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Lurie had past investments in tech firm that won controversial $5.9M contract

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Documents show the mayor had a stake in two funds invested in OpenGov, the software company tasked with solving the city’s permit crisis.

‘Serious concern’: Supervisor calls for hearing into Mayor Lurie’s $5.9M OpenGov deal

Jackie Fielder is questioning the contract after a Standard investigation found Lurie’s office may have given the tech firm preferential treatment.

Top Lurie chief steered contract to tech firm with ties to mayor

Records show the mayor’s office chose the software company OpenGov over a cheaper vendor that a majority of city staff preferred.

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Emily Shugerman

Before publicly turning on San Francisco, Marc Benioff had privately left it behind

Culture

The Salesforce CEO now principally lives, works, and votes elsewhere, but as he argued in an interview with The Standard, “nobody has given more than my family.”

Lurie adds fifth policy chief to his cabinet 

Jessica MacLeod previously oversaw digital services and open government for the city of San Rafael.

Mayor of San Francisco

Lurie had past investments in tech firm that won controversial $5.9M contract

‘Serious concern’: Supervisor calls for hearing into Mayor Lurie’s $5.9M OpenGov deal

Top Lurie chief steered contract to tech firm with ties to mayor

Before publicly turning on San Francisco, Marc Benioff had privately left it behind

Lurie adds fifth policy chief to his cabinet