{"id":2343943,"date":"2024-09-20T13:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayoral-debate-gets-heated-as-rival-tells-london-breed-to-apologize-for-crime-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:03:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:03:19","slug":"san-francisco-mayoral-debate-gets-heated-as-rival-tells-london-breed-to-apologize-for-crime-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mayoral-debate-gets-heated-as-rival-tells-london-breed-to-apologize-for-crime-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco mayoral debate gets heated as rival tells London Breed to apologize for crime &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fsan-francisco-mayoral-debate-gets-heated-as-rival-tells-london-breed-to-apologize-for-crime-washington-examiner%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=2343943&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>In a recent San Francisco mayoral debate, tensions escalated as Mayor London Breed defended her record on decreasing crime, while her opponents accused\u200c her\u200b of misleading the \u2062public about the city&#8217;s safety. Challengers like Mark Farrell and Ahsha Safai \u200bdemanded an apology from Breed, claiming she had &#8220;gaslit&#8221; residents into believing that crime had improved.\u2062 They criticized her leadership, particularly regarding rising crime \u2064rates and \u200dissues of drug abuse and homelessness, which they argue \u200dhave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/smelly-leftists-have-taken-over-lafayette-park\/\" title=\"Lafayette Park is now occupied by leftists\">negatively impacted local businesses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell specifically linked Breed to\u200b a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-secret-service-clearly-became-a-tool-of-the-deep-state-2\/\" title=\"The Secret Service clearly became a tool of the Deep State\">recent shooting incident involving<\/a>\u2064 a 49ers player, \u200band both he and Safai underscored the disconnection\u200d between official crime\u2064 statistics and the \u2064public&#8217;s daily \u2063experiences with crime. The debate also touched on Breed&#8217;s management \u2063of the Dream Keeper Initiative, \u2062a $44 \u2063million program aimed at supporting the Black community, which has come under scrutiny for alleged mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>the discussion highlighted public safety as a critical issue for voters and\u2062 showcased the \u2062fierce competition within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-enters-houston-mayoral-race\/\" title=\"Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Enters Houston Mayoral Race\">crowded mayoral race<\/a> as Breed faces increasing pressure from her rivals amidst her reelection campaign.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">San Francisco mayoral debate gets heated as rival tells London Breed to apologize for crime<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1757775\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Things got heated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"San Francisco's\">San Francisco<\/a>&lsquo;s mayoral debate Thursday night when Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/london-breed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>London Breed<\/a> touted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"crime \">crime <\/a>was&nbsp;down, and her political opponents responded by demanding she owe &ldquo;an apology&rdquo; to residents for letting crime get out of hand and &ldquo;gaslighting&rdquo; them into thinking the city was safer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Public safety and crime are two of the top concerns among likely voters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mark Farrell answers a question during a debate for the top five candidates in the race for San Francisco mayor on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez\/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breed, who is running in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wharton-study-build-back-better-will-not-be-free-net-cost-2-42-trillion\/\" title=\"Wharton Study: Build Back Better Will Not Be Free; Net Cost .42 Trillion\">tough reelection race<\/a>, has been slammed by her opponents for not doing enough&nbsp;to address crime, drug abuse, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/homelessness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"homelessness \">homelessness<\/a>, which have been the catalyst for businesses fleeing the downtown San Francisco area.&nbsp;The Democratic mayor, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3151222\/san-francisco-mayor-slips-poll-skip-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"has slipped\">has slipped<\/a> in the polls in recent weeks, fought back against stinging attacks from her top four challengers in the crowded race of 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She&nbsp;faced off in the televised debate against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markfarrell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mark Farrell\">Mark Farrell<\/a>, the former interim mayor; <a href=\"https:\/\/daniellurie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Daniel Lurie\">Daniel Lurie<\/a>, nonprofit group founder and heir to Levi Strauss fortune; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaron2024.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Aaron Peskin\">Aaron Peskin<\/a>, Board of Supervisors president; and Supervisor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ahshaformayor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ahsha Safai\">Ahsha Safai<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Farrell blamed Breed for the recent shooting of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3140422\/ricky-pearsall-shot-in-attempted-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall\">San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall<\/a> in Union Square. The moderator asked Farrell if it was fair to put all the fault on Breed since homicides and other crimes took place during his time as acting mayor in 2018. Farrell laughed off the question.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Breed owes the city of San Francisco an apology,&rdquo; he said, also blaming her for allowing police staffing to shrink.