Daniel Lurie

Daniel Lawrence Lurie (born February 4, 1977) is an American philanthropist and politician serving as the 46th mayor of San Francisco since January 8, 2025. A San Francisco native from a prominent family connected to the Levi Strauss fortune through his mother, Mimi Haas, Lurie graduated from Duke University in 1999 with a bachelor's degree and later earned a master's in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to entering politics, he founded Tipping Point Community in 2005, an anti-poverty organization that has raised over $500 million to support initiatives in education, employment, housing, and family stability across the Bay Area, leveraging private funding to scale effective nonprofits. Lurie, a political newcomer, won the 2024 San Francisco mayoral election as an independent, defeating incumbent London Breed in a ranked-choice contest amid voter frustration with persistent issues like homelessness, crime, and public drug use. As mayor, he has prioritized pragmatic interventions, including public-private partnerships to combat family homelessness and negotiations with federal authorities to balance local policies with enforcement needs.

Daniel Lurie was born in San Francisco in 1977 to Rabbi Brian Lurie and Miriam "Mimi" Lurie. His parents divorced during his childhood, after which his mother married Peter E. Haas, great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss—the Bavarian Jewish immigrant who founded Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco in 1853—and former chairman of the company from 1976 to 1989. Lurie was raised in the city amid a prominent Jewish family with longstanding ties to Bay Area Jewish institutions.

His father, a rabbi, led the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation as president and served as CEO of the United Way of the Bay Area from 1982 to 1992, emphasizing community service and social welfare programs. The Lurie family's heritage reflects intergenerational involvement in Jewish philanthropy and civic leadership, with the Haas connection providing links to the Levi Strauss enterprise, which grew into a global apparel giant under family stewardship following Strauss's death in 1902. This background positioned Lurie within San Francisco's elite networks, where old-money traditions of business success and charitable giving intertwined.

Daniel Lurie was born on February 4, 1977, to rabbi Brian Lurie and Miriam "Mimi" Lurie, who later remarried Levi Strauss heir Peter E. Haas Sr. following her separation from Brian Lurie when Daniel was young. His father, Brian Lurie, served as executive director of the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation and later led the Jewish Family and Children's Services, instilling in Lurie a commitment to philanthropy. Lurie's mother, through her marriage to Haas—who died in 2005—connected the family to substantial Levi Strauss fortune, with Haas establishing trusts including $1 million each for Lurie and his older brother Ari.