Daniel Lurie’s supporters say his wealth means he owes no one any favors. But skeptics say the rich already have too much say.

Cash-strapped San Francisco is betting on a new way to pay for its fight against a deadly fentanyl crisis: appealing to the city’s wealthy elite.

In a city that arguably invented the notion of “good vibes” in the counterculture 1960s, newly minted San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is looking to lead a vibe shift in a town whose aura has been clouded, and not just by fog rolling in off the Bay.

We have to get people off the street and into mental health and drug treatment," San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie told more than 900 people attending the San Francisco Business Times 2025 Mayors' Economic Forecast Jan.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors appears ready to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers to expedite the city’s response to its fentanyl and homelessness crisis