Mayor Lurie Slammed By Supes For Picking CNN Over City Hall Hearing on Drug Use

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie received harsh comments from Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman and Supervisor Jackie Fielder after he skipped a four-hour City Hall hearing on public drug use on Thursday to instead appear on CNN in a segment promoting the city s improving safety.As the Chronicle reports, Lurie was absent for the hearing, where staff from a Mission District elementary school became teary as they described sidewalks plagued by needles and feces and students some as young as 9 admitted to feeling unsafe while going to and from classes. During the lengthy hearing, SF s Board of Supervisors also heard from parents at the school who reportedly implored city officials, including Lurie, to make urgent improvements to the neighborhood s street conditions. In Lurie s case, however, these complaints were heard in absentia as the mayor was instead taping a segment at the Ferry Building for CNN.Per the Chronicle, Lurie s appearance alongside CNN anchor Dana Bash