41 Facts About London Breed

1. In 2012, London Breed told the Fog City Journal news site, "Willie Brown didn't wipe my ass when I was a baby; my grandmother took care of me.

2. London Breed was raised by her grandmother, Cornelia Brown, in San Francisco's Plaza East public housing complex.

3. London Breed is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in California, representing District 5 from 2013 to 2018.

4. London Breed passed the drug take-back legislation that has kept over 40 tons of medical waste out of the Bay and landfills and Styrofoam ban in the country.

5. London Breed helped transform unused public housing units into homes for the homeless.

6. London Breed was first elected into the Board of Supervisors in November 2012 and made the president in 2015.

7. London Breed has a reputation of being a straight-talker and firecracker, a contrast to the mild-mannered Lee.

8. London Breed was born August 11, 1974, and raised in a San Francisco public housing development by her grandmother.

9. London Breed has a history of working to make San Francisco a better place to live.

10. London Breed told Politico that she never envisioned herself in politics, but "I was watching people like Kamala Harris and I thought, 'Whoa, you can be in politics and stay true to who you are as a person.

11. London Breed is a proud, native San Franciscan who was raised by her grandmother in public housing, according to her campaign site.

12. London Breed will serve until 2020, finishing the term of the late Mayor Ed Lee, who died in December at age 65, according to CNN.

13. London Breed has often spoken publicly about her tough upbringing, describing a childhood spent in poverty in the Western Addition public housing projects.

14. London Breed continued to explain why bringing Mark Davis' team across the Bay Bridge would be a major mistake for the city of San Francisco.

15. London Breed cited other logistical issues with a Raiders move across the bay.

16. London Breed cosponsored the 2014 legislation to implement Vision Zero, a plan to eliminate all traffic fatalities via improved engineering, education, and enforcement.

17. In 2015 London Breed coauthored legislation to create San Francisco's Transportation Sustainability Fee, requiring residential developers to pay a fee toward transportation improvements.

18. London Breed cosponsored 2014's Proposition A, a $500 million bond to fund street repaving, infrastructure repair, transit service improvements, and increased bicycle and pedestrian safety.

19. London Breed worked with then-Supervisor Scott Wiener in 2013 to persuade Muni to change the seat layout in its trains from forward-facing to side-facing to create additional room for passengers.

20. London Breed passed legislation in 2015 to create Neighborhood Commercial Transit District in the Divisadero and Fillmore corridors in her district.

21. London Breed worked with then-Mayor Lee to pass a $350 million Public Health and Safety Bond in 2016, which funded $272 million in improvements for fire and healthcare facilities, $58 million for a new ambulance center, and $20 million for homeless shelters.

22. In 2015 London Breed worked with then-Mayor Ed Lee to help add 400 new police officers to the San Francisco Police Department and outfit every officer with body cameras.

23. London Breed fought for substantially more funding for emergency medical services, ultimately succeeding in getting $47.3 million invested to hire EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers, as well as buy new ambulances and fire trucks, and improve SFFD facilities.

24. London Breed was unanimously reelected to another two-year term as Board President on January 9, 2017.

25. In February 2016, London Breed announced her reelection bid to represent District 5.

26. London Breed succeeded District Four Supervisor Katy Tang, who assumed the presidency temporarily after then-Board President David Chiu resigned to begin serving in the California Assembly.

27. On January 8, 2015, London Breed was elected President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors first by a vote of 8 to 3 and then unanimously.

28. London Breed was inaugurated as District 5 supervisor on January 8, 2013, with then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris administering the oath of office.

29. London Breed earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis in 1997 and a master's degree in public administration from the University of San Francisco in 2012.

30. In 2015 London Breed passed legislation requiring drug manufacturers to fund a drug take-back program in San Francisco, enabling consumers to place unused medications in secure drop-off bins in pharmacies.

31. In 2016 London Breed passed the strongest styrofoam ban in the country, banning almost all sales and uses of Styrofoam in San Francisco, including cups, egg cartons, coolers, and packing peanuts.

32. London Breed worked for the subsequent 17 months to launch CleanPowerSF, often fighting with the Lee administration.

33. London Breed had work on the project stopped and called a hearing at the Board of Supervisors about the matter.

34. London Breed carried the legislation to place Regional Measure 3 on the San Francisco ballot in June 2018.

35. London Breed worked with the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and Bay Area Rapid Transit and carried the legislation to add cellular service for riders on Muni's underground trains.

36. London Breed carried multiple pieces of legislation allowing Muni to purchase hundreds of new buses and replace its entire fleet of trains.

37. In 2015 London Breed helped pass "neighborhood preference" legislation to prioritize neighborhood residents for the affordable homes built in their community.

38. London Breed resigned as president of the Board of Supervisors on June 26, 2018, and was succeeded by Malia Cohen in a unanimous vote by the Board.

39. London Breed was named to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Commission in 2004.

40. Born in San Francisco, London Breed was raised by her grandmother in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition neighborhood of the city.

41. London Breed was the winning candidate in the San Francisco mayoral special election held on June 5, 2018.