London Breed | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| 45th Mayor of San Francisco | |
| Assumed office July 11, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Farrell |
| Acting December 12, 2017 – January 23, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ed Lee |
| Succeeded by | Mark Farrell |
| President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors | |
| In office January 8, 2015 – June 26, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Katy Tang |
| Succeeded by | Malia Cohen |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 5th district | |
| In office January 8, 2013 – July 11, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Christina Olague |
| Succeeded by | Vallie Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | London Nicole Breed August 11, 1974 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of California, Davis (BA) University of San Francisco (MPA) |
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London Nicole Breed (born August 11, 1974) is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of San Francisco, serving since 2018. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Raised in the Western Addition neighborhood of San Francisco, Breed worked in government after college. She was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2012 (taking office in January 2013), and elected its president in 2015. As president of the Board, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor of San Francisco following the death of Mayor Ed Lee. She served in this role from December 12, 2017, to January 23, 2018.
Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018. Breed is the first black woman, second black person after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San Francisco.[1] She was sworn in as mayor on July 11, 2018.[2][3][4] During her tenure as mayor, she has been a proponent of increasing housing supply in San Francisco amid a housing shortage, frequently butting heads with anti-housing members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.[5]
She ran for re-election as mayor in 2024, but lost to Daniel Lurie.[6]
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- ^ Melendez, Lyanne (July 11, 2018). "San Francisco welcomes new mayor London Breed, first African-American woman to hold position". abc7news.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ Ostler, Scott (July 12, 2018). "Big crowd at SF Civic Center sees London Breed sworn in as new mayor". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ Fracassa, Dominic (July 11, 2018). "Big crowd at SF Civic Center sees London Breed sworn in as new mayor". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "YIMBYs on their heels as race for mayor heats up". The San Francisco Standard. March 27, 2024.
- ^ Morris, J. D. (November 8, 2024). "San Francisco's next mayor will be Daniel Lurie, in rebuke to Breed". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 8, 2024.