The Democratic mayor of San Francisco attended a dinner party at the same expensive French restaurant where Gov. Gavin Newsom was seen breaking his own coronavirus restrictions.
Mayor London Breed attended a dinner at the French Laundry, where meals cost about $350 per person, the night after Newsom, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Breed’s office said she attended the birthday party of a friend, socialite Goretti Lo Lui, on Nov. 7 with seven other people. At the time of the dinner, Napa County was not capping the number of households that could gather.
“The Mayor has strived to follow all COVID public health rules from the beginning of the pandemic. She does this not only because she is asking for residents to do their part, but also because she is trying to do her part to slow the spread of the disease. On November 7th, while taking a few days off after the election, she attended a small family birthday dinner for a friend at an open-air table at the French Laundry. There were eight people in total, including herself. The Mayor paid for her own dinner,” a statement from Breed’s office said.
“At the time, San Francisco was in the yellow tier and Napa County was in the orange tier. Both allowed outdoor and indoor dining. During the recent period when San Francisco’s numbers were lower than they are today, the Mayor visited a number of restaurants in San Francisco to support them safely during this pandemic, but she has always been cautious when she is dining out. Now, with cases rising, and Bay Area counties moving back into the purple tier, she is once again limiting her actions and is encouraging all San Franciscans to do the same,” it continued.
Her dinner came days after she warned on Twitter that Halloween should be celebrated virtually or with an “at-home haunted house, scavenger hunts, or outdoor costume parades” to help stop the spread.
Three days after the dinner, Breed banned indoor dining in San Francisco.
Newsom caught heat and apologized last month for dining at the French Laundry after photos of him dining with people from other households and not wearing a mask appeared online and went viral.
“I want to apologize to you because I need to preach and practice, not just preach and not practice. And I’ve done my best to do that,” Newsom said. “We’re all human. We all fall short sometimes.”
