"The company that won the $5.9 million contract, OpenGov, had significant ties to Lurie: Advisory board member Katherine August-deWilde is a major donor to and sits on the board of Tipping Point Community, the foundation where Lurie served as CEO until 2019 and board chair until 2023. She and her husband donated $60,000 to a pro-Lurie PAC in the 2024 election and $100,000 to Lurie's inauguration. Its co-founder and former chairman Joe Lonsdale and CEO Zac Bookman are both major donors to Tipping Point."
"The San Francisco Standard reported this morning that Ned Segal, Lurie's policy chief responsible for housing and economic development, awarded the contract to OpenGov even though another company scored higher and offered what staffers found to be a superior product at a lower cost. During brief opening remarks this morning at an all-hands town hall on his program PermitSF, Lurie declined to address the scandal."
""I am hoping and asking you all to be with me on this," said Lurie at the town hall "I know it's going to be a pain in the butt. I'm sure all these transitions always are, but I'm telling you, it's going to be worth it.""
San Francisco awarded a $5.9 million contract to OpenGov to overhaul the city's permitting system. OpenGov has significant ties to Mayor Daniel Lurie through advisory board member Katherine August-deWilde and donors Joe Lonsdale and Zac Bookman. Staff reported that another vendor scored higher and offered a superior, lower-cost product, but Ned Segal, Lurie's policy chief, awarded the contract to OpenGov. Lurie made brief opening remarks at a PermitSF town hall and declined to directly address the procurement irregularity while defending the decision. Reported donations include $60,000 to a pro-Lurie PAC and $100,000 to an inauguration.
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