranteed income to artists impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sf.gov/news/mayor-breed-announces-launch-guaranteed-income-pilot-program-san-francisco-artists | title=Mayor Breed announces launch of guaranteed income pilot program for San Francisco artists &#124; San Francisco }}</ref> Then, in November 2022, Breed launched a program to provide income for low income transgender individuals.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sfist.com/2022/11/16/mayor-breed-announces-guaranteed-income-program-for-low-income-trans-people/ | title=Mayor Breed Launches Guaranteed-Income Program for Low-Income Trans People | date=November 16, 2022 }}</ref> === Resignation letters controversy === In September 2022 a public records request revealed Breed had required 48 of her appointees to boards and commissions to sign undated letters of resignation for her use. The Mayor's spokesperson stated the letters were only for "the most extreme circumstances."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sfstandard.com/politics/whats-really-behind-the-mayors-spat-with-her-appointee-influence-over-sfpds-future-leadership/ |title=What's Really Behind the Mayor's Spat With Her Appointee? Influence Over SFPD's Future Leadership |author=Michael Barba |date=2022-09-23 |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref> Breed later announced she would discontinue the practice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/More-controversial-undated-resignation-letters-17487554.php |title=More controversial undated resignation letters from Mayor Breed's appointees unearthed |author=Mallory Moench |date=2022-10-05 |access-date=2022-12-14}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|1=https://sfmayor.org/}} * [https://londonformayor.com/ Campaign website] * {{C-SPAN}} * {{ballotpedia |London_Breed}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Christina Olague]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]<br>from the 5th district|years=2013–2018}} {{s-aft|after=[[Vallie Brown]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Katy Tang]]}} {{s-ttl|title=President of the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]]|years=2015–2018}} {{s-aft|after=[[Malia Cohen]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Ed Lee]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Mayor of San Francisco]]<br>{{small|Acting}}|years=2017–2018}} {{s-aft|after=[[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Mark Farrell (politician)|Mark Farrell]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Mayor of San Francisco]]|years=2018–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{SFMayors}} {{Mayors of the 50 largest U.S. cities}} {{Mayors of the largest cities in the world by GDP}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Breed, London}} [[Category:1974 births]] [[Category:20th-century African-American people]] [[Category:21st-century African-American politicians]] [[Category:21st-century American politicians]] [[Category:21st-century American women politicians]] [[Category:21st-century mayors of places in California]] [[Category:Activists from California]] [[Category:African-American activists]] [[Category:African-American city council members in California]] [[Category:African-American mayors in California]] [[Category:African-American women mayors]] [[Category:American community activists]] [[Category:American women civil servants]] [[Category:Democratic Party mayors in California]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Mayors of San Francisco]] [[Category:San Francisco Board of Supervisors members]] [[Category:University of California, Davis alumni]] [[Category:University of San Francisco alumni]] [[Category:Women city councillors in California]] [[Category:Women mayors of places in California]]'