Daniel Lurie, a local nonprofit founder and an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune, will become San Francisco’s 46th mayor. He unseated incumbent Mayor London Breed, a fellow moderate Democrat, during Tuesday’s general election in the 14th round of ...

Philanthropist and Levi's heir Daniel Lurie has won the hard-fought race for San Francisco mayor, ushering in a new era of leadership for a city whose voters made clear they are fed up with brazen retail theft and sprawling tent cities.

The Democrat, 47, was elected after defeating incumbent mayor London Breed, who conceded on Thursday, Nov. 7. Lurie self-funded his campaign with his mother, Miriam “Mimi” Haas. Lurie used $8.6 million of his own money, and Haas, 78, contributed an additional $1 million to the mayoral campaign, The New York Times, The Guardian and KTVU report.