London Breed is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 11, 1974 in San Francisco, United States. Born August 11, 1974, London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is currently the 45th Mayor of San Francisco. She was previously a supervisor in District 5 and president of the Board of Supervisors between 2015-2018.
Breed was elected to District 5 Supervisor seat in November 2012. He defeated Christina Olague who was appointed that year by Mayor Ed Lee, after Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was elected sheriff. After five rounds of ranked-choice voting, Breed won by more than 12 points. This was the first time in San Francisco history, that a challenger has reelected a district supervisor. The feat was repeated twice more: Aaron Peskin defeated Julie Christensen, District 3, in 2015, while Rafael Mandelman beat Jeff Sheehy, District 8, in June 2018.
When Breed took office in 2013 CleanPowerSF had, according to the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters, “languished for 12 years” in the face of opposition from multiple mayoral administrations, the city’s utility provider PG&E, and other business interests. “Breed took it upon herself to get CleanPowerSF off the ground,” said the League of Conservation Voters.
During her first few months as Supervisor in 2013, Breed persuaded city departments to complete two new bike lanes on Oak and Fell Streets ahead of schedule, prompting the local transportation site StreetsblogSF to say she had “emerged as a bicycling champion.” She secured federal funding for the redesign of Masonic Boulevard in her district, which added bike lanes and traffic safety measures to one of the most dangerous corridors in the city. The official ribbon-cutting for the completed Masonic Avenue Streetscape Improvement Project between Geary Boulevard and the Panhandle took place in August 2018.
Breed was born in San Francisco and raised by her grandmother in Plaza East, a public housing complex in the Western Addition. Breed wrote later about her childhood in San Francisco, “[F]ive] of us lived[ed] on] $900 per month. “Recycling” meant drinking from old mayonnaise containers. Violence was not far away. We took Grandma’s pushcart to the local community room once a week to get government-issued groceries. Her younger sister, who was also a drug addict, died in 2006. Her brother is currently serving a 44 year sentence for 2000 manslaughter. Breed has repeatedly requested clemency from Governor’s Office.
