{"id":2214288,"date":"2024-04-06T07:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T11:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-peskin-could-be-london-breeds-biggest-reelection-threat\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T07:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T11:21:41","slug":"aaron-peskin-could-be-london-breeds-biggest-reelection-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-peskin-could-be-london-breeds-biggest-reelection-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Peskin poses a significant challenge to London Breed&#8217;s reelection campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faaron-peskin-could-be-london-breeds-biggest-reelection-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>San Francisco residents are frustrated \u2062with Mayor London \u200bBreed\u2063 due to \u2062the city&#8217;s slow recovery and\u2062 persistent issues.\u200d As Breed seeks reelection, Aaron\u200b Peskin emerges as a formidable opponent, criticizing Breed&#8217;s\u2064 leadership and \u200coffering his own\u2063 plans for addressing key city challenges. Peskin advocates for specific\u200c policies and \u2064a different approach to issues like homelessness\u2064 and housing compared to Breed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"San Francisco\">San Francisco<\/a> residents have been clear in their frustration with current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london-breed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic Mayor London Breed\">Democratic Mayor London Breed<\/a>. She\u2019s been blamed for the city not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-sanders-i-dont-feel-comfortable-with-twitter-banning-president-trump\/\" title=\"Sen. Sanders: I don\u2019t feel comfortable with Twitter banning President Trump\">bouncing back<\/a> as quickly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic Mayor London Breed\">pandemic<\/a>, along with persistent problems with crime, retail theft, homelessness, and drugs. <\/p>\n<p>Breed is seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2868809\/london-breeds-reelection-bid-in-serious-trouble-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"second term\">second term<\/a> in November, but her chances of winning might have just gotten a little tougher.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin speaks during a board meeting in San Francisco, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two of her closest opponents, Daniel Lurie, the heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, and former interim Mayor Mark Farrell, a venture capitalist, have blasted Breed for weeks for a hollowed-out downtown and deteriorating conditions on the streets. While Laurie and Farrell are considered centrists by San Francisco standards, Breed\u2019s newest opponent, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfbos.org\/supervisor-peskin-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Aaron Peskin\">Aaron Peskin<\/a>, is not. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe politics of today are marked by blame and not taking responsibility,\u201d he recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/04\/san-francisco-mayor-race-aaron-peskin-00150538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in an interview.\u00a0\u201cThe buck stops with the mayor, and it\u2019s time to inject a mature, collaborative discourse that\u2019s befitting of San Francisco.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even though the 59-year-old challenger agrees with other candidates that the city\u2019s Police Department needs more officers, he is advocating new recruits from local colleges. He also agrees that anyone peddling fentanyl, the street-cheap but highly addictive opioid, should be arrested and thrown in jail. But that\u2019s where his similarities with the other candidates end. <\/p>\n<p>Peskin filed his paperwork on Friday and will hold a campaign kickoff event Saturday in Chinatown. He is well known in San Francisco circles as a proud liberal and is betting he can get enough liberals concerned with the city\u2019s recent shift to the center to coalesce around him and take Breed down. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in recovery for three years and know how to help the city recover,\u201d he said. \u201cI have very real plans to address homelessness, the fentanyl crisis, and affordable housing needs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Peskin believes police officers should not crack down on public drug use and has called Breed out for not doing enough to expand treatment options for addicts. He\u2019s also strictly opposed to a ballot measure Breed backed in the March primary that requires welfare recipients to undergo drug screenings or forfeit assistance given to them. <\/p>\n<p>Breed and Peskin have also gone rounds in the past over their vision for San Francisco\u2019s future. <\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>From left, San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, Mayor London Breed, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi walk to a news conference in San Francisco, Jan. 26, 2024. (AP Photo\/Eric Risberg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Their top disagreement\u00a0is on how to address housing issues. <\/p>\n<p>Breed favors building taller, denser housing for all income levels in the city and has pledged to meet a target set by the state of having 82,000 new units built by 2031. Peskin has called the goal unrealistic and has pushed back on meeting any state goals, arguing that San Francisco should do what\u2019s right for the city and not kowtow to the state. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe we can grow San Francisco without ruining San Francisco,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/04\/us\/san-francisco-mayor-peskin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, he was behind a push to limit dense housing construction near his home in Telegraph Hill, a picturesque upscale enclave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niche.com\/places-to-live\/n\/telegraph-hill-san-francisco-ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"where the median home value\">where the median home value<\/a> is $1.7 million and rent is $2,568, more than twice the national average. Breed vetoed Peskin\u2019s proposal, but then he rallied and got enough votes to override her veto, marking the first time that has happened during Breed\u2019s administration. <\/p>\n<p>Peskin is also a familiar face to San Francisco voters. <\/p>\n<p>He is president of the Board of Supervisors and is currently serving his fifth nonconsecutive term. He was instrumental in passing the city\u2019s first inclusionary housing law, which required private developers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-city-approves-program-to-give-residents-100-to-donate-to-political-campaigns\/\" title=\"California City Approves Program To Give Residents 0 To Donate To Political Campaigns\">create affordable housing<\/a>. He\u2019s also one of the board\u2019s leading policymakers on environmental sustainability, waterfront protections, and conservation. <\/p>\n<p>Jason McDaniel, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-back-on-court-packing-attempts-in-us-history\/\" title=\"A Look Back On \u2018Court Packing\u2019 Attempts in US History\">political science professor<\/a> at San Francisco State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/sanfrancisco\/news\/sf-mayors-race-24-supervisor-aaron-peskin-considers-challenge-to-mayor-london-breed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CBS News that Peskin may seem more attractive to liberal\u00a0voters looking for a change. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause there\u2019s sort of a crowded field with some similar messages, I think he\u2019s going to be able to stand alone with a message that resonated with his core of voters,\u201d McDaniel said.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI also think, though, that he\u2019s a progressive that is not necessarily a turn off to other voters. He\u2019s somebody who has been around for a long time, over 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Clemens, a communications consultant and lobbyist, added that Peskin is \u201cone of the longest tenured members of the San Francisco political class in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe served two terms on the Board of Supervisors, first being elected at age 35, 36,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then he departed because we have a two-term, two consecutive term limit. That\u2019s an important thing to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was a seven-year break, but then a twist of fate brought a special election and two more full terms, marking 17 years of service, Clemens added. <\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is sold, with arguably the most vitriol coming from Breed\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite his nearly two decades of service,\u00a0Breed\u2019s spokesman, Joe Arellano, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/04\/us\/san-francisco-mayor-peskin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times <\/em>that Peskin\u2019s views on housing would set San Francisco back. <\/p>\n<p>He added,\u00a0\u201cAaron Peskin is synonymous with intimidation, obstruction, and dysfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco residents express frustration with Mayor London Breed for the city&#8217;s slow recovery from the pandemic and ongoing issues with crime, retail theft, homelessness, and drug concerns. 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