Bay Area Cities Welcome New Leadership

KQED's Forum

KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

San Francisco inaugurates its new mayor, Daniel Lurie, on Wednesday. Across the bay, councilmember Kevin Jenkins has been appointed as Oakland’s interim mayor while contenders, including longtime Congresswoman Barbara Lee, line up for the election to finish the term of former mayor Sheng Tao, who was ousted in a recall vote. Alameda County now has an interim district attorney taking the reins after the successful recall of DA Pamela Price. We learn more about these new officials and the key issues affecting your city. Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Scott Shafer, senior editor, KQED’s California Politics and Government; co-host, Political Breakdown Alex Hall, enterprise and accountability reporter, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for Forum comes from Rancho La Puerta, boated the number one wellness resort and spa by readers of travel and leisure magazine in 2024.
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0:22.4	Check in to summer at Rancho LaPorta, Rancho LaPoerta.com.
0:26.6	Support for Forum comes from Broadway SF, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story.
0:34.4	From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,
0:40.6	a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an
0:46.3	unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and
0:53.2	devotion.
1:02.1	The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.
1:06.4	Tickets on sale now at Broadway, sF.com.
1:09.0	From KQED From KQED From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:24.6	New Year, New Mayor.
1:27.0	Daniel Lurie takes office in San Francisco today.
1:30.0	While across the bay in Oakland, the post-recall interim mayor situation is shaping up.
1:35.6	And Barbara Lee, longtime congresswoman, announced she's running for mayor this morning.
1:40.4	All over the region, we've got new city council members, new county supervisors, new mayors.
1:45.5	We're going to reset the state of local politics as the November electoral winners take office,
1:51.0	and the whole bay prepares for another Trump administration.
1:54.6	It's all coming up next after this news.
2:13.8	Thank you. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
2:16.0	Daniel Lurie coasted to a relatively easy win in the San Francisco
2:19.9	mayor's race. He beat London Breed, whose rise from the city's public housing to its top political
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