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Daniel Lurie

Daniel Lurie

Mayor of San Francisco

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Notable Quotes

"Stay off the roads" messaging emphasized safety as signals went dark. (Mayor Daniel Lurie)

"Having no power for two days for at least 4,000 customers here in Civic Center. For us to be without power here at City Hall, two days in, it's unacceptable, and we're going to demand answers, and they better be able to answer them." (Daniel Lurie, Dec. 22, 2025)

"We're going to demand answers and they better be able to provide them... I'm absolutely concerned that the cost of the outage would be passed on to customers in the form of higher rates." (Daniel Lurie, Dec. 22, 2025)

Stories

San Francisco went dark—and the same substation has burned before

Built World

Publicly criticized PG&E response as 'unacceptable'; demanded answers on cause and rate-impact concerns

San Francisco is the kind of city that feels unstoppable—until the lights go out. On Saturday, a substation fire near 8th and Mission helped trigger a blackout that spread across neighborhoods and knocked out traffic signals. Restoration took more than two days and sparked political backlash and raised questions about whether a modern city can tolerate single-point failures in critical infrastructure.

Updated 17 hours ago