When Mayor Daniel Lurie appointed Supervisor Beya Alcaraz to represent San Francisco’s Sunset District last week, he touted her experience running what he called “the neighborhood’s most beloved pet shop” as a pivotal part of her résumé.
The 29-year-old, who has also worked as an after-school music and art teacher, has never held elected office and has had limited involvement in community organizing.
But the woman who took over Alcaraz’s Outer Sunset pet store in May, Julia Baran, described Alcaraz as someone who “cannot run a business,” and said the mayor’s office never spoke to her about the new supervisor’s track record as a business owner. Baran told the Chronicle that Alcaraz was often behind on rent and had never turned a profit from 2020 to 2023 — claims that Alcaraz did not respond to but that wereconfirmed in documents and emails obtained by the Chronicle…