When you imagine San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, there’s no place higher to dwell on the planet than The Metropolis by the Bay. At WIRED’s Huge Interview occasion on Thursday—not so coincidentally held in San Francisco—the mayor instructed international editorial director Katie Drummond that he’s completely satisfied that anybody seeking to rag on town doesn’t know what they’re speaking about.
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In fact, Lurie stated, issues might all the time be higher. Whereas he hailed constructive adjustments that San Francisco has made since he took workplace 11 months in the past, like extra workplace house being stuffed within the downtown space and a lower in crime, he acknowledged that a few of that may have come within the wake of firms’ return-to-office insurance policies and the AI increase. Nonetheless, Lurie stated, when you ask San Francisco residents, 62 p.c say that their metropolis is headed in the fitting course, in comparison with simply 25 p.c a yr in the past.
Lurie stated a part of what’s going to assist maintain San Francisco heading in the right direction is a dedication from residents. Previous leaders, he stated, “took San Francisco with no consideration,” pondering “we might simply proceed on, and our success would proceed as effectively.” To make San Francisco resilient, in a position to climate financial adjustments and tech booms and busts, Lurie stated, its leaders must be “relentless in combating for [their] metropolis, standing up for [their] metropolis, and welcoming individuals, saying, ‘We wish you right here, and we’ll create the circumstances in your success.’”
