Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie helped lure the Super Bowl when Levi’s Stadium was under construction. Now he’s mayor for the $440 million windfall

Since taking office in 2025, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has been on a mission to shake the city out of a post-pandemic economic slump.    

A political outsider, Lurie was previously best known as the heir of the Levi Strauss family fortune and a philanthropist focused on poverty-fighting initiatives. 

Now, Lurie has leveraged his connections across industries to boost the city’s reputation and economy following a slow recovery. Years after the pandemic, San Francisco’s...