An increasing number of Asian American political leaders are denouncing San Francisco Mayor London Breed as locals continue to signal alarm over rising crime rates and drug use.
“I personally believe we need new leadership — someone who is not in City Hall politics,” Chinese-American political organizer Kit Lam told the San Francisco Chronicle in an article published Monday.
“Asian voters played a major role in electing Breed and her most recent predecessors, but many seem to have soured on the mayor amid concerns about anti-Asian violence during the pandemic as well as overall dissatisfaction with the city’s high property crime, open-air drug dealing and other issues,” the outlet explained.
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An increasing number of Asian American political leaders are denouncing San Francisco Mayor Breed as locals continue to signal alarm over rising crime rates and drug use. (Getty Images)
A string of robberies, assaults and other crimes against Asian Americans in San Francisco over the past few years have shaped a growing coalition against Breed as she faces a tough re-election campaign against other mayoral candidates, Daniel Lurie and Mark Farrell.
“A Chronicle poll in February showed that 80% of Asian voters likely to cast ballots in November disapproved of Breed’s performance, and Lurie and Farrell would each receive support from 17% of Asian likely voters if the election were held now, compared with just 10% for Breed,”…
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