Daniel Lawrence Lurie[1] (born February 4, 1977) is an American politician and philanthropist who is the 46th and current mayor of San Francisco, serving since 2025.

[6] In 2001, Lurie moved to New York City to work for the Robin Hood Foundation, founded by Paul Tudor Jones.

[5] Lurie was named by San Francisco mayor Ed Lee to lead the 2016 San Francisco Bay Area Super Bowl Bid Committee; after a successful bid, he was able to ensure that 25% of revenue was designated to local non-profits to help fight poverty.

[5] In 2018, Lurie committed to raising $100 million in two years to reduce chronic homelessness in San Francisco by 50%.

[11] Tipping Point's Chronic Homelessness Initiative (CHI) was a catalyst for bringing city government and nonprofit service providers together to work in new ways, spurred innovation and legitimized promising new solutions before tax dollars were spent.

"[16] Other donors included Jan Koum (co-founder of WhatsApp) and the biotech investor Oleg Nodelman, who each contributed $250,000 to the committee, which raised about $3.5 million in total by January 2024.

[19] The co-founder of this group, Jay Donde, said that Lurie was the only candidate who could deny being involved in the politics that led to the mess that the city is currently in.

[19] Former San Francisco mayor and police chief Frank Jordan endorsed Lurie, saying that their political ideals aligned.

[23] Tech companies were influential in this mayoral race as they spent millions of dollars on candidate’s campaigns for more centrist policies and thus benefited Lurie.

[18] His campaign also criticized City Hall insiders for not building more housing and needing to provide both funding and staff for the police and sheriff departments.

[26][27] For example, some critics said that Lurie was buying the election and was a trust fund kid relying on family wealth, while others said he was simply campaigning seriously to increase his name recognition.

[29] San Francisco mayoral elections use a ranked-choice voting system where voters rank candidates based on their order of preference.

[25] San Francisco State University political science professor Jason McDaniel said this election represented change with Lurie, having never held political office but running a well-funded campaign capitalizing on how ranked choice voting works and focusing on how he will do things differently in office.

[25][24] Jim Ross, a veteran Bay Area Democratic strategist, said this was a billionaire election with high spending on campaigns.

[36] He also stated that he plans to lower the requirements for affordable housing to allow builders to either finish or start new projects.

[36] He plans to use the Joint Power Authority to help create bonds to put towards housing so that public workers will be able to afford to live in the city that they work.

[36] He states that he will hold the government accountable by creating an approval tracker that will show the entitlements, permits, and contact information to get the building process to move faster.