San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie took office one year ago this week after beating incumbent mayor London Breed and several sitting and former SF supervisors in what ended up as a wide open four-way race. Lurie's first year has largely been seen as a success, with the notable exception of his appointment of former Sunset pet shop owner Beya Alcaraz to a vacant supervisor's seat - a position she held for less than one Scaramucci.

We're joined today by Mission Local Managing Editor and columnist Joe Eskenazi, who looks back over Lurie's first year, and gets us up to speed on other San Francisco political news, including the race to replace Nancy Pelosi, who has announced that she will not seek another term. On January 7, Eskenazi and Cynthia Laird of the Bay Area Reporter will moderate a forum with the top three candidates: Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco); San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan; and Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

We also take a look at the possibility of an initiative to reopen the Great Highway to auto traffic, and the effort to form a municipal power company that would take over PG&E's electrical infrastructure via eminent domain - a movement that got a boost following last week's massive power outage. Plus, Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.

1:12 Joe Eskenazi

1:31 House District 11 Forum

2:27 A report card on Mayor Lurie's first year

6:19 Lurie's longest week: Beya Alcaraz and all that

14:21 The initiative to reopen the Great Highway and impact on the race to replace Nancy Pelosi

17:08 Labor

19:37  Saikat Chakrabarti

20:32 Supervisor Connie Chan

21:02 Sen. Scott Wiener

22:55 PG&E blackout

23:39 A San Francisco municipal power utility?

31:00 #WWCA

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