“Vibe shift”: #Mayors rarely turn around a city in despair. When they do, it’s because they’re like Fiorello La Guardia, an attention hound who made people feel better, or like Mike Bloomberg, quiet, strategic and focused. In his first five months, S.F. Mayor Lurie has been both … popping up everywhere, yet focused and strategic. Seems to be working. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/16/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-newsom/

Affordable housing is among the top concerns for Europe’s mayors.

Local leaders demand the EU revise rules, so more public cash can be used to build homes.

This year’s Eurocities Pulse: Mayors Survey — conducted in the spring and shared exclusively with POLITICO’s Living Cities — polled 86 municipal leaders from 26 European countries.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250603-affordable-housing-is-among-the-top-concerns-for-europes-mayors?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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José Arroyo Cabrera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Arroyo_Cabrera
José Alcides Arroyo Cabrera (Pujilí, January 12, 1981) is an Ecuadorian LGBT-designer, politician and activist. He is the mayor of Pujilí, since May 14, 2023;

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What’s new about a mayor’s job, something a mayor 10 years ago wouldn’t have considered or even known about? Instagram and the short selfie video. So who wants to watch brief, shaky videos of a mayor eating lunch, visiting businesses or riding a bike? Way more people than you’d think, as S.F. Mayor Lurie has learned. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/emilyhoeven/article/mayor-daniel-lurie-instagram-sf-20327346.php #mayors

Europe’s mayors are islands of liberalism in a sea of populists.

Every election in Europe these days seems to pit a moderate politician advocating mostly sensible ideas against a rabble-rousing populist with a bombastic dislike of migrants, gays and the EU.

Meanwhile, Europe’s mayors, particularly those of big cities, are the unsung moderating force of the continent’s politics, the functioning bits of increasingly dysfunctional polities.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250522-europes-mayors-are-islands-of-liberalism-in-a-sea-of-populists?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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»#Europe’s #mayors are islands of #liberalism in a sea of populists.« https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/05/22/europes-mayors-are-islands-of-liberalism-in-a-sea-of-populists?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement

D.C. Mayor Bowser was a popular mayor … until her approval ratings tanked during the pandemic, the shutdown and the rise in crime that followed. Now they’re improving again. Why? Crime is down, downtown is slowly recovering. And there’s a new threat. Voters are rallying behind the mayor as she tries one thing, then another with Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/05/11/dc-mayor-bowser-approval-rating-poll/ #mayors

What does Oakland CA need now, as it suffers from budget problems, political turmoil and the lingering effects of a rise in crime? Most people would not suggest a 78-year-old former congresswoman best known as a “frequent dissident.” But Oakland has a history of electing unlikely #mayors, sometimes with good results, as a longtime urban observer reminds us. https://www.governing.com/politics/can-oakland-make-yet-another-comeback