"She stepped into a political shitstorm that anyone with any sense could have predicted, and now it's going to follow her for the rest of her life: She will be the person who served only one week as a San Francisco supervisor. Someday, this will be a political trivia question. The real issue here is that Mayor Daniel Lurie demonstrated something that undermines his entire campaign pitch, his entire political standing: He was supposed to be a competent manager."
"I give credit to Gabe Greschler at the Standard and Joe Eskenazi at MissionLocal for doing the most basic things journalists do: Vetting candidates and politicians to establish their qualifications for office. Both are good reporters and did a great job-but we're not talking about Watergate-level secret-source-in-the-FBI stuff here. Checking with the person who bought a store from a former owner is pretty routine."
Beya Alcaraz served only one week as a San Francisco supervisor after stepping into a predictable political controversy. Mayor Daniel Lurie failed to provide adequate vetting and managerial oversight, undermining his claim of superior private-sector management. Reporters Gabe Greschler and Joe Eskenazi conducted routine background checks, finding information readily available online and through basic public records. Lurie populated his team with outsiders who lacked local political knowledge and apparently had no senior staff to flag potential problems. Journalistic vetting revealed issues that should have been caught internally, creating reputational damage for the mayor and his campaign.
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