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Politics in a Post-Recall San Francisco

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KQED

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to a series of recalls, resignations and re-shuffles, San Francisco has a new district attorney, new school board members, and a new city attorney, all of whom were appointed by Mayor London Breed. Now that the mayor has a team in place that is mostly of her choosing, what will she do to confront the city’s considerable challenges? Is the city in for a major course change? We’ll talk about San Francisco’s post-recall politics with a roundtable of reporters. Guests: Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, Reporter/Producer, KQED News. Scott Shafer, senior editor for KQED’s California Politics and Government desk and co-host of Political Breakdown. Annie Gaus, editor, SF Standard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED From KQED From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

1:23.9

Thanks to a series of recalls, resignations, and reshuffles,

1:27.5

San Francisco has a new district attorney, new school board members, and a new city attorney,

1:31.9

all of whom were appointed by Mayor London Breed.

1:34.4

Now that the mayor has a team in place that's mostly of her choosing,

1:38.2

what will she do to confront the city's considerable challenges?

1:41.9

Muni is in trouble.

1:43.1

The number of people without a roof over their heads

1:45.2

continues to grow. The cost of housing is astronomical, office buildings all over the city,

1:50.5

stand half empty. So, is the city in for a progressive city. It's maybe a long and storied history as a progressive

2:19.0

city. It's maybe a little oversold. There's always been a centrist business element to San Francisco

2:23.5

politics, but the city is changing. Fewer and fewer working class people can afford to live in a city

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