Daniel Lurie is correct to say that much of the country has “an outdated notion” of what San Francisco has been like the last year or two. But is it right to give him credit for a perceived turnaround in the city that was kind of underway before he took office?
We are now just about one year in to the Daniel Lurie administration in San Francisco, and it’s not hard to say that he has chalked up a number of wins so far, and managed to avoid too many fumbles — save for that one supervisor appointment debacle. And maybe it’s dumb to try to parse what he’s been materially responsible for in SF’s ongoing turnaround and change of mood, and what was already in motion before he took office. Whichever way you analyze it, he’s going to enjoy the credit because he’s a fresh face and it’s happening on his watch.
That’s certainly what ABC News is reporting too, with a national segment that aired during Sunday’s episode of This Week with George Stephanopoulos…