Senior Reporter

Jonah Owen Lamb

Mayor Daniel Lurie’s pick will begin a new era for a department swinging toward a law-and-order posture.

By appointing an unqualified, inexperienced candidate, the mayor is acting like the president he dare not name. It may come back to haunt him.

Decades after landmark reforms, survivors face the same systemic failures that once cost lives.

Mayor Daniel Lurie touted his D4 pick as a successful small-business owner. Newly obtained videos and financial documents complicate that narrative.

The former San Francisco mayor’s potential entry to the race comes as a surprise. Could it threaten Sen. Scott Wiener’s moderate coalition?