California Today: History in San Francisco With the Election of a Black Female Mayor

Her intersectionality score was higher than Leno's: African-American female vs gay white male - the lame subtext of this article. To me, there was a different game-changer: after the death of Mayor Lee, the Board of Supes treated Breed poorly as the stand-in mayor. In fact, another stand-in was voted in. Add to that a slick alliance btw Jane Kim and Leno that tried to derail her election chances. Glad she won; seems like a solid citizen - right now.

Please stop writing that Levi's Stadium is in San Francisco. As a San Jose resident who lives about a mile from the stadium, which is in Santa Clara, I only wish it was in SF! They closed the roads around it for 12 hours before a Taylor Swift concert, I can only expect mass evacuations for the World Cup.

She won because she had the best connections to the establishment and those with money to burn. And that's ALL that matters. San Francisco's first woman Mayor, first black Mayor, first Chinese Mayor have all been products of our local machine politics and have all contributed to turning SF into Manhattan - which a lot of residents do not want, believe it or not! The only 'first' I want to see in an SF Mayor is the first one who isn't paid for by real estate developers and tech companies.

Breed was the candidate that the wealthy, entrenched interests of San Francisco supported. The few years she's served on the Board of Supervisors give no reason to believe that she will address the housing crisis or homelessness, but many reasons to believe that she will advocate for Ron Conway and a bunch of wealthy developers who financed her campaign. And because there is little that is economically progressive in her history, her selling points were her gender and race. Since when is a candidate backed by wealthy interests, prevailing in the election "remarkable". It's, unfortunately, a very common occurrence.

We voted for her. She grew up two blocks from our Co-op in the Filmore district. She has accomplished much. She will, I think, be a good mayor and do good things for our City. She will work with both branches of the Democratic Party and the few Republicans (7%) left in the city. Her biggest priority will be more housing for middle and low income people. We need this urgently since the city’s popupation is approaching 900,000, the highest it has ever had. She is a good example for us all.

I'm not in SF but across the bay (was priced out years ago). I'll be watching with interest how Ms. Breed does. I'm especially interested to see her relationship with the tech industry. It's brought the city unparalleled wealth but a host of problems as well, and worsened some that existed already.

The proof of the pudding will be Breed's performance as Mayor. She got elected fair and square. She's made plenty of promises, however -- all the candidates made pie-in-the-sky promises about ending homelessness and resolve the city's housing shortage. Now's her chance to deliver. San Franciscans who care about the city's future will be watching and assessing. Patience with self-styled "progressives" who win office here but deliver lackluster results, if they deliver at all, is wearing thin all over California. (Witness the strong challenges to and skepticism about Senator Feinstein and Representative Pelosi.) It's all about performance. Running for office is to ask for the public's trust. San Francisco's in real trouble - the tech boom is fancy frosting on a stale cake - and London Breed must deliver on her promises to all.

Person from the Bay Area: The Democratic Party did not endorse Ms Breed because municipal officers in San Francisco are all officially non-partisan and direct party participation is not allowed.

Want to stop racism in America? Stop defining people by race. This woman won a election based on her abilities, not because of her race. It's time to stop labeling people and start giving them the appropriate respect. Just out of curiosity, how many White, Asian, Hispanic, or Arab people were elected?

Please do a follow up about her campaign platform. I'm interested since the city is only 5 percent African American. The voters heard something they liked.

This was a split vote down the middle essentially. She got 51% to Leno's 49%. Most of the SF that is left because they either own their home, have rent control, or are just holding on against hope, do not want this woman as their mayor. The democratic party didn't endorse her. She refuses to meet with tenants at a Public Housing Community she personally grew up in where people are being forced out and have no where to go. Elderly, children, disabled people she has refused to meet with at this community. She is part of a establishment in SF that is for capitalism, for neoliberalism, and profits over people. Look at her endorsements.... She voted AGAINST regulating AirBNB which is decreasing housing supply in the city. She is PRO Development but voted against increasing housing supply? Talk to people who have lived here for generations.Look at the staggering number of "Owner move-in" evictions. Greed is running SF and Breed supports capitalism and so this is surely going to be a great for the city. /Sacasm. She was named in a Federal investigation as showing signs of being corrupt; the basis of the investigation. Her and her groomer, Ed Lee were named, as well as Brown. Her hands are unclean and she does not care about marginalized people. Leno and Kim are far more prepared then Breed to be mayor to a city like SF. Leno a seasoned politician, as is Kim who is a lawyer... Breed has her bachelors in Public Service.

I don't think the new legislative offices will come in underbudget and expect they will double the budget. I think all public building projects should contain a number of residences for the homeless and would like the budget for building housing to exceed the budget for the new office spaces.

I conclude absolutely nothing from the victor being black. So what? If she is good and fair, what does being black have to do with anything?

Glossy article that doesn't touch the surface of her campain or record. She pandered to the tech industry like her predecessor and look where that got SF...I don't see this as a reversal of any sort for any minority or for diversity in SF...which has largely been pushed out of SF and Oakland. The next tech bust will tender this town in ghostly hues...

She is also a native San Franciscan..a significant omission..this is a rather superficial article....

Yikes, African Americans aren't tokens for cities to collect and advertise themselves. The election is historic, yes, but can't we talk about the real issues ahead?

Sounds like the only reason people voted for her was because she is black. Lots of racists in San Francisco.

How about writing about the issues Ms. Breed campaigned on? I'm sure she won for some other reason than her skin color.