Trump, Daniel Lurie and San Francisco’s eventful week
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Luried held a press conference Wednesday detailing how the city was preparing for the federal immigration operation in the
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday nudged Californians to be cautious about President Donald Trump’s sudden decision to pause a planned federal immigration surge in the San Francisco Bay Area, warning that the president often changes his mind.
Lurie’s new executive directive comes one day after City Attorney David Chiu said his office is prepared to sue the Trump administration.
Mayor Daniel Lurie said Monday that sending the National Guard to San Francisco, as President Trump has threatened to do, would not make the city safer or help it tackle the ongoing drug crisis.
Police made zero arrests Saturday in connection with the No Kings protests in San Francisco and Oakland, which drew at least 60,000 demonstrators combined in support of American democracy.
San Francisco Supervisor Jackie Fielder announced on Tuesday that she would call for a hearing to investigate the process that led Mayor Daniel Lurie’s office to award a $5.9 million contract to a well-connected tech firm that city staff said was unqualified to overhaul the city’s permitting system.
The group is made up of representatives from the city attorney and "other affected department heads," Lurie explained, and he said the group meets regularly to coordinate a policy response.