San Fran­cis­co may­oral debate gets heat­ed as rival tells Lon­don Breed to apol­o­gize for crime

Things got heat­ed in San Francisco‘s may­oral debate Thurs­day night when May­or Lon­don Breed tout­ed that crime was down, and her polit­i­cal oppo­nents respond­ed by demand­ing she owe “an apol­o­gy” to res­i­dents for let­ting crime get out of hand and “gaslight­ing” them into think­ing the city was safer. 
Pub­lic safe­ty and crime are two of the top con­cerns among like­ly vot­ers. 

Mark Far­rell answers a ques­tion dur­ing a debate for the top five can­di­dates in the race for San Fran­cis­co may­or on Wednes­day, June 12, 2024. (Car­los Avi­la Gonzalez/San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle via AP)
Breed, who is run­ning in a tough reelec­tion race, has been slammed by her oppo­nents for not doing enough to address …