Shireen McSpadden will retire June 30, giving Mayor Daniel Lurie a crucial appointment just as his administration backs away from its original promise to add 1,500 homelessness beds in six months. The next director should be judged on results, not revised targets.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has directed SF departments to cut $100M in personnel costs—about 500 positions—with plans due March 12. The right approach is to protect core services while shrinking bureaucracy and demanding measurable results.

Mayor Daniel Lurie and Board President Rafael Mandelman are proposing three major Charter reform buckets—contracting, ballot rules, and executive accountability—in a March 5, 2026 letter to Controller Greg Wagner. GrowSF strongly supports the package; Steven Bacio and Sachin Agarwal participated in the working group discussions and we’re encouraged by where the reforms are headed.

San Francisco’s Commission Streamlining Task Force is weighing staff recommendations to eliminate dozens of boards and commissions and simplify how the city governs, following a year of public meetings and dozens of staff reports.

Mayor Daniel Lurie is asking departments to find $400 million in permanent cuts to help close a $936 million deficit, as federal Trump-era reductions and long-standing structural problems squeeze San Francisco’s budget.

$332M meant to pay for expenses from other city departments is left unused in city accounts.

Mayor Daniel Lurie has postponed the city’s return-to-office policy to August 18 after resistance from labor unions.

How has Mayor Lurie done in his first 100 days? Pretty well!