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2024 mayoral election: Supervisor Aaron Peskin to run against London Breed for San Francisco mayor; launch campaign this weekend [Video]

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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin plans to run for mayor of San Francisco, multiple sources told ABC7 News.

He’s running to replace Mayor London Breed in November.

He said he plans to formally launch his campaign on Saturday.

Peskin is critical of the mayor and more conservative candidates who blame progressive policies for the city’s problems.

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“I want to repudiate the politics of blaming other people. We blame the judges. We blame everybody. We blame the nonprofits. Let’s start being accountable. Let’s start working with each other in a mature fashion,” he told ABC7’s Lyanne Melendez on Wednesday.

Peskin has been a supervisor on and off for 24 years.

Recently, he led a veto override of a proposal by Mayor London …

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