<\/p>\n<p>After Breed once again brought up the city&rsquo;s crime drop, Safai jumped in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To consistently tell people crime is down is&nbsp;gaslighting,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Safai referenced businesses in his district that had been broken into repeatedly in recent weeks. He also said Breed&rsquo;s touting a dip in crime rates was offensive after widely reported incidents like the Pearsall shooting and the death of a Westin St. Francis hotel worker who was pushed in front of a BART train station earlier this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3160586\/who-has-hasnt-endorsed-harris-trump-election-cycle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WHO HAS AND HASN&rsquo;T ENDORSED HARRIS AND TRUMP THIS ELECTION CYCLE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Crime is happening at a brazen level,&rdquo; Safai said. &ldquo;Crime statistically might be down &hellip; but people don&rsquo;t feel it because they&rsquo;re seeing it on a daily basis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Breed was also in the hot seat for claims of mismanagement and other problems involving her signature Dream Keeper Initiative, a $44 million program to help the black community.<\/p>\n<p>Stories by&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/sfstandard.com\/2024\/09\/12\/san-francisco-dream-keeper-initiative-sheryl-davis-james-spingola-nonprofit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the San Francisco Standard<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/sf-department-head-leave-absence-investigation-19761527.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;raised serious questions about program spending and management. The stories published last week led to the program&rsquo;s leader, Sheryl Davis, a city department head, resigning under pressure.&nbsp;Breed said this week she was &ldquo;appalled&rdquo; by how the initiative was being run. She also said the city&rsquo;s top auditor is&nbsp;reviewing and controlling the finances of the&nbsp;department in&nbsp;charge of running the program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Farrell also took heat for claims that he steered money to a favored nonprofit group from companies looking to influence him during his time as mayor and supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>Breed also accused him of inappropriately asking her office to fast-track building permits for his home remodel. He has pushed back on the claims, which were first reported in the&nbsp;<em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lurie was slammed by Peskin and Breed for being a political newbie. He was also criticized by Breed for his nonprofit group, Tipping Point Community, giving money to the Coalition on Homelessness during the pandemic. The Coalition on Homelessness has gone after the city over homeless encampment sweeps.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" \"> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lurie, who has had major donors flood his campaign coffers, said his opponents were scared that he wasn&rsquo;t part of the city&rsquo;s political elite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are so scared of somebody coming from outside this broken system that has failed to deliver. &hellip; At every single level, they have failed,&rdquo; Lurie said. &ldquo;And now they&rsquo;re trying to attack me. I can take it, but can you take four more years of it?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1757775\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1757775\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco mayoral debate became intense on Thursday night when Mayor London Breed claimed that crime rates had decreased. Her opponents quickly countered, insisting that she should apologize to residents for allowing crime to escalate and for misleading them into believing the city was safer than it actually is. Public safety and crime are major concerns for likely voters. <\/p>\n<p>In a competitive reelection campaign, Breed has faced criticism from her challengers regarding her handling of crime, drug issues, and homelessness\u2014factors contributing to businesses leaving downtown San Francisco. During the televised debate with Mark Farrell (former interim mayor), Daniel Lurie (nonprofit founder), Aaron Peskin (Board of Supervisors president), and Supervisor Ahsha Safai, Farrell accused Breed of being responsible for the recent shooting of 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall in Union Square. When asked if it was fair to place all blame on her given that crimes occurred during his tenure as acting mayor in 2018, Farrell dismissed the question and reiterated that &#8220;Mayor Breed owes the city an apology,&#8221; also criticizing her for reducing police staffing.<\/p>\n<p>When Breed mentioned the drop in crime rates again, Safai interjected by saying that claiming crime is down amounts to &#8220;gaslighting.&#8221; He pointed out recent break-ins affecting businesses in his district and argued that despite statistical decreases in crime, residents feel unsafe due to daily incidents like Pearsall&#8217;s shooting and a hotel worker&#8217;s death earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Safai stated emphatically, &#8220;Crime is happening at a brazen level&#8230; People don\u2019t feel safe because they see it every day.&#8221; Additionally, Breed faced scrutiny over management issues related to her Dream Keeper Initiative\u2014a $44 million program aimed at supporting the black community\u2014following reports questioning its spending practices which led to Sheryl Davis resigning under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Breed expressed being &#8220;appalled&#8221; by how the initiative was managed and noted that an auditor was reviewing its finances. Meanwhile, Farrell faced accusations regarding favoritism towards certain nonprofits during his time as mayor while also denying claims made by Breed about seeking expedited building permits from her office.<\/p>\n<p>Lurie came under fire from both Peskin and Breed for lacking political experience; he defended himself against criticisms related to funding given during the pandemic while asserting his opponents were threatened by someone outside their established political circle: \u201cThey are so scared of somebody coming from outside this broken system&#8230; Now they\u2019re trying to attack me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2343944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/san-francisco-mayoral-debate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36674,41340,32422],"class_list":["post-2343943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-london-breed","tag-mayoral-debate","tag-san-francisco"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/san-francisco-mayoral-debate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}