What does it get her?” they said.

“She may also be feeling like she needs to endorse [Mahmood] in order to keep other people who are also supporting her, to keep them happy, because he does well with that wealthy crowd.

” Mahmood has received support from major tech figures like crypto billionaire Chris Larsen and angel investor Ron Conway, both of whom financially backed Breed’s successful police ballot measure, Prop.

E, in March.

Mahmood is also an elected member of the Democratic County Central Committee, which recently endorsed Breed.

But at the same time, while the endorsement could work in Breed’s favor, Stearns said, her unpopularity could hurt Mahmood.

(Breed’s ratings have, according to a recent poll, improved in recent months.

)“Being endorsed by an unpopular mayor can be a drag on a candidate such as Mahmood,” Stearns said, “because people… don’t want to elect a supervisor who they believe would be a rubber stamp for that mayor.

”“I need a supervisor of my home neighborhood that actually wants to work with me,” Breed said at Mahmood’s field campaign kickoff event on Aug.

17.

She acknowledged it “took a minute” for her to make an endorsement as she assessed all the candidates in the race, and even gave Jacobs a shout out.

Farrell, for his part, said he could relate to Jacobs “as a former underdog candidate for supervisor,” and called him the change needed to replace Preston.

“He is focused on the top issues facing the district, and we desperately need a new voice that represents the future of San Francisco,” Farrell said in a statement, calling Jacobs a “critical and necessary partner” in City Hall.

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REPORTER: Eleni reports on policing in San Francisco.

She first moved to the city on a whim more than 10 years ago, and the Mission has become her home.

Follow her on Twitter @miss_elenius.