London Nicole Breed is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She formerly served as supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018. She is the first African-American woman, second African-Americans after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San. Francisco.
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London Nicole Breed is an American politician from California who is the 45th mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She formerly served as supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018. Breed won the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018. She is the first African-American woman, second African-Americans after Willie Brown, and second woman after Dianne Feinstein to be elected mayor of San. Francisco. Breed worked as an intern in the Office of Housing and Neighborhood Services for Mayor Willie Brown. Her younger sister died of a drug overdose in 2006 and her brother is in prison serving a 44-year sentence for a 2000 manslaughter and armed robbery conviction, for which Breed has repeatedly asked for clemency from the governor’s office. Breed graduated with honors from Galileo High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science-public service from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master’s degree in public administration in 2012. Breed succeeded District Four Supervisor Katy Tang, who assumed the presidency temporarily after then-Board President David Chiu resigned to begin serving in the California Assembly. In 2002, she became the executive director of the African American Art & Culture Complex, where she raised over USD 2. 5 million to renovate the complex’s 34,000 square foot space, including an art gallery, theater space, and a recording studio. In November 2012, Breed was elected to the District 5 supervisor seat, defeating incumbent Christina Olague, who had been appointed to the seat that year by Mayor Ed Lee after Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff.
In February 2016, Breed announced her reelection bid to represent District 5. Dean Preston, an attorney, won reelection 52% to 48% on November 8, beating Breed in 46 of the district’s precincts. Breed was unanimously re-elected to another two-year term on January 9, 2017, on 68% to 68%. She served in this position until January 23, 2018, when the Board selected Mark Farrell to serve as interim mayor until a special election on June 9, 2018,. She served as Acting Mayor by virtue of her position as President of her board of supervisors on December 12, 2017. She was elected President of the board on January 8, 2015, by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously. She defeated supervisor David Campos, who was also nominated for the position. As president, Breed, according to the city charter, became the acting mayor ofSan Francisco following the death of mayor Ed Lee. She has a daughter, a son, a brother, and two step-daughters. Breed is married to San Francisco City Councilman Mark Farrell, who served as mayor from 2009 to 2013. She also has a son and a daughter-in-law, both of whom served as San Francisco supervisors from 2010 to 2013, and has a step-son, Rafael Mandelman, who also served as a San Francisco supervisor from 2013 to 2014. In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed her to theSan Francisco Fire Commission.
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