“I think that’s the biggest difference between me and the other candidates: I can move in every circle in this city,' said Breed.
Mayor London Breed at the groundbreaking of United Playaz' new clubhouse at 1044 Howard St. on Thursday, May 30, 2024. Photo by Joe Rivano Barros
Even Assessor-Recorder Joaquin Torres was in attendance — called a “king” and “brother” by Corpuz Jr., and complimented on his style. “You been doing this for a minute, brother, and you stay lookin fly and shining while you do it. You got that Gavin Newsom,” Corpuz Jr. told him, as the crowd guffawed .
To Corpuz Jr., having a person like Breed in Room 200, someone who has “been through tough situations … somebody who was trying to get out the ghetto, someone who worked hard” — means “everything,” he said. Inviting her to the podium, Corpuz Jr. was enthusiastic: “I saved the best for last — the most beautifullest mayor that I know, the flyest, most hard-working, who gets S-H-I-T done. She come from the mud like me, she come from the trenches,” he said.
Corpuz Jr. would not weigh in on the mayor’s race — his group is a 501 nonprofit, after all, and forbidden from candidate electioneering — but, like others who knew Breed in their childhood or shared similar pasts, he said that her perseverance was a strong testament and a sign she understands the city more than most.Breed and Corpuz Jr. share this quality: They must move in different circles in the city.
It is not clear who the club will endorse: Breed, Farrell, and Lurie’s campaigns were all sponsors of the anniversary party, alongside
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