San Francisco's Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie has begun tapping tech heavyweights and business leaders to help with his goal of overhauling the city's image.Lurie, a centrist Democrat and Levi Strauss heir, ousted incumbent London Breed in a closely-watched race and will step into the role in 2025.
"I've had great conversations with Sam Altman," Lurie said."He wants to put down roots here in San Francisco. We want to lean into being the home of AI, which we are, and I will continue to invest in that."The city can't have all its eggs in one basket and needs to expand into other business sectors as well, Lurie said.
He's also hopeful that future events the city will host in the next year and a half — from the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference to the 2025 NBA All-Star Game and Super Bowl LX in 2026 — will help invigorate the city. "In some ways it's remarkable that California remained as much of a blue state and Democratic stronghold as it is considering the way people were feeling about their own financial circumstances, especially compared to four years ago," Mark Baldassare, PPIC's survey director, said.