San Francisco Mayor London Breed Concedes to Levi Strauss Heir Daniel Lurie

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Mayor London Breed has conceded the race for mayor to philanthropist and Levi Strauss & Co. heir Daniel Lurie on Nov. 7.

The results are preliminary, and the Department of Elections will not issue certified results before Dec. 3.

"Being Mayor of San Francisco has been the greatest honor of my lifetime. I'm beyond grateful to our residents for the opportunity to serve the City that raised me," Breed wrote. "Over the coming weeks, my staff and I will work to ensure a smooth transition as he takes on the honor of serving as Mayor of San Francisco."

Breed won election as mayor in June 2018 to serve out the remainder of Mayor Ed Lee's term. She was reelected in 2019 to a full term.

Breed said that she had called Lurie to congratulate him.

Lurie entered his first race for public office last year, spending nearly $9 million of his own money on the campaign, saying that, as a political outsider, he needed to introduce himself to voters.

Lurie is an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune through his mother, Mimi Haas, who married Peter Haas, a longtime Levi's CEO and great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss. Lurie's father, Brian Lurie, is a rabbi and former executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation.

Board of Supervisors Speaker Aaron Peskin, and former interim mayor and supervisor Mark Farrell were eliminated at round 13 and round 12 respectively.