we appreciate your perspective on that, jason mcdaniel.e'll continue to follow this breaking news all day long and in the months to come here on kpix. >>> meantime, two leaders in alameda county appear to be on their way out in two voter-backed recalls. with 100% of precincts reporting, 65% of voters so far said yes to recalling oakland mayor sheng thao and similar numbers in the recall vote against alameda county district attorney pamela price. if those recalls do move forward, which it looks like they will, who will take the reins and when? does that solve all the alleged p problems in the area? >> reporter: it was the issue of crime that unseated both the mayor and district attorney. so the question now is what's next? >> recall price! recall price! >> reporter: it took less than two years for people to start calling for pamela price's head. she ran promising criminal justice reform but quickly got a reputation of being soft on crime with much of the criticism coming from the families of crime victims. dan lindheim, professor of public

joining us live now to offer guidance, jason mcdaniel, associate professor of political science at san francisco state university. professor mcdaniel, thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> correct me if i'm wrong, but i think about 45 u.s. cities currently use ranked choice voting right, including san francisco, oakland, and berkeley. >> that's about right. okay, yeah, that's about right. >> okay. based on your research, what are the benefits of ranked choice voting versus the traditional pick one approach? that is, what is the reason that some of these cities switched to it? >> well, the idea in theory is that a rank choice voting election can allow a full majority to vote because we can rank all the candidates and we don't have to waste our votes on, quote unquote, on ones that we might not like as much. right. so in the past, people, if they didn't like a candidate or if they liked a candidate, but they like two candidates, they might have to choose which one to vote. they're going to have to choose which one to vote for. and they want to choose the one that may be more

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said lurie has benefited fromoters who want change. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere, mcdaniel said. >> lurie also benefited from a strong, well run and well-funded campaign. >> i always tell people money doesn't buy elections. but he ran a very good campaign. he spent more and raised more than all the other candidates combined. he ran a very sustained campaign over the last year. >> current mayor london breed trails at this point, with more than 43% of the ranked choice vote, with more votes to be counted. mcdaniel said while many stay conditions in san francisco are improving, mayor breed may pay a price with voters who think back to the last few years and post pandemic conditions. >> her core support in the city didn't collapse. she managed to hold it together, but she wasn't able to get beyond that and once there

i spoke about it with jason mcdaniel from the political science department at san francisco state. >> most san francisco voters felt like the city was on the wrong track. they were dissatisfied. mayor breed's campaign improved her numbers over the last year but not enough to save her job and the majority of voters felt like there needed to be a change. >> what that change means is unclear. mcdaniels says it will largely depend on the people lurie picks to surround him at city hall. there will be likely a more moderate lean in the board of supervisors. lurie will have to pick his allies and learn how to make things happen here and elsewhere. >> especially an era of another trump presidency, the idea that san francisco voters will be looking to their mayor for leadership to fight for them against a federal government that might very well target san francisco. it has in the past. so whether he can cultivate relationships at the state and federal level will be an open question. i doubt it will be a loose cannon. it will be bad, but he will definitely be learning on the job and this is not

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said lowrie benefited from voters who want change. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere. >> another ranked choice processing will take place this afternoon in in berkeley, city council member sophie hahn has taken the lead in the race for mayor there in the meantime, it does appear that outgoing berkeley mayor jesse aragon will win his election to the state senate in southern california. >> thousands of people are waiting to safely return home as a fast moving fire threatens their community. the mountain fire started yesterday morning in ventura county and quickly burned more than 14,000 acres and destroyed dozens of homes. it has led to evacuation orders for more than 10,000 people. the fire continues to threaten more than 3500 homes, businesses and other buildings. firefighters say wind gusts are carrying embers and

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said lowry has benefited from voters who want change. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere, mcdaniel said. >> lowry also benefited from a strong well run and well-funded campaign. >> i always tell people money doesn't buy elections. but he ran a very good campaign. he spent more and raised more than all the other candidates combined. he ran a very sustained campaign over the last year. >> current mayor london breed trails at this point, with more than 43% of the ranked choice vote, with more votes to be counted. mcdaniel said while many say conditions in san francisco are improving, mayor breed may pay a price with voters who think back to the last few years and post-pandemic conditions. >> her core support in the city didn't collapse, she managed to hold it together, but she wasn't able to get beyond that and once there

