Daniel Lurie

Daniel Lawrence Lurie (born February 4, 1977) is an American politician and philanthropist who is the 46th and incumbent mayor of San Francisco, serving since 2025. He was elected in 2024, defeating then-incumbent London Breed. He is the founder and former CEO of Tipping Point Community. His parents divorced when he was two; Brian was executive director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco.

Lurie has two brothers, Ari and Alexander, and one sister, Sonia. He attended the Town School for Boys and University High School in San Francisco his thesis consisted of a business plan for a charitable foundation based on the Robin Hood model. Other founding members of the board were former football player Ronnie Lott, Katie Schwab Paige (daughter of Charles R. Schwab), and Chris James (founder of activist investment firm Engine No. 1).

2024 San Francisco mayoral campaign

Overview On September 26, 2023, Lurie launched his candidacy for mayor of San Francisco in the 2024 election, challenging incumbent mayor London Breed. A committee supporting his candidacy received a $1 million donation from his mother, Mimi Haas. A report by The San Francisco Standard concluded that this was possibly "the largest contribution to a committee in support or opposition of a candidate in San Francisco history." Other donors included Jan Koum (co-founder of WhatsApp) and biotech investor Oleg Nodelman, who each contributed $250,000 to the committee, which raised about $3.5 million in total by January 2024.

Endorsements Lurie is a moderate Democrat, and was endorsed by some Republican groups, such as the San Francisco Briones Society. For example, Lurie called for a fully staffed police department and sheriff's office during the 2024 election. Its endorsement argued that Lurie's connections in San Francisco non-profit and philanthropic circles would be valuable assets to him as a first-time elected official in city government. Lurie's moderate views led him to gain support from the business community. Also, his mother contributed more than $1 million to an independent committee that supported Lurie's mayoral campaign. He announced prior to his inauguration that his salary would be capped at $1 per year instead of the full $364,582 salary.

According to a San Francisco Chronicle poll released on July 21, 2025, 73% of 961 respondents approved of Lurie's mayorship. Residents praised him for tackling cleanliness and crime while criticizing housing prices and the lack of shelters for the homeless.

A September 2026 article in the San Francisco Standard raised concerns about the Mayor's office deleting or hiding public records such as communications between other elected official on sensitive topics, continuing a controversial practice of Lurie's predecessors. The city's Sunshine Ordinance Task Force that oversees complaints of public officials not revealing information as required by law has not met since June 2026 as the group does not have enough members for a quorum, and a new rule prohibits termed-out members from continuing on until replacements are confirmed.

Policy priorities and actions in office Lurie's administration has created measures to speed up housing approvals, such as the family zoning plan, and has removed some legal barriers for builders and lowered costs for developments. His administration introduced legislation on February 25, 2025, to make the process of converting empty office buildings into housing simpler and has launched an online tracker of permits to increase transparency and speed up project timelines. In December 2025, Lurie opposed the construction of a 25-story apartment complex (with 790 rental units, of which 86 would be affordable housing) with mixed retail on the lot of a Safeway in the Marina District.

Lurie set a goal of hiring 425 new police officers, sheriff's deputies, and 911 dispatchers within his first three years to reduce response times and ensure consistent neighborhood patrols to deter crime. On May 13, 2025, Lurie announced a "Rebuilding the Ranks" initiative is aimed at restoring baseline staffing across public safety agencies and reducing reliance on overtime.

Lurie has also committed to making local government more transparent and accountable. In February 2025, he launched a new permitting tracker to increase public visibility into city operations. Daniel Lurie signed a no-bid contract with OpenGov for the permitting system of San Francisco in October 2025 and hopes to extend it in 2026 through 2031. The contract raised questions about why Lurie avoided best practices like a competitive bidding process when choosing a permitting vendor, approved the contract despite staff concerns that the software did not have the functionality they needed, and about the connections of the founders of OpenGov to the Mayor's nonprofit Tipping Point.

In March 2025, his administration pledged to review nonprofit contracts to ensure public funds are being used effectively and to shift resources away from underperforming providers. In August 2026, Lurie began to overhaul contracts for homelessness contractors. That month, Lurie rejected most of the recommendations of a 'scathing' report produced by San Francisco's Civil Grand Jury released in June 2026 such as about the lack of data, transparency and accountability of nonprofit contractors.

In January 2026, Mayor Lurie announced a policy that would provide free childcare to families earning less than $250,000 a year and subsidized child care for those earning less than $310,000, as part of a broader affordability agenda.

Foreign relations Flag raising ceremony in San Francisco City Hall on August 22, 2025, Mayor Lurie, and Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk. On August 22, 2025, Lurie participated in a Ukrainian flag-raising ceremony at San Francisco City Hall to commemorate Ukraine's Flag Day and the 34th anniversary of the country's independence. On September 30, 2025, Lurie hosted the consul general of China in a flag-raising ceremony and proclaimed October 1, 2025, the National Day of the People's Republic of China, as "China-US Friendship and Heritage Day".

Beya Alcaraz On November 6, 2025, Lurie appointed Isabella "Beya" Alcaraz to fill the vacant District 4 seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors after the recall of Joel Engardio. Alcaraz had no previous experience in any elected legislative or appointed administrative position. At the time of her appointment, she was one of the youngest and least experienced appointed board members in the previous 30 years.

Between 2019 and 2025, Alcaraz owned and managed a pet store before selling the business in early 2025. Some of these issues had been identified by earlier inspections by the city's Department of Public Health and Animal Care and Control. There were also reports that Alcaraz had paid employees "under-the-table" and had reported personal expenses as business write-offs in order to avoid paying taxes.

On November 13, 2025, seven days after her appointment, Alcaraz resigned. In his statement announcing her resignation, Lurie said, "I regret that I didn't do more to make sure she could succeed." Lurie swore in City College of San Francisco trustee Alan Wong to replace Alcaraz on December 1, 2025.

Personal life In 2006, Lurie is Jewish. He is a member of Congregation Emanu-El, a Reform congregation.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Lurie's net worth was estimated to be between $8 and $47 million in February 2025.