The San Francisco Standard – a live discussion about London Breed and the future of SF
Dear Reader,
Plenty of ink has been spilled about San Francisco’s problems. Less is understood about what drives the leader at the center of it all: Mayor London Breed.
From humble beginnings in one of the city’s toughest public housing projects, Breed’s life was deeply shaped by the crises now roiling San Francisco: drugs, poverty and mental illness. The Standard’s revealing, in-depth portrait of her improbable rise to power depicts a charismatic and sincere leader whose sharpest traits can cut both ways.
Over six months and through dozens of interviews with Breed’s friends, neighbors, colleagues and political adversaries, The Standard’s senior political reporter Josh Koehn unravels the mayor’s personal and political struggles as she faces perhaps her biggest challenge yet: solving San Francisco’s generational problems and winning over voters in a time of unprecedented upheaval.
At noon on Thursday, June 22, Senior Editor Annie Gaus and Koehn will host a live discussion of the story and what it reveals about Breed and the future of San Francisco. Please join us on Twitter Spaces and follow the @SFStandard and @Josh_Koehn to stay informed.
—Annie Gaus and Josh Koehn