. >> jason mcdaniel is a political science professor at sf state who watches local politics closely. >> i have optimism that this board will want to work together and especially with the mayor, who's never done the job before. >> he said this incoming board may look for ways to work through any differences. >> i think a lot of these members of the board are reading where the electorate's at, and the electorate does not want, you know, progressive versus moderate fights divisions for no reasons. they want problem solving. they want the board to come together and work with the mayor to solve problems, or at least make progress. >> our political analyst said with a lot of new board members, it's almost like the board of supervisors are almost in a honeymoon phase. but, he said, as the board moves through its agenda, those political tensions will inevitably come up. and he said those occasional clashes are an important part of the process, with leaders standing up for what they believe in. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> coming up tonight at 11, more problems f

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said lurie has benefited frome. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere, mcdaniel said. >> lurie also benefited from a strong well run and well-funded campaign. >> i always tell people money doesn't buy elections. but he ran a very good campaign. he spent more and raised more than all the other candidates combined. he ran a very sustained campaign over the last year. >> current mayor london breed trails at this point, with more than 43% of the ranked choice vote, with more votes to be counted. mcdaniel said while many stay conditions in san francisco are improving, mayor breed may pay a price with voters who think back to the last few years and post-pandemic conditions. >> her core support in the city didn't collapse. she managed to hold it together, but she wasn't able to get beyond that. and once there was enough voters w

. >> jason mcdaniel is a political science professor at sf state who watches local politics closely. optimism that this board will want to work togethe, and especially with the mayor, who's never done the job before. >> he said this incoming board may look for ways to work through any differences. >> i think a lot of these members of the board are reading where the electorate's at and the electorate does not want, you know, progressive versus moderate fights divisions for no reasons. they want problem solving. they want the board to come together and work with the mayor to solve problems, or at least make progress. >> our political analyst also said that with a lot of new board members, it's almost like the supervisors are in a honeymoon phase. but he has said as the board moves through its agenda, those political tensions will inevitably come up. and he says those occasional clashes are an important part of the process, with leaders standing up for what they believe in. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> san francisco politics always alive and well

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said lurie has benefited fromvoters who want a change. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere. a new ranked choice processing will also happen this afternoon, giving us a better idea of who could be the next mayor. >> we're also watching proposition k, which seeks to close the great highway to traffic. right now, k is too close to call with. yes, slightly ahead at 53%. there's a big difference when it comes to how certain neighborhoods voted. the chronicle reports people living on the west side of the city where the great highway is located overwhelmingly voted against closing the great highway, while people living on the east side and downtown largely voted in favor. starting monday, the city of san francisco will start enforcing a new state law that limits where you can park. sfmta says it parking officers will start iss

. >> jason mcdaniel is a political science professor at sf state who watches local politics closely.> i have optimism that this board will want to work togethe, and especially with the mayor, who's never done the job before. >> he said this incoming board may look for ways to work through any differences. >> i think a lot of these members of the board are reading where the electorate's at and the electorate does not want, you know, progressive versus moderate fights, divisions for no reasons. they want problem solving. they want the board to come together and work with the mayor to solve problems, or at least make progress. >> our political analyst said with a lot of new members on the board of supervisors, it's almost like they're in a honeymoon phase right now. but, he said, as the board moves through its agenda, those political tensions will inevitably come up. and he said those occasional clashes are an important part of the process, with leaders standing up for what they believe in. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news, christian, thank you. >> the a

san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said daniel laurie has benefited from voters who want change. >> this was an election that's an anti-incumbent change election. people in this city and around the world are upset, and they're taking it out on their elected leaders. the incumbents and candidates and parties are losing everywhere. >> now, a new ranked choice voting processing count will also take place. this afternoon. it will give us a better idea of who may become the next mayor. >> we're also watching proposition k in san francisco, which seeks to close the great highway to traffic. right now, k is too close to call the yes vote slightly ahead at 53%. there's a big difference when it comes to how certain neighborhoods voted. the chronicle reports people living on the west side of the city where the great highway is located overwhelmingly voted against closing it. people living on the east side in downtown largely voted in favor. >> our time now 726. will the efforts to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price and oakland mayor xiang tao